Common use of Net Payments Clause in Contracts

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Host Marriott L P), Credit Agreement (Host Marriott Corp/), Credit Agreement (Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections Section 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision sub-division or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 2.13 or 14.03 13.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc), Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc), Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All Except as provided for in Section 3.03(b), all payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document will be Loan Document, including all payments made without setoffby the Borrower pursuant to its guaranty obligations under Section 2.15, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in with respect to the second succeeding sentenceAdministrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment made by the Borrower hereunder, (i) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender such Person and franchise taxes imposed on it pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender Lender, as applicable, is located or in which it is otherwise doing business or any subdivision thereof or therein, and (ii) any branch profits or similar taxes imposed by any jurisdiction in which such Person is located) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges other than those resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment made by the Borrower hereunder (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts (including additional amounts to compensate for withholding on amounts paid pursuant to this Section 3.03) as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Loan Document. If The Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon the its written request of such Lenderrequest, for the net additional amount of taxes any Taxes imposed on or measured and paid by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceLender. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the respective Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for federal income tax purposes and that is entitled to claim an exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to a payment by Borrower agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.06 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section), on or prior to the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate forms and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, complete with accompanying Forms W-8BEN with respect to beneficial owners of the payment) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from or a reduced rate of withholding of United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Loan Document, along with any other appropriate documentation establishing such exemption or reduction (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) as statements certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete qualification for exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteportfolio interest). In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI form establishing such exemption or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 reduction (such as statements certifying qualification for exemption with respect to portfolio interest) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms any related documentation as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect if the Lender continues to payments under be so entitled. No Lender shall be required by this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability Section 3.03(b) to deliver any such a form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent that it is required not legally entitled to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. deliver. The Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.03(a) hereof to gross-up payments pay additional amounts on account of or indemnify with respect to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, Taxes to the extent that such Taxes arise solely due to a Lender’s failure to deliver forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything that it was legally entitled to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in but failed to deliver under this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each 3.03(b). The Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding3.03(a) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date such Lender becomes party to this Agreement in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns that is a United States person (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, as such term is defined in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.37701(a)(30) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)Code) for federal income tax purposes shall deliver at the time(s) and in the manner(s) prescribed by applicable law, or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers Borrower and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes as applicable), a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, properly completed and duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan successor form, certifying that such Person is exempt from United States backup withholding tax on payments made hereunder. The Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.03(a) to gross-up payments pay additional amounts on account of or indemnify with respect to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything Taxes to the contrary contained in extent that such Taxes arise solely due to a Person’s failure to deliver forms that it was legally entitled to but failed to deliver under this Section 5.043.03(c). (d) If any Lender, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts in its reasonable discretion, determines that it has finally and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction irrevocably received or withholding) been granted a refund in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.03, it as described shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lenderrespect thereof), as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extentBorrower; provided, and only to the extenthowever, that the obligation Borrower agrees to pay promptly return any such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as refund (plus interest) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrower with a consequence copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such change in applicable law or (II) refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Sharing EventLender to apply for any such refund.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Circor International Inc), Credit Agreement (Circor International Inc), Credit Agreement (Circor International Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Borrowers hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all , or any interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective each Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such TaxesTaxes levied in respect of the payments of such Borrower, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due from such Borrower under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentAgreement, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentherein. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective applicable Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent Agent, within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender each Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penaltiesBank in respect of payments made, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect required to be made, by such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBorrower. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent Agent, on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.12 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on upon the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, Bank (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D F (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or with respect to the portfolio interest exemption)(or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteAgreement. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving NoteAgreement, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent it is they are required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. such Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers such Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. such Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. such Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Except to the extent that the Borrowers make payments pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 3.04, the Borrowers will indemnify each Bank and the Administrative Agent against, and reimburse each upon demand for, the full amount of Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 3.04) incurred or paid by such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) or any of their respective affiliates and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom and or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Each Lender shall Bank agrees, within a reasonable time after receiving a written request from the Borrowers, to provide the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with such certificates as are reasonably required, and to take such other actions as are reasonably necessary, to claim such exemptions as such Bank may be entitled to claim in respect of all or a portion of any Taxes which are otherwise required to be paid or deducted or withheld pursuant to this Section 3.04 in respect of any payments under this Agreement. If the Borrowers are compelled to make the additional payments required by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 3.04, or this subsection (c), the Borrowers may be entitled to remove the Bank with respect to which such payment is made in accordance with Section 1.12. (d) Each Bank agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.04 with respect to such Bank, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such LenderBank) to file designate another lending office for any certificate Loans affected by such event, PROVIDED that such designation is made on such terms that such Bank and its lending office suffer no material economic, legal or document or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making operation of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Section 3.04. Nothing in this Section 5.04 3.04(d) shall require affect or postpone any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) of the obligations of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to make available right of any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, Bank provided in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or 3.04. If such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other additional amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall cannot be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to eliminated by such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04actions, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree may have the right to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify replace the applicable Canadian Lender affected Bank hereunder in the manner set forth in accordance with Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event1.12.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Galaxy Fund /De/), Credit Agreement (Galaxy Fund Ii), Credit Agreement (Galaxy Vip Fund)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made to the Banks by any Borrower hereunder the Borrowers hereunder, under the Notes or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document will be made without setoffset off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the gross or net income or profits of a Lender Bank (including all interest, penalties or similar liabilities related thereto) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, or taxing authority of the jurisdiction in which it is resident United States of America or the jurisdiction any political subdivision thereof, in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender a Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) located), and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, leviestogether with any amounts payable pursuant to the next sentence, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement each Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceNote. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law each Bank upon request certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrowers. Each Borrower agrees to The Borrowers will indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender each Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxeseach Bank. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Eplus Inc), Credit Agreement (Eplus Inc), Credit Agreement (Eplus Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Lender Note or other Credit Document will Loan shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.6(b), all such payments will shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of and any franchise tax imposed on or in lieu of taxes on net income of a Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be (each a "Lending Party"), is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Lending Party is located located, managed or controlled or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Lender Note or other Credit DocumentLoan, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will shall not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Lender Note or other Credit DocumentLoan. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderLending Party, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of and any franchise tax imposed on or in lieu of taxes on net income of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which the principal office is organized or managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located located, managed or controlled, and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Lending Party shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Lending Party pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will shall furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 thirty (30) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLending Party, and reimburse such Lender Lending Party upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lending Party. Such indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date any Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedmakes written demand therefor. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or (B) in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 Sections 3.4.7 or 14.03 9.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) "Tax Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will shall deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BENW-8 BEN (or successor forms), or Form W-8 BEN (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Tax Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Tax Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required obliged to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Tax Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.6(a), but subject to Section 14.03 9.4(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Codeabove) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.6(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender is not a United States person (as defined above) and has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.6(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, payment (other than interest, interest if and only if such Lender complies with clauses (ii)(x) and (y) above) to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.6 and except as set forth in Section 14.039.4, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.6(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income such Taxes; provided, such Lender shall provide to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Borrower, any reasonably available applicable IRS tax form (reasonably similar in its simplicity and degree of detail to IRS Form W-8 ECI or similar TaxesW-8 BEN or a Tax Certificate) necessary or appropriate for the exemption or reduction in the rate of such U.S. Federal withholding tax. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.6 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received any refund in respect of such additional amount paid by the Borrower, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts repay such refund to the Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender and without interest (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject except to overall policy considerations the extent such refund includes interest); provided that, the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to return such refund (plus penalties, interest or other charges) to file such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund. Whether or not a Lender claims any certificate refund or document credit or to furnish files any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, amended tax return shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) . Nothing in this Section 5.04 3.6 shall require any a Lender to (i) disclose or any Eligible Transferee) or detail the Administrative Agent to make available any basis of its calculation of the amount of any tax returns (benefit or refund to the Borrower or any other information that it deems to be confidential party or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to disclose such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event's tax returns.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Special Value Continuation Partners, LP), Credit Agreement (Special Value Expansion Fund, LLC), Credit Agreement (Special Value Opportunities Fund LLC)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a “bank” "Bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender form or Certificate shall not be required to deliver any be so delivered by such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Bank. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Inacom Corp), Credit Agreement (Inacom Corp), Credit Agreement (Inacom Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under this Agreement and/or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will shall be made without setoff, setoff or counterclaim or other defense. Except and in such amounts as provided may be necessary in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), order that all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without (after deduction or withholding for, for or on account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments duties or other charges of whatever whatsoever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excludingGovernmental Authority, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, other than any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the income tax laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized jurisdictions where such Bank's principal or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or (collectively, "Taxes")) shall not be less than the amounts otherwise specified to be paid under this Agreement and/or under any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”)Credit Document. If the Borrower is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of Taxes are so levied from any payment due hereunder or imposedunder the Notes, subject then (a) the Borrower shall timely remit such Taxes to Section 5.04(b)the Governmental Authority imposing the same and (b) the amount payable hereunder or under the Notes will be increased to such amount which, the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full after deduction from such increased amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement required to be deducted or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxeswithheld therefrom, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentotherwise due and payable. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant Without prejudice to the preceding sentenceforegoing, subject if any Bank or the Agent is required to Section 5.04(b)make any payment on account of Taxes, the respective Borrower agrees to will, upon notification by the Bank or the Agent promptly indemnify such person against such Taxes, together with any interest, penalties and expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith. The Borrower shall also reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, by such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so Taxes paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentenceSection 3.04. The respective For purposes of this Section, the term "Taxes" includes interest, penalties and expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable to a Bank under this Section 3.04 submitted to the Borrower will by such Bank shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes upon all parties hereto. With respect to each deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, the Borrower shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax each Bank such certificates, receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms documents as may be required (in order to confirm or establish the entitlement judgment of such Lender Bank) to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding establish any tax with respect credit to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any which such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall Bank may be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Styling Technology Corp), Credit Agreement (Styling Technology Corp), Credit Agreement (Wheels Sports Group Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments payment (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits gross income or gross receipts of a Lender any Bank (other than withholding taxes or taxes in lieu of withholding taxes) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized (or the jurisdiction in which it is resident any political subdivision or the jurisdiction taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof in which such Bank is organized or thereinin which such Bank is doing business through a branch or office from which such jurisdiction treats a Loan as having been made) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective The Borrower agrees to shall also reimburse each LenderBank, upon its written request, which request shall show the written request basis for calculation of such Lenderreimbursement, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office (or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction thereof or therein) in which the its principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes or in which such Bank is organized or in which such Bank is doing business through a branch or office from which such jurisdiction treats a Loan as such Lender having been made as it shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender by it in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this the preceding sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent applicable Bank within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of any tax receipts available to the Borrower evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender each Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Assured Guaranty LTD), Credit Agreement (RAM Holdings Ltd.), Credit Agreement (Radian Group Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder Credit Party under any Credit Document (including, in the case of a Borrower, in its capacity as a guarantor pursuant to Section 14) or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower (and any other Credit Party making the payment) agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective applicable Borrower agrees (and any other Credit Party making the payment) shall be obligated to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes (after taking into account available credits with respect to such withholding taxes) imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective , the applicable Borrower (or Credit Party) will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or the respective Borrowerother Credit Party). Each Borrower agrees The Borrowers jointly and severally agree (and each Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its respective Subsidiary Guaranty, and the incorporation by reference therein of the provisions of this Section 4.04, shall agree) to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.12 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the U.S. Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable by the U.S. Borrower hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers U.S. Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the U.S. Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence (x) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (or, if later, the date such Lender became party to this Agreement) in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), taxes or (by) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) as a result of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding purchase of income or similar Taxes imposed a participation as required by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on Section 1.13 following the basis established to the satisfaction occurrence of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc), Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc), Credit Agreement (Dole Food Co Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.5(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject Subject to Section 5.04(b2.6(d), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes (or any withholding or deduction on account thereof) is due pursuant to applicable law made, certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied against, imposed on, or imposed and paid by such the Administrative Agent or any Lender and within 30 days of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedwritten request therefor. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a incorporated under the laws of the United States person of America or any State thereof (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Codeeach a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.5(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent: (i) two an accurate and complete original signed copies copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate form and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, any related documentation necessary to establish the claimed exemption) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document, and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such in the case of a Lender is not a “bank” within seeking to qualify for the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) aboveportfolio interest exemption, (x) a certificate substantially in form and substance acceptable to the form of Exhibit D Administrative Agent (any such certificate, a an Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of to such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteexemption. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two a new accurate and complete original signed copies copy of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Form, including any related documentation or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving Note, Note or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)other Credit Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.5(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Non-U.S. Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service such forms or such Exemption Certificate and related documentation that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.5(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States if or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. extent such Taxes result from a Lender’s failure to provide the Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.5(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxesTaxes at the time the Lender first became a Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each The Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.5(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each The Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse each upon its written request within 30 days thereof, for the amount of any documentary, excise, stamp, property or other similar taxes, duties, fees, assessments or other charges imposed with respect to the execution, delivery, filing or enforcement of any Credit Document. (d) If any Lender, in its sole opinion, determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or been granted a refund in respect of any Taxes paid as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in respect thereof), net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses; provided, that the Borrower agrees to promptly return any such refund (plus interest) to such Lender if such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Lender to apply for any such refund. (e) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Section 4.5, then the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lenderrestrictions) to file change the jurisdiction of its office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate, or take other appropriate action, so as to eliminate any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested additional payment by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treatythat may thereafter accrue, law if such change or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would notother action, in the sole discretion judgment of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, be as the case may be, is not otherwise disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent or such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Term Loan Agreement (DPL Inc), Credit Agreement (DPL Inc), Credit Agreement (DPL Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder Credit Party under any Credit Document (including, in the case of a Credit Agreement Party, in its capacity as a guarantor pursuant to Section 14) or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower (and any other Credit Party making the payment) agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective Borrower agrees (and any other Credit Party making the payment) shall be obligated to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes (after taking into account available credits with respect to such withholding taxes) imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The , the respective Borrower (or Credit Party) will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or the respective Borrowerother Credit Party). Each Borrower agrees The Credit Agreement Parties jointly and severally agree (and each Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its respective Subsidiary Guaranty, and the incorporation by reference therein of the provisions of this Section 4.04, shall agree) to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the U.S. Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable by the U.S. Borrower hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers U.S. Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the U.S. Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence (x) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date (or, if later, the date such Lender became party to this Agreement) in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), taxes or (by) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) as a result of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding purchase of income or similar Taxes imposed a participation as required by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on Section 1.14 following the basis established to the satisfaction occurrence of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Dole Food Company Inc), Credit Agreement (Dole Food Company Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All Subject to the following sentence, all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement or any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding forfor or on account of, any present current or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, assessments deductions or other charges of whatever nature withholdings, now or hereafter imposed imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding (i) net income taxes, branch profits taxes, and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and capital taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender and (ii) any taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a current or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to (other than any such payments (but excluding, except as provided in connection arising solely from the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on Administrative Agent or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement). If any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, assessments deductions or other charges being referred to collectively as withholdings (Non-Excluded Taxes”). If ) are required to be withheld from any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)amounts payable under this Agreement, the respective Borrower agrees shall increase the amounts payable to pay the full amount of Administrative Agent or such Taxes, and Lender to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts due under payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentAgreement; provided, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxeshowever, will that the Borrower shall not be less than the amount provided for herein or in required to increase any such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If amounts payable to any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to that is not organized under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office United States of America or applicable lending office of a state thereof (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) if such Lender is located or under fails to comply with the laws requirements of paragraph (b) of this Section 5.4. Whenever any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine Non-Excluded Taxes are payable byby the Borrower, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to as promptly as possible thereafter the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish shall send to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon for its written request, own account or for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date account of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and a certified copy of an original official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish Lender, acting reasonably) received by the entitlement of Borrower showing payment thereof. If Non-Excluded Taxes are paid by any Lender, the Borrower shall indemnify such Lender for such Non-Excluded Taxes (including penalties, interest and reasonable expenses), whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes are correctly or legally asserted; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to a continued exemption indemnify any Lender for any interest, penalties or expenses arising from the indemnitee’s gross negligence or reduction willful misconduct. The agreements in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Section 5.4(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. (b) Each Non-U.S. Lender shall: (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of its inability either (x) in the case of Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), or (y) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement; (ii) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certificate certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower; and (iii) obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent; unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred prior to the date on which case any such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Each Person that shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 13.6 or a Lender pursuant to Section 13.6 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section 5.4(b), provided that in the case of a Participant such Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased. (c) The Borrower shall not be required to deliver indemnify any such form Non-U.S. Lender, or certificate to pay any additional amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of U.S. Federal withholding tax pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, paragraph (xa) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes above to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (yi) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant obligation to Section 5.04(a) hereof withhold amounts with respect to grossU.S. Federal withholding tax existed on the date such Non-up payments to be made to U.S. Lender became a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant party to this Section 5.04(b) or Agreement (II) or, in the case of a paymentParticipant that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof (a “Non-U.S. Participant”), other than intereston the date such Non-U.S. Participant became a Participant hereunder); provided, to a Lender described in however, that this clause (iii) above, shall not apply to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to (x) the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence indemnity payments or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and any Lender (or Participant) would be entitled to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the identity of indemnity payment or additional amounts that the jurisdiction requiring person making the deduction assignment, participation or withholdingtransfer to such Lender (or Participant) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described would have been entitled to receive in the immediately preceding sentence as a result absence of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable lawsuch assignment, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline participation or ordertransfer, or in the interpretation thereof(y) such assignment, relating to the deducting participation or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably transfer had been requested by the Borrower or, (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Borrower Lender or Non-U.S. Participant to comply with the provisions of paragraph (b) above or (iii) any of the representations or certifications made by a Non-U.S. Lender or Non-U.S. Participant pursuant to paragraph (b) above are incorrect at the time a payment hereunder is made, other than by reason of any applicable change in treaty, law or regulation if having effect after the making of date such filing representations or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lendercertifications were made. (d) Nothing If the Borrower determines in this Section 5.04 good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any taxes for which indemnification has been demanded hereunder, the relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall require cooperate with such Borrower in challenging such taxes at Borrower’s expense if so requested by Borrower. If any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent receives a refund of a tax for which a payment has been made by the Borrower pursuant to make this Agreement, which refund in the good faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Borrower, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, reasonably determines to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position than it would have been in if the payment had not been required. Any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its reasonable discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. Neither any of Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax returns affairs or computations to the Borrower in connection with this paragraph (d) or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion)provision of this Section 5.4. (e) Subject to Each Lender represents and agrees that, on the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which date hereof and at all times holds all during the term of its interest this Agreement, it is not and will not be a conduit entity participating in any Canadian Obligations a conduit financing arrangement (as defined in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3Section 7701(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers Code and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lenderregulations thereunder) with respect to any payments the Borrowings hereunder unless the Borrower has consented to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventarrangement prior thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (LPL Investment Holdings Inc.), Credit Agreement (LPL Investment Holdings Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any franchise or similar tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (other than interest, penalties, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges imposed or payable as a result of any action or inaction of such Bank not timely or properly taken by such Bank or non-compliance by such Bank with applicable law) (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender Bank. These provisions contained in Sections 1.10, 1.11, 2.06, 4.04, and elsewhere shall be interpreted in the broadest possible terms to include any liability (including penaltiesincreased costs, interest payments or reduced income for any reason, including, but specifically not by way of limitation, due to taxes, capital adequacy provisions, reserve requirements, withholding obligations, costs due to the payment of any sums on a date other than the regularly scheduled date or for any other reason, and expenses) arising from Borrower does hereby indemnify and hold harmless each Bank, for all such costs and does agree to pay same or with respect cover any Bank's expenses or losses in regard to same. Borrower shall immediately pay such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedsums to any Bank as are necessary to mitigate all such items. This obligation is in addition to all other obligations of Borrower contained herein. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Datedate of this Agreement, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D 4.04(b)(ii) hereto (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Datedate of this Agreement, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a1.10, 2.06 or 4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a1.10, 2.06 or 4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) if such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a1.10, 2.06 or 4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date of this Agreement in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes; provided, however, such Bank shall provide to Borrower and the Administrative Agent any reasonably available applicable Internal Revenue Service tax form (reasonably similar in its simplicity and lack of detail to Internal Revenue Service Form 1001) necessary or appropriate for the exemption or reduction in the rate of such U.S. federal withholding tax. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 shall be subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or thereinSection 1.12(b) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Global Marine Inc), Credit Agreement (Global Marine Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower or on behalf of a Loan Party hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein Taxes with respect to such payments (but excludingpayments, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured unless required by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”)law. If any Indemnified Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)the Borrower or any Guarantor, the respective Borrower if applicable, agrees to pay the full amount of such Indemnified Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note after withholding or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request deduction for or on account of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceIndemnified Taxes. The respective Borrower Loan Parties, if applicable, will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 forty-five (45) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower or such Guarantor. Each Borrower agrees The Loan Parties shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any Other Taxes. The Loan Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Lender, and to reimburse such Lender Person upon its written request, for the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so and Other Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedPerson. (b) Each Without limiting the generality of Section 5.5(c), each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only1) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each, a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, to deliver to the Borrower) on or prior to the Effective Datedate it becomes a party to this Agreement, or in one of the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, following: (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such LenderPerson’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such Lender Person is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D L (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Non-Bank Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteNote or (2) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower) on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement, two accurate and complete original signed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying to such Person’s entitlement to exemption from United States federal backup withholding, unless such Lender demonstrates that it is treated as an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii). In addition, the Administrative Agent, each such Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Non-Bank Certificate, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateW-9, as the case may bebe (or any successor forms thereof), and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the its continued entitlement of such Lender to a continued complete exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax or backup withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (if applicable) of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.5(b) (provided that delivery of such notification shall in no manner affect whether a Tax is an “Excluded Tax”). Notwithstanding anything . (c) If any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Note, then such Lender or such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent agree to deliver to the contrary Borrower and the Administrative Agent such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. (d) If a payment made to any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender, such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 5.04(a1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), but subject to Section 14.03 such Lender, such Issuing Lender and the immediately succeeding sentenceAdministrative Agent, (x) each Borrower as applicable, shall be entitled, deliver to the extent it is required to do so Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law, to deduct law and at such time or withhold income or similar taxes imposed times reasonably requested by the United States Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (including as such term is defined in prescribed by Section 7701(a)(301471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for U.S. Federal income tax the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender, such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent have complied with their obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (d), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. (e) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.4(b) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender has not provided under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the U.S. Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e). (f) If the Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to any Guarantor pays any additional amount or makes any indemnity payment under this Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made 5.5 to a Lender, an Issuing Lender (other than or the Administrative Agent and such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any Canadian Lender refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent shall pay to the Borrower or applicable Guarantor, as the Internal Revenue Service Forms required case may be, an amount that the Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to be provided the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by it in such year as a consequence of such Tax Benefit; provided that (i) any Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with its policies, whether to seek a Tax Benefit, (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent as a result of a disallowance or reduction of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent has made a payment to the U.S. Borrower or the Guarantor pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.5(e) (and any interest or (IIpenalties imposed thereon) in shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower or applicable Guarantor, as the case of a paymentmay be, other than interestis obligated to indemnify such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to a Lender described in clause this Section 5.5 without any exclusions or defenses, (iiiii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere nothing in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e5.5(e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender, Issuing Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available disclose any of confidential information to the Borrower or the Guarantor (including, without limitation, its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canadareturns), and (iv) no Lender, Issuing Lender or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, pay any amounts pursuant to deduct this Section 5.5(e) at any time which a Default or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other Event of Default exists (provided that such amounts payable shall be credited against amounts otherwise owed under this Agreement for by the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the Borrower or applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing EventGuarantor).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Ancestry.com LLC), Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Anvilire)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively collectively, as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Lender, and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of taxes imposed on or measured by net income or net profits of a Lender, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 forty-five (45) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian party to this Agreement on the Effective Date hereby represents that, as of the Effective Date, all payments of principal, interest and fees to be made to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement will be totally exempt from withholding of United States federal tax. Each Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer)Section 12.04, on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, : (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, or any successor form, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a paymentpayment by the Borrower, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such income or similar Taxestaxes. (c) Each Lender shall agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish to the Borrower any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. such Borrower pursuant that may be necessary to establish any applicable treatyavailable exemption from, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce reduction in the amount of of, any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would notTaxes; provided, in the sole discretion of such Lenderhowever, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing that nothing in this Section 5.04 4.04(c) shall require a Lender to disclose any Lender confidential information (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of including, without limitation, its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretionTax calculations). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Usi Holdings Corp), Credit Agreement (Usi Holdings Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits or franchise taxes based on net income of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall pay to the Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption), and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Alpine Group Inc /De/), Credit Agreement (Alpine Group Inc /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and/or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or and/or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documenttherein. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor formsform)) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in of time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable by it hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made by it to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such income or similar Taxestaxes. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject pay to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if an amount that the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretiondiscretion (but acting in good faith). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law refund, reduction or (II) any Sharing Eventcredit.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Fairpoint Communications Inc), Credit Agreement (Fairpoint Communications Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments (including, without limitation, any fees, commissions or expenses paid by the Borrower to any Financing Party) made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Financing Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other similar defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentencecase of any Lender, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income income, revenue, or profits gross receipts of a such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement the net amount received by the relevant Financing Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Financing Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note Financing Document as if the corresponding deduction or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentencehad not been made. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 thirty (30) days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies evidence of tax receipts evidencing such payment by in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior agree to complete in good faith and execute and deliver to the Effective DateBorrower, in a timely manner, such form, certificates, information or documentation relating to such Lender or Administrative Agent to establish the extent to which any payments to such Lender or Administrative Agent are exempt from, or in the case are entitled to a reduction of withholding or deduction of any Taxes (collectively, the “Forms”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be required to provide any Forms pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) unless (i) such Forms are required by law as a condition to, or evidence of entitlement to, relief or exemption in whole or in part from any Taxes, (ii) such Lender or the Administrative Agent is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such Forms and (other than iii) the Borrower shall have timely provided to such Lender or the Administrative Agent a written notice requesting that such Lender or the Administrative Agent execute and deliver such Forms together with the Forms and the official instructions thereto, if any. (c) If the Borrower pays any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest additional amount under this Agreement pursuant Section 2.8 to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to such assignment or transferthe taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), on such Lender shall pay to the date Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in good faith, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such assignment or transfer to Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (i) any Lender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying whether to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to seek a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or Tax Benefit; (ii) if such nothing in this Section 2.8(c) shall require any Lender is not a “bank” within to disclose any confidential information to the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(ABorrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (iii) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to clause (ithis Section 2.8(c) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (at any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time Default or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver Event of Default exists. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the U.S. contrary, the Borrower and shall not be required pursuant to this Section 2.8 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateAgent, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided or the Administrative Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and Original Closing Date (y) or, if later, the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) date such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant or Administrative Agent becomes a party to this Section 5.04(bAgreement) or (II) as a result of a change in the case jurisdiction of organization of such Lender or Administrative Agent or a paymentchange in the location of the Applicable Lending Office of such Lender, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, except to the extent that any such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained change is requested or required in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested writing by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such LenderBorrower. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Nii Holdings Inc), Credit Agreement (Nii Holdings Inc)

Net Payments. (a) (i) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or the Borrowers hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document (including, without limitation, the Guaranties and the guaranty to be provided by Genlyte Group as contemplated by Article 14), will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature nature, other that Excluded Taxes, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to the taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges described in this section 7.4(a)(i) that are not Excluded Taxes (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges that are not Excluded Taxes, and all such interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject the Borrowers agree to Section 5.04(b)pay, the respective Borrower agrees to pay and indemnify each Lender in respect of, the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts (other than in respect of Excluded Taxes) as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Genlyte Group Inc), Credit Agreement (Genlyte Group Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder (including, in the case of any Guarantor, in its capacity as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 14) or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, deduction, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b4.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments duties or other similar charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, (i) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Lender, including branch profits taxes and franchise taxes or Taxes imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of a Lender, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or thereintherein or which imposes such taxes because such Lender engages in business in such jurisdiction other than solely as a result of this Agreement, and (ii) any tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure by such Lender (or any financial institution through which any payment is made to such Lender) to comply with the applicable requirements of sections 1471-1474 of the Code, or any applicable Treasury Regulation promulgated under such law or published administrative guidance implementing such law) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments duties or other similar charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net any additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall reasonably determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of official tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.14 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, or if requested by the Corporation or the Administrative Agent, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Each Lender (including any assignee, successor or participant) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (other than Persons that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States backup withholding tax) shall deliver to the Corporation and the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to the Effective Date, (ii) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this sentence, and (iv) from time to time if requested by the Corporation or the Administrative Agent, two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor form) certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to the last sentence of Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Corporation U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the Corporation the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Corporation pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence (x) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes or (y) as a result of the purchase of a participation as required by Section 1.17 following the occurrence of a Sharing Event. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the respective Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 4.04 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. (e) Each Alternate Currency RL Lender that makes an Alternate Currency Revolving Loan to an Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower (each, an “Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender”) represents to each Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is an Irish Qualifying Lender with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Note. To the extent that any Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender cannot represent to the respective Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is an Irish Qualifying Lender, such Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender shall notify such Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower immediately and such Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to such Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by Ireland. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 4.04, each Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender in the manner set forth in Section 4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, Inc), Credit Agreement (Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Company hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Purchaser pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Purchaser is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to reimburse each LenderPurchaser, upon the written request of such LenderPurchaser, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Purchaser pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Purchaser is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Purchaser is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Purchaser shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Purchaser in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Purchaser pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Purchaser pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent Trustee within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerCompany. Each Borrower The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderPurchaser, and reimburse such Lender Purchaser upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedPurchaser. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Note Purchase Agreement (Noble Drilling Corp), Note Purchase Agreement (Noble Drilling Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein therein) with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located (or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein)) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to shall pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes to the relevant taxing authority in accordance with applicable law and shall pay to the relevant Lender such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderLender lending to such Borrower, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or similar taxes imposed by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located (or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office therein or applicable lending office of such Lender is located thereof) and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, if any, issued by such taxing authority or other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or, if such Borrower has not received such certified copies of tax receipts within such time period, then such Borrower shall furnish such certified copies of tax receipts to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent within 15 days after such Borrower has received such certified copies of tax receipts). Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date upon which such Lender makes written demand therefor, which demand shall identify the nature and the amount of Taxes for which indemnification is sought and shall include a copy of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedwritten assessment thereof. (b) Each In the case of any Borrower that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that assumes an interest or is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.14, 1.16 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assumption, assignment or transfer), on the date of such assumption, assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that that, from time to time after the Second Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty) or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or or, if legally unable to deliver such forms, it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof hereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder by such Borrower for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Borrowers Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.04(b) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Original Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each If a Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall pay to the Borrower an amount that such Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. Such amount shall be paid as soon as practicable after receipt or realization by such Lender of such refund, reduction or credit. Nothing in this Section 3.04(c) shall require any Lender to disclose or detail the basis of its calculation of the amount of any refund or reduction of, or credit against, its tax liabilities or any other information to any Borrower or any other Person. (d) In the case of any Borrower that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. a Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation regulation, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective a Borrower under Section 3.04(a) and would not, in the sole discretion reasonable judgment of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing Lender provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.04 3.04(d) shall require a Lender to disclose any Lender confidential information (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of including, without limitation, its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretioncalculations). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Mbia Inc), Credit Agreement (Mbia Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All Except as provided for in Section 5.3(b), all payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document will be Document, including all payments made without setoffby the Borrower pursuant to its guaranty obligations under Article XII, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentencethis Section 5.3(a), any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender Lender, as applicable, is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts (including additional amounts to compensate for withholding on amounts paid pursuant to this Section 5.3) as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to this Section 5.04(b5.3(a), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located located, as the case may be, or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located therein, and for any withholding of income or similar taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence, which request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail, the computations used in determining such amounts. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the respective Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes and that is entitled to claim an exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to a payment by Borrower agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 13.5 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent: (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate forms and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, complete with accompanying Forms W-8BEN with respect to beneficial owners of the payment) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from or a reduced rate of withholding of United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant Forms referred to in clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in form and substance satisfactory to the form of Exhibit D Administrative Agent (any such certificate, a an Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) other appropriate documentation certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or reduced rate of withholding from, United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENForm, or Form W-8 an Exemption Certificate and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificaterelated documentation, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Exemption Certificate and related documentation, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Exemption Certificate and related documentation pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.3(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a5.3(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.5(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes and that has not provided to the extent Borrower such Forms or such Exemption Certificate and related documentation that establish a complete exemption from or reduction in the rate of such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.3(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States or any additional amounts with respect thereto (i) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. the Internal Revenue Service forms required to be provided to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) or (ii) in the case of a payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(a), but subject to Section 13.5(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes and that has not provided to the Borrower such forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a5.3(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States or any additional amounts with respect thereto (i) if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.3(b) or (IIii) in the case of a payment, payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 5.3 and except as set forth specifically provided for in Section 14.0313.5(c), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a5.3(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding previous sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such If any Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04opinion, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes been granted a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) refund in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.3, it as described shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lenderrespect thereof), as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating net of all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extentBorrower; provided, and only to the extenthowever, that the obligation Borrower agrees to pay promptly return any such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as refund (plus interest) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrower with a consequence copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such change in applicable law or (II) refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Sharing EventLender to apply for any such refund.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (American Dental Partners Inc), Credit Agreement (American Dental Partners Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein therein) with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located (or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein)) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to shall pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes to the relevant taxing authority in accordance with applicable law and shall pay to the relevant Lender such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderLender lending to such Borrower, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or similar taxes imposed by any political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located (or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office therein or applicable lending office of such Lender is located thereof) and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, if any, issued by such taxing authority or other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or, if such Borrower has not received such certified copies of tax receipts within such time period, then such Borrower shall furnish such certified copies of tax receipts to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent within 15 days after such Borrower has received such certified copies of tax receipts). Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date upon which such Lender makes written demand therefor, which demand shall identify the nature and the amount of Taxes for which indemnification is sought and shall include a copy of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedwritten assessment thereof. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that assumes an interest or is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.14, 1.16 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assumption, assignment or transfer), on the date of such assumption, assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that that, from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or or, if legally unable to deliver such forms, it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof hereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder by such Borrower for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Borrowers Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.04(b) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Original Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) If a Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall pay to the Borrower an amount that such Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. Such amount shall be paid as soon as practicable after receipt or realization by such Lender of such refund, reduction or credit. Nothing in this Section 3.04(c) shall require any Lender to disclose or detail the basis of its calculation of the amount of any refund or reduction of, or credit against, its tax liabilities or any other information to any Borrower or any other Person. (d) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. a Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation regulation, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective a Borrower under Section 3.04(a) and would not, in the sole discretion reasonable judgment of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Mbia Inc), Credit Agreement (Mbia Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.4(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties penalties, expenses or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request (within 10 days of such request), for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they such Taxes were correctly or legally assertedimposed or asserted by the relevant governmental authority. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.4(b) (unless the respective Lender lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.4(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.4(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.4(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.4(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.4(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.4(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.4(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.4 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.4(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.4(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corp), Credit Agreement (First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by Borrower or any Borrower Guarantor hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document any Guarantee will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 5.06(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction Governmental Authority or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or thereinExcluded Tax) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or Taxes (other charges than Excluded Taxes) being referred to collectively as “Taxes”"COVERED TAXES"). If any Covered Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)Borrower and each Guarantor, as the respective Borrower case may be, agrees (on a joint and several basis for the Guarantors) to pay the full amount of such Covered Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement Agreement, the Guarantees or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Covered Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Covered Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentencesentence (any such amounts, subject to Section 5.04(bthe "GROSS-UP AMOUNT"), Borrower and each Guarantor agrees, notwithstanding the respective Borrower agrees definition of Excluded Taxes, to reimburse (on a joint and several basis for the Guarantors) each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, (i) for the net additional amount of taxes Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction by reason of the making of payments in which the principal office or applicable lending office respect of such Lender is located Covered Taxes pursuant to this Section (including pursuant to this sentence) and (ii) for any withholding of taxes Taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid in respect of Covered Taxes to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower and each Guarantor, as the case may be, will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Covered Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to such Lender evidencing such payment by Borrower or any Guarantor. Borrower and the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees Guarantors agree (jointly and severally for the Guarantors) to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Covered Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising from therefrom or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedthereto. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Atrium Companies Inc), Credit Agreement (Atrium Companies Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non- excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-non- excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8EC1 or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8EC1 or Form Form, W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8EC1, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form or of certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.033.04, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Vantas Inc), Credit Agreement (Reckson Services Industries Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments (including, without limitation, any fees, commissions or expenses paid by the Borrower to any Financing Parties) made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Financing Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other similar defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentencecase of any Lender, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income income, revenue, or profits gross receipts of a such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement the net amount received by the relevant Financing Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Financing Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note Financing Document as if the corresponding deduction or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentencehad not been made. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 thirty (30) days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies evidence of tax receipts evidencing such payment by in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior agree to complete in good faith and execute and deliver to the Effective DateBorrower, in a timely manner, such form, certificates, information or documentation relating to such Lender or Administrative Agent to establish the extent to which any payments to such Lender or Administrative Agent are exempt from, or in the case are entitled to a reduction of withholding or deduction of any Taxes (collectively, the “Forms”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be required to provide any Forms pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) unless (i) such Forms are required by law as a condition to, or evidence of entitlement to, relief or exemption in whole or in part from any Taxes, (ii) such Lender or the Administrative Agent is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such Forms and (other than iii) the Borrower shall have timely provided to such Lender or the Administrative Agent a written notice requesting that such Lender or the Administrative Agent execute and deliver such Forms together with the Forms and the official instructions thereto, if any. (c) If the Borrower pays any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest additional amount under this Agreement pursuant Section 2.8 to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to such assignment or transferthe taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), on such Lender shall pay to the date Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in good faith, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such assignment or transfer to Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (i) any Lender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying whether to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to seek a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or Tax Benefit; (ii) if such nothing in this Section 2.8(c) shall require any Lender is not a “bank” within to disclose any confidential information to the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(ABorrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (iii) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to clause (ithis Section 2.8(c) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (at any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time Default or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver Event of Default exists. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the U.S. contrary, the Borrower and shall not be required pursuant to this Section 2.8 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateAgent, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided or the Administrative Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and Closing Date (y) or, if later, the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) date such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant or Administrative Agent becomes a party to this Section 5.04(bAgreement) or (II) as a result of a change in the case jurisdiction of organization of such Lender or Administrative Agent or a paymentchange in the location of the Applicable Lending Office of such Lender, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, except to the extent that any such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained change is requested or required in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested writing by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such LenderBorrower. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Nii Holdings Inc), Credit Agreement (Nii Holdings Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), the Borrower agrees to pay, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, all such payments will be made free present and clear offuture income, stamp and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future other taxes, levies, imposts, dutiesfines, fees, assessments or costs and charges whatsoever now and hereafter imposed, assessed, levied, withheld or collected on or in respect of any payments of principal, interest or other amounts (all such taxes, levies, costs, imposts, fines, fees, assessments and charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excludingbeing herein collectively called "Taxes"); provided that Taxes shall not include, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax taxes imposed on or measured by the overall net income or profits receipts of a Lender the Administrative Agent or any Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it the Administrative Agent or such Bank is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority of any therein. The Borrower agrees to also pay such jurisdiction additional amounts equal to increases in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender that Bank described in respect the foregoing proviso which increases arise from the receipt by that Bank of such amounts payments so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank by the Borrower pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 4.04 and in respect from the receipt of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days Promptly after the date the on which payment of any Taxes such Tax is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by law, the respective BorrowerBorrower will furnish to that Bank evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to that Bank, that the Borrower has met its obligation under this Section 4.04. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank against, and reimburse such Lender upon its written requesteach Bank on demand for, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penaltiesBank, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedas determined by that Bank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the extent that such Lender has not provided Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Effective Date, or in the case of a Bank that establish is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.04 (unless the respective Bank was already a Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Bank the Prescribed Forms certifying to the Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement. In addition, each Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the Prescribed Forms obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the Borrower and the Agent new Prescribed Forms and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement, or it shall immediately notify the Borrower and the Agent of its inability to deliver any such Form or Certificate, in which case such Bank shall not be required to deliver any such Prescribed Form pursuant to this Section 4.04(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold and pay to the appropriate taxing authority within the time prescribed by applicable law income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Bank other than the Administrative Agent or any Bank (i) who is a U.S. Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code for U.S. Federal income tax purposes or (ii) who has the Prescribed Forms on file with the Borrower for the applicable year to the extent deduction or withholding of such taxes is not required as a result of the filing of such Prescribed Forms, and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to the Administrative Agent or a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) the Administrative Agent or such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Prescribed Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (iiBank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) aboveof the Code, to the extent that such forms the Prescribed Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (About, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Primedia Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or the Borrowers hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 5.5(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax tax, imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such the amounts so of Taxes paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of sentence, which written request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender pursuant setting forth, in reasonable detail, the computations used in determining such amounts. Subject to this sentence. The respective Borrower Section 2.6(d), the Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrowers. Each Borrower agrees to The Borrowers will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied against, imposed on, or imposed and paid by such the Administrative Agent or any Lender and within 30 days of any liability (including penaltieswritten request therefor, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect without regard to whether such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedasserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.5(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent: (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate forms and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, any related documentation necessary to establish the claimed exemption or reduction) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States from, or a reduced rate of withholding from, U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement 42 Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document, and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such in the case of a Lender is not a “bank” within seeking to qualify for the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) aboveportfolio interest exemption, (x) a certificate substantially in form and substance acceptable to the form of Exhibit D Administrative Agent (any such certificate, a an Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of to such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteexemption. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Form, including any related documentation or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate documentation, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)it. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a5.5(a), but subject to Section 14.03 10.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Non-U.S. Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Borrowers such Forms or such Exemption Certificate and related documentation that establish a complete exemption from or reduction in the rate of such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a5.5(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States if or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower extent such Taxes result from a Lender’s failure to provide the Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.5(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxesTaxes at the time the Lender first became a Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees The Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a5.5(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal The Borrowers will indemnify and regulatory restrictions hold harmless the Administrative Agent and subject to overall policy considerations of such each Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need and reimburse each upon its written request within 30 days thereof, for or reduce the amount of any additional documentary, excise, stamp, property or other similar taxes, duties, fees, assessments or other charges imposed with respect to the execution, delivery, filing or enforcement of any Credit Document, without regard to whether such amounts payable were correctly or legally asserted by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lenderrelevant Governmental Authority. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require If any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryLender, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04opinion, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes been granted a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) refund in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld paid as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section, it as described shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lenderrespect thereof), as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding net of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, all out-of-pocket costs and only to the extentexpenses; provided, that the obligation Borrowers agree to pay promptly return any such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as refund (plus interest) to such Lender if such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrowers with a consequence copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such change in applicable law or (II) refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Sharing EventLender to apply for any such refund.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp), Credit Agreement (Ch Energy Group Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to such Bank, in its sole discretion, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability Bank. All amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.04(a) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 12.17 (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedthe extent applicable). (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States or any additional amounts with respect thereto if (I) such Lender Bank is not a U.S. Person (defined as provided above) and has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file If any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryBank, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04opinion, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes been granted a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) refund in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld paid as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, it as described shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in respect thereof), net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, to the Borrower; provided that the Borrower agrees to promptly return any such refund (plus interest) to such Bank upon receipt of written notification from such Bank in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) event such Bank is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Nothing contained herein shall interfere with the right of a Bank to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit or oblige any changes after the Effective Date (Bank to apply for any refund or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in to disclose to any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, party any information relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extentits tax affairs on any computations in respect thereof (including, and only to the extentwithout limitation, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventits tax returns).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc), Credit Agreement (Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or ------------ hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.4(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income (or profits any franchise tax based on net income) of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of which such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, the Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder, under any Note or under any other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Borrower shall also reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts Taxes paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this or the preceding sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to the Effective Date, Additional Borrowing Date (or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee assignee, transferee or transferee participant of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.4 hereof (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), ) on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteNote and under any other Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in on or prior to the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN Additional Borrowing Date (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a paymentLender that is an assignee, other than interesttransferee or participant of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.4 hereof, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to on the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding date of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence assignment, transfer or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous participation to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Graphic Controls Corp), Credit Agreement (Graphic Controls Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defensedefense (which payment shall not be deemed a waiver of any claims under this Agreement). Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c)Section 2.06, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments payment (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax (including any franchise tax) imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence; provided, however, that no such reimbursement shall be required unless such Lender determines that the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount of any credit, allowance or deduction allowable to such Lender as an offset against any taxes payable on behalf of such Lender and in such event reimbursement shall not be required in any amount greater than such excess. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLender and the Administrative Agent, and reimburse such Lender and the Administrative Agent upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of any such required indemnification payment prepared by such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be final, conclusive and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedbinding for all purposes absent manifest error. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.10 or 14.03 Section 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D B (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver promptly to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b2.06(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a2.06(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.,

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Senior Subordinated Credit Agreement (Alpine Group Inc /De/), Senior Subordinated Credit Agreement (Superior Telecom Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or ------------ and/or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or and/or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documenttherein. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W- 8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in of time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision sub division or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable by it hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made by it to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject pay to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if an amount that the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law refund, reduction or (II) any Sharing Eventcredit.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (MJD Communications Inc), Credit Agreement (MJD Communications Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.Section

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Therma Wave Inc), Credit Agreement (Therma Wave Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All Except as provided for in Section 3.03(b), all payments made by any Borrower hereunder or the Borrowers hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document will be Loan Document, including all payments made without setoffby the Borrowers pursuant to its guaranty obligations under Article X, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentencethis Section 3.03(a), any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender and franchise taxes imposed on it pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender Lender, as applicable, is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts (including additional amounts to compensate for withholding on amounts paid pursuant to this Section 3.03) as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Loan Document. The Borrowers will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes imposed on and paid by such Lender. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to this Section 5.04(b3.03(a), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income income, profits or profits franchise of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located located, as the case may be, or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located therein, and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf reimbursement of taxes, which request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender pursuant to setting forth, in reasonable detail, the preceding sentence and computations used in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of determining such Lender pursuant to this sentenceamounts. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the respective Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees for federal income tax purposes and that is entitled to deliver claim an exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to a payment by Borrowers agree to provide to the U.S. Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.06 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate forms and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, complete with accompanying Forms W-8BEN with respect to beneficial owners of the payment) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from or a reduced rate of withholding of United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Loan Document, along with any other appropriate documentation establishing such exemption or reduction (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) as statements certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete qualification for exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteportfolio interest). In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI form establishing such exemption or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 reduction (such as statements certifying qualification for exemption with respect to portfolio interest) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms any related documentation as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect if the Lender continues to payments under be so entitled. No Lender shall be required by this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability Section 3.03(b) to deliver any such a form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent that it is required not legally entitled to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the deliver. The Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.03(a) hereof to gross-up payments pay additional amounts on account of or indemnify with respect to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, withholding taxes to the extent that such taxes arise solely due to a Lender’s failure to deliver forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything that it was legally entitled to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in but failed to deliver under this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees 3.03(b). The Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding3.03(a) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such If any Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04opinion, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes been granted a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) refund in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 3.03, it as described shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lenderrespect thereof), as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extentBorrower; provided, and only to the extenthowever, that the obligation Borrowers agree to pay promptly return any such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as refund (plus interest) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrower Representative with a consequence copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such change in applicable law or (II) refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Sharing EventLender to apply for any such refund.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Gibraltar Industries, Inc.), Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Gibraltar Industries, Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein therein) with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located (or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein)) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located (or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office therein or applicable lending office of such Lender is located thereof) and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that that, from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) of the last sentence of this Section 4.04(b) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (National Tobacco Co Lp), Credit Agreement (National Tobacco Co Lp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made to the Banks by any Borrower hereunder the Borrowers hereunder, under the Notes or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document will be made without setoffset off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, b)ut excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the gross or net income or profits of a Lender Bank (including all interest, penalties or similar liabilities related thereto) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, or taxing authority of the jurisdiction in which it is resident United States of America or the jurisdiction any political subdivision thereof, in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender a Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) located), and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, leviestogether with any amounts payable pursuant to the next sentence, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement each Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceNote. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law each Bank upon request certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrowers. Each Borrower agrees to The Borrowers will indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender each Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxeseach Bank. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Eplus Inc), Credit Agreement (MLC Holdings Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Borrowers hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees The Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 2.07 or 14.03 11.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. such Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it them as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (SAExploration Holdings, Inc.), Credit Agreement (SAExploration Holdings, Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any by, or on behalf of, the ------------ Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Loan Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without --------------- deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income (or profits any franchise tax) of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of which such Lender is organized or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located located) and for all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, "Taxes"). If any withholding Taxes are so levied or imposed ----- or required to be withheld, the Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable byTaxes and, or withheld fromif any, such Lender in respect additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may be ------------------ necessary so that every payment of such all amounts so paid to due hereunder, under any Note or under any other Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment account of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing and such payment by Additional Amounts, will not be less than the respective Borroweramount provided for herein or in such Note or in such other Loan Document. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by the Agent or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to any payment (including, without limitation, any payment of Additional Amounts) to be made by the Borrower under any Note or any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.04, the Borrower shall ------------ only be required to pay any Additional Amounts for the account of any Lender, if such Taxes whether arise by reason of changes in applicable tax law, regulation, rule, guideline, order or income tax treaty, or in the official interpretation of any thereof, from and after the date such Lender becomes a "Lender" under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not they were correctly be required to pay any -------- ------- Additional Amounts, or legally assertedindemnify or reimburse any Lender, in respect of, against or for any Taxes imposed as a result of such Lender's failure to comply with Section 4.04(b). The Borrower will furnish to the Agent within 45 days after --------------- the date the payment of any Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Borrower. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to provide to the extent Borrower on or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date or, in the case of a Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.04 (unless the respective Lender was ------------- already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), upon the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, two original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or Form 1001 or, in the case of a Lender claiming exemption from United States withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to "portfolio interest," a Form W-8 or any other successor tax form acceptable to the Agent and the Borrower (and, if such Lender delivers a Form W-8, a certificate representing that such Lender has is not provided a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), in each case certifying to such Lender's entitlement to a complete exemption from such deduction or United States withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant tax with respect to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made under this Agreement, under any Note and under any other Loan Document. Each Lender which so delivers such Form 1001, Form 4224 or Form W-8 (or any successor forms), as the case may be, further agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Agent two original signed copies of Form 1001, Form 4224 or Form W-8, as the case may be, before the date that the previously delivered form expires or becomes obsolete or prior to the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so delivered, and such amendment thereto or extensions or renewal thereof as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, in each case, certifying to such Lender's entitlement to a Lender (complete exemption from, or reduction in, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement, under any Note and under any other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in respect of Section 4.04(a), the Borrower and the Agent shall be --------------- entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States if (Ior any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest fees or other amounts payable hereunder (without any obligation under Section 4.04(a) to pay --------------- the respective Lender such taxes or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto) for the account of any Lender which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes and which has not provided to the U.S. Borrower and the Internal Revenue Service Forms Agent such forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower and the Agent by a Lender pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.04(b) 4.04(b), provided, that if the Borrower or (II) in --------------- -------- the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of Agent shall so deduct or withhold any such taxes, it shall provide to such Lender certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Borrower or the Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03sentence, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding4.04(a) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by --------------- it as described in the immediately preceding previous sentence (A) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date of this Agreement in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar TaxesTaxes (provided that each such Lender shall at the Borrower's reasonable request provide to the Borrower any applicable tax form or certificate necessary or appropriate for any exemption of the United States withholding tax or the reduction in the rate of such withholding tax), (B) to the extent the indemnity payment or Additional Amounts are to be paid to a transferee of a Lender who became a transferee at the request of the Borrower, or (C) to the extent the indemnity payment or Additional Amounts that any transferee from a Lender would be entitled to receive hereunder (without regard to this Section 4.04(b)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or Additional Amounts that the Lender who made the transfer of its interests to such transferee would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.04(b), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section 4.04(b) that such Lender is not legally able to deliver. (c) Each The Borrower agrees to pay, and to indemnify each Lender shall use reasonable efforts and the Agent for any liability with respect to, any current or future or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (consistent including, without limitation, mortgage recording taxes and similar fees) that arise from any payment made under this Agreement, any Note or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file respect to, this Agreement, any certificate Note or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender.other Loan Document ("Other Taxes"). ----------- (d) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes (without duplication of Section 4.04(a)) and Other Taxes paid by --------------- such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses)) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes (without duplication of Section 4.04(a)) or Other Taxes were correctly or --------------- legally asserted by the relevant governmental authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared by the Lender or the Agent, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date any Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, makes written demand therefor. (e) Nothing contained in this Section 5.04 4.04 shall require any Lender or the Agent (or any Eligible Transfereetransferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (HCC Industries International)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Guarantors or the ------------ Borrower hereunder hereunder, or by the Borrower under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document Note, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections Section 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident any political subdivision or the jurisdiction taxing authority thereof or therein in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank, is located or any subdivision thereof or thereinlocated) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees and the ----- Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay the full amount of such TaxesTaxes to the relevant taxation authority or other governmental authority in accordance with applicable law, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective Borrower agrees and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally be obligated to reimburse each LenderBank or the Issuing Bank, upon as the case may be, within 60 days from the date such Bank or the Issuing Bank makes written request of such Lender, demand therefor for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall determine are payable by, by such Bank or withheld from, such Lender the Issuing Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 60 days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law law, certified copies of tax the receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower or the Guarantors or other written proof of payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing payment thereof. Each The Borrower agrees and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, the Issuing Bank and each of the Agents, and to reimburse such Lender Bank, the Issuing Bank or such Agent (as the case may be) upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes and Other Taxes (as defined below) so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability Bank, the Issuing Bank or such Agent (including penaltiesas the case may be). This indemnification shall be made with 60 days after the date such Bank, interest and expensesthe Issuing Bank or such Agent (as the case may be) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedmakes written demand therefor. (b) Each Lender The Issuing Bank (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments onlyif appropriate) and each Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective DateDate (or in the case of Tranche B Banks, on or prior to the date on which any interest on the Tranche B Loans is paid in cash), or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 15.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's or the Issuing Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from or a reduced rate of United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank or the Issuing Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D F (any such certificate, a "Section ------- 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed ----------------------- copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's or the Issuing Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank and the Issuing Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, (i) when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respectrespect or (ii) upon the reasonable written request of the Borrower to such Bank, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, when a lapse in time renders the previous certification obsolete that it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (unless the Bank or the Issuing Bank is not lawfully able to do so solely as a result of a change in law) two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such Form or Certificate. If the form provided by a Bank or certificate in which case the Issuing Bank at the time such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Bank or certificate pursuant the Issuing Bank first becomes a party to this Section 5.04(b)Agreement indicates a United States withholding tax in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Bank or the Issuing Bank provides the appropriate form certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding at such lesser rate shall only be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such form. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately preceding and succeeding sentencesentences, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision taxing authority thereof or therein) and shall be entitled to deduct or withhold such taxes, to the extent it is required to do so by law from interest, fees and other amounts payable hereunder, if (I1) such Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms appropriate form described in this subsection (b) (other than if, due to a change in law ----- ---- occurring after the date on which a form originally was required to be provided, such form is not required under this subsection (b)) required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II2) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank or the Issuing Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.035.04, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank and the Issuing Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender In addition, the Borrower shall use reasonable efforts (consistent pay any present or future stamp, documentary, excise, property or similar taxes, charges, levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes, if any, or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject respect to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing this Agreement or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of Notes, if any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous (herein referred to such Lender.as "Other Taxes"). ----------- (d) Nothing in In the event that an additional payment is made under this Section 5.04 shall require for the account of any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryBank and such Bank, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject opinion, determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or been granted a refund in respect of any Taxes paid pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established such Bank shall promptly remit such refund to the satisfaction Borrower, net of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account all out-of-pocket expenses of such Canadian LenderBank related thereto; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04provided, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extenthowever, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence Borrower upon the request -------- ------- of such change Bank, agrees to promptly return such refund to such Bank in applicable law the event such Bank is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Nothing contained herein shall interfere with the right of a Bank to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Bank to apply for any refund or (II) to disclose any Sharing Eventinformation relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Scovill Holdings Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees shall be obligated to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a x)a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two y)two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each x)the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers y)the Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxestaxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Duratek Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or the Borrowers hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (csection 5.4(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all to such non-non excluded taxes, levies, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such nonexcluded taxes levies, imposts, duties, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, Lender for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence, which request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail, the computations used in determining such amounts. The respective Borrower Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerCompany. Each Borrower agrees to The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case cases of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 section 13.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this section 5.4(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN W-8EIC (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN W-8EIC pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D F (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii5.4(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN or Form W-8BENW-8EIC, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii5.4(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(bsection 5.4(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(asection 5.4(a), but subject to Section 14.03 section 13.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Company shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender and which has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service Company such forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Company shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(asection 5.4(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Company pursuant to this Section 5.04(bsection 5.4(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) section 5.4 and except as set forth specifically provided for in Section 14.03section 13.4(c), each Borrower the Company agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(asection 5.4(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding previous sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each If any Lender, in its sole opinion, determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or been granted a refund in respect of any Taxes paid as to which indemnification has been paid by the Company pursuant to this section, it shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in respect thereof), net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses; provided, that the Company agrees to promptly return any such refund (plus interest) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall use reasonable efforts provide the Company with a copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such Lender) refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Lender to file apply for any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lenderrefund. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject Reference is hereby made to the last sentence provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian section 2.9(d) for certain limitations upon the rights of a Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventsection.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Stoneridge Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoffset-off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Lender, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of a Lender, in either case pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If Except as provided in Section 4.04(b), if any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to sentence of this Section 5.04(b4.04(a), then the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Lender, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of such Lender, in either case pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied that arise from the failure of the Borrower to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate Tax authority and that become payable by the Administrative Agent or imposed and paid by any Lender as a result of any such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedfailure. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 Sections 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes; provided that the Lender complies with the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.04(b) with respect to providing forms and certificates. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject pay to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if an amount that the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , deter mine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (IIi) any Sharing EventLender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender has made a payment to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any exclussions or defenses; and (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require the Lender to disclose any confidential information to the Borrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Ameristar Casinos Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defensedefense (which payment shall not be deemed a waiver of any claims under this Agreement). Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c)Section 2.06, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments payment (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax (including any franchise tax) imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence; provided, however, that no such reimbursement shall be required unless such Lender determines that the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount of any credit, allowance or deduction allowable to such Lender as an offset against any taxes payable on behalf of such Lender and in such event reimbursement shall not be required in any amount greater than such excess. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLender and the Administrative Agent, and reimburse such Lender and the Administrative Agent upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of any such required indemnification payment prepared by such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be final, conclusive and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedbinding for all purposes absent manifest error. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Admin- istrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.10 or 14.03 Section 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D B (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver promptly to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b2.06(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a2.06(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a2.06(a) hereof to gross-gross up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income withholding or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b2.06(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 2.06 and except as set forth in Section 14.03Sec- tion 11.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a2.06(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Senior Subordinated Credit Agreement (Superior Telecom Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Company hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerCompany. Each Borrower The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.12 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Forms 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respectrespect or upon reasonable written request of Company, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Company shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms forms, certificates or documentation that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Company shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Company pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each Borrower the Company agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by If the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of Company pays any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.this

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Coltec Industries Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b4.04(b), (c) and (cd), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively collectively, as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each In the case of Loans to the US Borrower, each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. US Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made by the US Borrower under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made by the US Borrower under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, in the case of Loans to the US Borrower, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. US Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefit of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments by the US Borrower under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. US Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the US Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable by it hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. US Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers US Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made by it to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. US Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. US Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the US Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each In the case of Loans to the English Borrower, each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal that is not a resident of the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes agrees, to the extent such Lender is entitled to do so by law and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations the provisions of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable tax treaty, law or regulation if the making within a reasonable period of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on time after the Effective Date (or, in the case of a Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 1.13 or Section 13.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such later assignment or transfer), within a reasonable period of time after the date on which it such Lender becomes a Canadian party to this Agreement by execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement), to make the requisite filing with the appropriate United Kingdom taxing authority (as to which the English Borrower shall notify such Lender) with respect (and/or the taxing authority of the jurisdiction in which such Lender's principal office is located) as required to any payments establish its entitlement to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, an exemption from or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower reduction in United Kingdom withholding under the Credit Documents: double tax treaty currently in force between the United States (or the jurisdiction in which such Lender's principal office is located) and the United Kingdom. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.04(a), but subject to Section 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers English Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent that they are it is required to do so by Applicable Lawlaw, to deduct and withhold income or withhold Canadian Taxes from similar taxes imposed by the United Kingdom on interest, fees, commissions Fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement hereunder for the account of any Lender which is not a resident of the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes to the extent that such Canadian Lender; Lender has not provided forms, declarations or other certification required to establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers English Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian a Lender in respect of Canadian Taxesincome or similar taxes imposed by the United Kingdom if such Lender has not provided to the English Borrower the forms and declaration required to be provided by such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence. Alternatively, if a Lender is a bank as defined in Section 840A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act of 1988 of the United Kingdom, it shall, upon the reasonable written request of the English Borrower, provide certifications to that effect to the English Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this clause (c) or elsewhere in this Section 5.044.04 and except as set forth in Section 13.04(b), the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree English Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes Taxes. (d) In the case of Loans to the extentIrish Borrower, each Lender that is not a resident of Ireland for Irish tax purposes shall use reasonable efforts to file any certificate or document reasonably requested by the Irish Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if such filing would eliminate or reduce the amount of withholding taxes imposed by Ireland and only to would not, in the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence sole discretion of such change Lender, result in applicable law a legal, economic or (II) any Sharing Eventregulatory disadvantage to such Lender.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Sitel Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document Pagare will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such A▇▇ ▇▇▇h payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future federal, state, or local income, payroll, withholding, social security, sales, use, service, leasing excise, franchise, value added, estimated, occupation, real and personal property, stamp, transfer, workers' compensation, severance or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second third succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the any jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located maintains a place of business or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties addition thereto or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). In addition, Borrower shall pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Documents (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes"). If any Taxes or Other Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentPagare, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxe▇ ▇▇ ▇ther Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentPagare. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant or Other Taxe▇ ▇▇▇▇uant to the preceding sentenceforegoing, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse such amounts to each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes such Taxes or Other Taxes as are imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.jurisdiction

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Qualcomm Inc/De)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by Borrower or any Borrower ------------ Guarantor hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document any Guarantee will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 5.06(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction Governmental Authority or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any jurisdiction in which such Lender conducts business or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Covered Taxes"). If any ------------- Covered Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)Borrower and each Guarantor, as the respective Borrower case may be, agrees to pay the full amount of such Covered Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement Agreement, the Guarantees or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Covered Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Covered Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower and each Guarantor agrees on a joint and several basis to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, (i) for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction by reason of the making of payments in which the principal office or applicable lending office respect of such Lender is located Covered Taxes pursuant to this Section (including pursuant to this sentence) and (ii) for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid in respect of Covered Taxes to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower and each Guarantor, as the case may be, will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Covered Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Borrower or any Guarantor. Borrower and the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees Guarantors agree to jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Covered Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising from therefrom or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedthereto. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a "Non-U.S. Lender") agrees to --------------- deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateClosing Date or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.06 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 100 1 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Lenders entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or reduction in rate of, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteNote (or, with respect to any assignee Lender, at least as extensive as the assigning Lender), or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A88 I(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D K (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 5.06 Certificate") and ------------------------ (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or reduction in rate of, United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteNote (or, with respect to any assignee Lender, at least as extensive as the assigning Lender). In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN100 1, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 5.06 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.06(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be required to deliver any such form or certificate if a change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred prior to the date on which such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form or certificate inapplicable or would prevent the Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or certificate with respect to it and such Lender so advises Borrower. Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Non-U.S. Lender, or to pay any additional amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of U.S. Federal withholding tax pursuant to paragraph (a) above to the extent that (i) the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to U.S. Federal withholding tax existed on the date such Non-U.S. Lender became a party to this Agreement; provided, however, that this clause (i) shall not apply -------- ------- to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payments or additional amounts that the Person making the assignment or transfer to such Lender would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment or transfer, or (y) such assignment or transfer had been requested by Borrower, or (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.06(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 5.06 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.06(b), each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a5.06(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Covered Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject In addition, Borrower agrees to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file pay any certificate present or document future stamp or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (documentary taxes or any other information that it deems to be confidential excise or proprietaryproperty taxes, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under the last sentence of this Section 5.04Note or from the execution, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada)delivery or registration of, or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interestto, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for or the account of such Canadian Lender; and Notes (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant hereinafter referred to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian as "Other Taxes"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.-----------

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Senior Subordinated Credit Agreement (Princess Beverly Coal Holding Co Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Parent Guarantor hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax tax, imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Creditor pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Creditor is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Creditor is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all to such non-non excluded taxes, levies, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such nonexcluded taxes levies, imposts, duties, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Parent Guarantor agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Documenthereunder, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentherein. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Parent Guarantor agrees to reimburse each LenderCreditor, upon the written request of such Lender, Creditor for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Creditor pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Creditor is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Creditor is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Creditor is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Creditor shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Creditor in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Creditor pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Creditor pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Parent Guarantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Creditor, evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerParent Guarantor. Each Borrower agrees to The Parent Guarantor will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each LenderCreditor, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender Creditor upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedCreditor. (b) Each Lender (Without prejudice to the survival of any other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) agreement of the Code) agrees to deliver to Parent Guarantor hereunder, the U.S. Borrower agreements and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) obligations of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary Parent Guarantor contained in this Section 5.04, section shall survive the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender payment in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity full of the jurisdiction requiring principal of and interest on the deduction or withholding) in respect Notes and termination of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventthis Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Parent Guaranty (Vencor Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any a Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without deduction, withholding, setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as -21- provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing tax- ing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to each of the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Person that is first becomes a Bank by an assignee assignment provided for in Section 1.13 or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 12.04, on or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lenderassignment, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that that, from time to time after the Effective DateDate or the date of assignment, as the case may be, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to each of the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.immediately

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Zurn Industries Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Borrowers hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Financing Document will be made without setoffset-off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, in the case of any Lender, except as provided in the second immediately succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges charges, regardless of whether imposed, assessed or collected by withholding deduction or otherwise, being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If ; provided that if either Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct or withhold any Taxes are from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so levied that after making all required deductions or imposed, subject withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.04(b2.9), the respective Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) such Borrower agrees to shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement deducted or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than withheld to the amount provided for herein or relevant governmental authority in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentaccordance with applicable Law. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective relevant Borrower agrees shall be obligated to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 forty-five (45) days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or such other evidence of payment as is reasonably acceptable to the respective BorrowerLenders). Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each If either Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 2.9 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities (other than any Canadian a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) shall pay to such Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver equal to the U.S. Borrower and net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already as a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date consequence of such assignment or transfer to Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (i) any Lender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (iii) two accurate and complete original signed copies any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI a disallowance or Form W-8BEN reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as carryback of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to payments which such Lender has made a payment to a Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9(b), as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, shall be made treated as a Tax for which the relevant Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.9; (iii) nothing in this Section 2.9(b) shall require the Lender to disclose any confidential information to the Borrowers (including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (iv) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 2.9(b) at any time when a Default or Event of Default exists. (c) A Lender shall, at the request of either Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which result in or would result in the Lender’s being grossed-up or indemnified under this Agreement and under Section 2.9. A Lender need not take any Revolving Note, or (ii) such steps if such Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that to do so may be materially prejudicial to the Lender (it being understood that it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver prejudicial to the U.S. Lender to bear costs that either Borrower and is willing to reimburse). (d) If either Borrower reasonably determines that there exists a reasonable basis for contesting any Taxes for which indemnification has been demanded hereunder, the relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateAgent, as the case may be, and shall in good faith take into account the position being advanced by such other forms as may be required Borrower in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to evaluating whether a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) contest with respect to any payments to such Lender of interesttaxes should be pursued; provided, feeshowever, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: that (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitledhave sole discretion in deciding whether to commence, settle, or abandon any such contest, and shall have complete control with respect to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account all aspects of any such Canadian Lendercontest; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers relevant Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in pay all costs and expenses incurred with respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained contest; (iii) the relevant Borrower shall pay to the relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, all amounts for which indemnification has been demanded hereunder prior to the commencement of any such contest; and (iv) nothing in this Section 5.042.9(d) shall require the relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree case may be, to pay disclose any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard confidential information to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following Borrowers (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lenderincluding, as applicable) in any applicable lawwithout limitation, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventits tax returns).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (QGOG Constellation S.A.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document or under any Second-Lien Loan Note will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or on, measured by or determined by reference to the net income or net profits of a Lender or franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any political subdivision thereof or thereinof any such jurisdiction) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied levied, imposed or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)collected through withholding or deduction, the respective Borrower (or any other Credit Party making the payment) agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentSecond-Lien Loan Note, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentSecond-Lien Loan Note. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower (or any other Credit Party making the payment) agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The Borrower (or the respective Borrower Credit Party) will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts or other documentation evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower (or such Credit Party). Each Borrower agrees The Credit Agreement Parties jointly and severally agree (and each Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Subsidiary Guaranty, and the incorporation by reference therein of the provisions of this Section 4.04, shall agree) to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender; provided that such Lender and any liability shall have provided the Credit Agreement Party (including penaltiesor respective Subsidiary Guarantor) with evidence, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect reasonably satisfactory to such Taxes whether Credit Agreement Party (or not they were correctly or legally assertedsuch Subsidiary Guarantor), of the payment of such Taxes. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.07 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Second-Lien Loan Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Second-Lien Loan Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued complete exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Second-Lien Loan Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.07(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.07(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxessuch Taxes (or, if later, the date such Lender became party to this Agreement). (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, release or remission for or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts pay to the Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction, release or remission for or credit; provided that (i) any Lender may determine in its sole discretion consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations the policies of such LenderLender whether to seek a Tax Benefit, (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to file any certificate or document or which such Lender has made a payment to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any applicable treatyexclusions or defenses, law (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require a Lender to disclose any confidential information to the Borrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns), and (iv) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) at any time a Default or regulation if the making Event of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such LenderDefault then exists. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 shall be subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.18 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Second Lien Credit Agreement (EnerSys)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein therein) with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located (or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein)) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other governmental charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to shall pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes to the relevant taxing authority in accordance with applicable law and shall pay to the relevant Lender such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective relevant Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderLender lending to such Borrower, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender (including, without limitation, any franchise tax imposed on or measured by net income or net profits and any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or similar taxes imposed by any political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located (or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office therein or applicable lending office of such Lender is located thereof) and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, if any, issued by such taxing authority or other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or, if such Borrower has not received such certified copies of tax receipts within such time period, then such Borrower shall furnish such certified copies of tax receipts to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent within 15 days after such Borrower has received such certified copies of tax receipts). Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date upon which such Lender makes written demand therefor, which demand shall identify the nature and the amount of Taxes for which indemnification is sought and shall include a copy of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedwritten assessment thereof. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case 6ase of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that assumes an interest or is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.14, 1.16 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assumption, assignment or transfer), on the date of such assumption, assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that that, from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 3.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or or, if legally unable to deliver such forms, it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof hereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder by such Borrower for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Borrowers Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.04(b) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) If a Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Lender shall pay to the Borrower an amount that such Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. Such amount shall be paid as soon as practicable after receipt or realization by such Lender of such refund, reduction or credit. Nothing in this Section 3.04(c) shall require any Lender to disclose or detail the basis of its calculation of the amount of any refund or reduction of, or credit against, its tax liabilities or any other information to any Borrower or any other Person. (d) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. a Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation regulation, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective a Borrower under Section 3.04(a) and would not, in the sole discretion reasonable judgment of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Mbia Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of or similar taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction jurisdic tion or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment pay ment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction de duction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein here in or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding preced ing sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant Bank pur suant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank, in each case in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written writ ten request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 Sec tion 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement Agree ment and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 Sec tion 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. United States Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank is not a United States person (defined as provided above) and has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to for in the U.S. Borrower pursuant to foregoing provisions of this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding with holding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (U S a Floral Products Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All Except as provided below, all payments made by any the Company or the German Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document of the Loan Documents will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in below, (a) any withholding taxes or backup withholding taxes imposed by the second succeeding sentenceUnited States or any political subdivision thereof as a result of the failure of the Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 11.14, (b) any backup withholding tax imposed as a result of a failure to provide proper certification or a notice by the Internal Revenue Service regarding a failure to report all dividends and interest payments and (c) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto thereto) (all collectively, "Taxes"). The Company and the German Borrower, as the case may be, shall also reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such non-excluded taxesLender, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments for taxes imposed on or other charges being referred measured by the net income of such Lender pursuant to collectively the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Lender is organized or in which the principal office or Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located as “Taxes”)such Lender shall determine are payable by such Lender in respect of amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this Section 3.5. If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Company and the German Borrower agrees agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Documentof the Loan Documents, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceLoan Documents. The respective Company and the German Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Company or the German Borrower, as the case may be. Each Borrower agrees to The Company and the German Borrower, as the case may be, will indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Milacron Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Lender Note or other Credit Document will Loan shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.6(b), all such payments will shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of and any franchise tax imposed on or in lieu of taxes on net income of a Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be (each a “Lending Party”), is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Lending Party is located located, managed or controlled or any subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Lender Note or other Credit DocumentLoan, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will shall not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Lender Note or other Credit DocumentLoan. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderLending Party, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of and any franchise tax imposed on or in lieu of taxes on net income of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which the principal office is organized or managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located located, managed or controlled, and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Lending Party shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Lending Party pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will shall furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 thirty (30) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLending Party, and reimburse such Lender Lending Party upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lending Party. Such indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date any Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedmakes written demand therefor. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or (B) in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 Sections 3.4.7 or 14.03 9.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Tax Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will shall deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8 ECI or Form W-8BENW-8 BEN (or successor forms), or Form W-8 BEN (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Tax Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving NoteLender Note or Loan, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Tax Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required obliged to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Tax Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.6(a), but subject to Section 14.03 9.4(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Codeabove) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.6(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender is not a United States person (as defined above) and has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.6(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, payment (other than interest, interest if and only if such Lender complies with clauses (ii)(x) and (y) above) to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.6 and except as set forth in Section 14.039.4, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.6(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income such Taxes; provided, such Lender shall provide to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Borrower, any reasonably available applicable IRS tax form (reasonably similar in its simplicity and degree of detail to IRS Form W-8 ECI or similar TaxesW-8 BEN or a Tax Certificate) necessary or appropriate for the exemption or reduction in the rate of such U.S. Federal withholding tax. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 3.6 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received any refund in respect of such additional amount paid by the Borrower, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts repay such refund to the Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender and without interest (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject except to overall policy considerations the extent such refund includes interest); provided that, the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to return such refund (plus penalties, interest or other charges) to file such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund. Whether or not a Lender claims any certificate refund or document credit or to furnish files any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, amended tax return shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) . Nothing in this Section 5.04 3.6 shall require any a Lender to (i) disclose or any Eligible Transferee) or detail the Administrative Agent to make available any basis of its calculation of the amount of any tax returns (benefit or refund to the Borrower or any other information that it deems to be confidential party or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to disclose such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event’s tax returns.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Special Value Continuation Partners, LP)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities liabil ities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein under this Agreement or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentunder any Note. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision sub division or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Autotote Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.5(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject Subject to Section 5.04(b2.8(d), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes (or any withholding or deduction on account thereof) is due pursuant to applicable law made, certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied against, imposed on, or imposed and paid by such the Administrative Agent or any Lender and within 30 days of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedwritten request therefor. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a incorporated under the laws of the United States person of America or any State thereof (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Codeeach a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.5(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent: (i) two an accurate and complete original signed copies copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor formssuccessor, substitute or other appropriate form and, in the case of Form W-8IMY, any related documentation necessary to establish the claimed exemption) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document, and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such in the case of a Lender is not a “bank” within seeking to qualify for the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) aboveportfolio interest exemption, (x) a certificate substantially in form and substance acceptable to the form of Exhibit D Administrative Agent (any such certificate, a an Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of to such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteexemption. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two a new accurate and complete original signed copies copy of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Form, including any related documentation or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Exemption Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States U.S. withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving Note, Note or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)other Credit Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.5(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Non-U.S. Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service such forms or such Exemption Certificate and related documentation that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.5(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes Taxes imposed by the United States if or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. extent such Taxes result from a Lender’s failure to provide the Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.5(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxesTaxes at the time the Lender first became a Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each The Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.5(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each The Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse each upon its written request within 30 days thereof, for the amount of any documentary, excise, stamp, property or other similar taxes, duties, fees, assessments or other charges imposed with respect to the execution, delivery, filing or enforcement of any Credit Document. (d) If any Lender, in its sole opinion, determines that it has finally and irrevocably received or been granted a refund in respect of any Taxes paid as to which indemnification has been paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest received in respect thereof), net of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses; provided, that the Borrower agrees to promptly return any such refund (plus interest) to such Lender if such Lender is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Any such Lender shall provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment from the relevant taxing authority (redacting any unrelated confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such refund. Nothing contained herein shall impose an obligation on any Lender to apply for any such refund. (e) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Section 4.5, then the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lenderrestrictions) to file change the jurisdiction of its office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate, or take other appropriate action, so as to eliminate any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested additional payment by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treatythat may thereafter accrue, law if such change or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would notother action, in the sole discretion judgment of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, be as the case may be, is not otherwise disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent or such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (DPL Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of or similar taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent Lender within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Lender, if any, that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent other lenders then party to this Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent other lenders then party to this Agreement two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent other lenders then party to this Agreement of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will shall be made without setoff, counterclaim setoff or other defensecounterclaim. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will shall be made free and clear of, of and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office Payment Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office Payment Office of such Lender is located located) and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable byall interest, penalties, or withheld fromsimilar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, such Lender in respect Taxes). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, the Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so paid to that every net payment of amounts due hereunder, after withholding or deduction for or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceprovided for herein. The respective Borrower will shall furnish to the Administrative Agent Agent, within 45 thirty (30) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to shall indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, Lender and reimburse each Lender upon the written request of such Lender upon its written requestsetting forth the basis for requesting such amount, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction any present or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted future stamp or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (documentary taxes or any other information that it deems to be confidential excise or proprietaryproperty taxes, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made by the last sentence of this Section 5.04Borrower or the Agent hereunder or from the execution, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada)delivery or registration of, or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interestto, fees, commissions, this Agreement or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing EventDocument.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (Hooper Holmes Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder the Company under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective Borrower Company agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Bank shall determine deter- mine are payable by, or withheld from, by such Lender Bank in respect of such additional amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerCompany. Each Borrower The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.12 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding Notwith- standing anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Company shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Company shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Company pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each Borrower the Company agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding with- holding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (American Italian Pasta Co)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Company hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document ------------ will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower Company agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentAgreement, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentherein. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), then the respective Borrower Company agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerCompany. Each Borrower The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Datedate of this Agreement or, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 10.04(b) (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s the Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D B (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.02(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or with respect to the portfolio interest exemption)(or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteAgreement. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Datedate of this Agreement, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI , Form W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty) or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.02(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender each Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving NoteAgreement, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)3.02(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to any Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such Forms do not establish a complete exemption form withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.02(a), but subject to Section 14.03 10.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Company shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) each Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) Code for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender each Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Company U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Company shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.02(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) each Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender each Bank has not provided to the Company the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Company pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes3.02(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.03 and except as set forth in Section 14.0310.04(b), each Borrower the Company agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.02(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date of this Agreement in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file If the Company pays any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant additional amount under this Section 3.02 to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of Bank and such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, Bank determines in the its sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing that it has actually received or realized in this Section 5.04 shall require connection therewith any Lender (refund or any Eligible Transferee) reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the Administrative Agent taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a "Tax Benefit"), such Bank shall pay to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information the Company an amount that it deems to be confidential or proprietarysuch Bank shall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident after tax, which was obtained by such Bank in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (IIi) any Sharing EventBank may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Bank, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Bank as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Bank that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Bank has made a payment to the Company pursuant to this Section 3.02(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Company is obligated to indemnify such Bank pursuant to this Section 3.02 without any exclusions or defenses; and (iii) nothing in this Section 3.02(c) shall require such Bank to disclose any confidential information to the Company (including, without limitation, its tax returns).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement (R&b Falcon Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income income, net profits or profits capital or franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof of a Lender or, in the case of a Lender or Administrative Agent that is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, a member or a partner of such Lender or Administrative Agent, pursuant to the laws of the country or national jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) in which it is organized or the country or national jurisdiction in which it is resident (or the jurisdiction any political subdivision thereof) in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or thereinlocated) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)imposed on payments made by the Borrower hereunder and under any Note, the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such TaxesTaxes to the appropriate taxing authority, and shall pay to the applicable Lender or, in the case of a Lender or Administrative Agent that is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, a member or a partner of such Lender or Administrative Agent, such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLender or, in the case of a Lender or Administrative Agent that is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, a member or a partner of such Lender or Administrative Agent, and reimburse such Lender or, in the case of a Lender or Administrative Agent that is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, a member or a partner of such Lender or Administrative Agent, upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penaltiesor, interest and expenses) arising from in the case of a Lender or with respect to Administrative Agent that is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, a member or a partner of such Taxes whether Lender or not they were correctly or legally assertedAdministrative Agent. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (iii) if a Lender or the Administrative Agent is a foreign intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, two accurate and complete signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (and all necessary attachments) establishing a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments made to the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender as the case may be under this Agreement and under any Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees and the Administrative Agent agree that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances or law renders the previous certification obsolete obsolete, invalid or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateW-8IMY (with respect to foreign intermediary or flow through entity), as the case may be, and such other forms and necessary attachments as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). The Administrative Agent and each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (other than a Lender or Administrative Agent that may be treated as an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) except to the extent required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(d)(4) (and any successor provision)) agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date or, in the case of such a Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 1.13 or 13.04(b) (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender and at the other times described above with respect to Lenders that are not United States persons, two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s and/or Administrative Agent’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any other Credit Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of withholdings, income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms provided by such Lender do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or If the Administrative Agent has not provided to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems the Borrower the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject provided to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.to

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Sources: Credit Agreement (RCN Corp /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder (including, in the case of the Corporation, in its capacity as a guarantor pursuant to Section 14) or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, deduction, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b4.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments duties or other similar charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, (i) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Lender, including branch profits taxes and franchise taxes or Taxes imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of a Lender, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or thereintherein or which imposes such taxes because such Lender engages in business in such jurisdiction other than solely as a result of this Agreement, and (ii) any tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure by such Lender (or any financial institution through which any payment is made to such Lender) to comply with the applicable requirements of Sections 1471-1474 of the Code, or any applicable Treasury Regulation promulgated under such law or published administrative guidance implementing such law) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments duties or other similar charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net any additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall reasonably determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence, in each case, with reasonable evidence thereof provided with such written request. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of official tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.14, 1.20 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, or if requested by the Corporation or the Administrative Agent, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Corporation and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Each Lender (including any assignee, successor or participant) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (other than Persons that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States backup withholding tax) shall deliver to the Corporation and the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to the Effective Date, (ii) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this sentence, and (iv) from time to time if requested by the Corporation or the Administrative Agent, two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor form) certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to the last sentence of Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Corporation U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the Corporation the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Corporation pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence (x) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes or (y) as a result of the purchase of a participation as required by Section 1.17 following the occurrence of a Sharing Event. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the respective Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 4.04 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. (e) Each Alternate Currency RL Lender that makes an Alternate Currency Revolving Loan to an Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower which is a resident for tax purposes in Ireland (each, an “Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender”) represents to each Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is an Irish Qualifying Lender with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Note. To the extent that any Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender cannot represent to the respective Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is an Irish Qualifying Lender, such Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender shall notify such Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower immediately and such Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to such Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender in respect of income, withholding or similar taxes imposed by Ireland. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 4.04, each Irish Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender in the manner set forth in Section 4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of an Irish Alternate Currency RL Lender ceasing to be an Irish Qualifying Lender due to any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (f) Each Alternate Currency RL Lender that makes an Alternate Currency Revolving Loan to a Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower (each, a “Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender”), that is not a Mexican Financial Institution, represents to each Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is a Mexican Qualifying Lender with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Note. Each Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender as of the date hereof (that is not a Mexican Financial Institution) agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its status as a Mexican Qualifying Lender, including if applicable, by filing renewal applications on a yearly basis. To the extent that any Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender (that is not a Mexican Financial Institution) cannot represent to the respective Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower that it is a Mexican Qualifying Lender, such Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender shall notify such Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower immediately and such Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to such Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by Mexico in excess of applicable taxes under Article 195, Section I, subsection a (or any other applicable successor provision) of the income tax law of Mexico. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 4.04, each Mexican Alternate Currency Revolving Loan Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Mexican Alternate Currency RL Lender in the manner set forth in Section 4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoffset-off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Lender, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of a Lender, in either case pursuant to the laws of the United States of America or the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to sentence of this Section 5.04(b4.04(a), then the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Lender, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of such Lender, in either case pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine in good faith are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 Sections 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 are subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.15 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Capstar Broadcasting Partners Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Holdings or the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), Holdings and the respective Borrower agrees jointly and severally agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), Holdings and the respective Borrower agrees jointly and severally agree to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 forty-five (45) days after the date of the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Holdings and the respective BorrowerBorrower jointly and severally. Each Holdings and the Borrower agrees jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.033.04, each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Golden Sky Systems Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments Guarantor will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein Taxes with respect to such payments (but excludingpayments, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured unless required by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”)law. If any Taxes are so levied required to be withheld or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)deducted, the respective Borrower or Guarantor, if applicable, agrees to pay the full amount of such TaxesTaxes to the relevant Governmental Authority and, and if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, such additional amounts to the recipient as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Loan Document will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note Loan Document after withholding or other Credit Documentdeduction for or on account of such Indemnified Taxes (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 4.4(a)). If As soon as practicable after any amounts are payable payment of Taxes, but in respect no event later than 45 days after the date of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b)payment of any Taxes, the respective relevant Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Guarantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts the receipt issued by the relevant Governmental Authority evidencing such payment by such Borrower or Guarantor, a copy of the respective Borrowerreturn reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each The relevant Borrower or Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and to reimburse such Lender upon its written request, Person for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes so levied or imposed (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 4.4(a)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority and paid by such Person, within 10 days after written demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability and the reasons therefor in reasonable detail delivered to the Borrower by a Lender and (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The relevant Borrower or Guarantor shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedOther Taxes. (b) Each Without limiting the generality of Section 4.4(c), each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) and the Administrative Agent that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower) on or prior to the Effective Datedate it becomes a party to this Agreement, two accurate, complete and executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑9 certifying to such Person’s NYDOCS02/1076196.5 30 entitlement to exemption from United States federal backup withholding, unless such Lender demonstrates that it is treated as an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049‑4(c)(1)(ii). Each Lender and the Administrative Agent that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each, a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments onlythe Administrative Agent, to deliver to the Borrower) that is an assignee on or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date it becomes a party to this Agreement, whichever of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, the following is applicable: (i) two accurate accurate, complete and complete original signed copies executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W‑8ECI, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto; (ii) two accurate, complete and executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑8BEN or Form W-8BEN (W-8BEN-E or successor forms) any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, certifying to such LenderPerson’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or reduction of, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Term Note; (iii) two accurate, complete and executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑8IMY, or any subsequent versions thereof of successors thereto, and all required supporting documentation; or (iiiv) if in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code: (A) two executed certificates providing that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause Code; (i) above, (x2) a certificate “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code; or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, which certificates shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D F (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Non‑Bank Certificate”) and (yB) two accurate accurate, complete and complete original signed copies executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W‑8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor formany subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Term Note. In addition, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Non-Bank Certificate, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateW-9, as the case may bebe (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the its continued entitlement of such Lender to a continued complete exemption from or reduction in United States State withholding tax or backup withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Term Note, or it shall immediately promptly notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative NYDOCS02/1076196.5 31 Agent (if applicable) of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.4 (b). Notwithstanding anything . (c) If any Lender or the Administrative Agent is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Term Note, then such Lender and the Administrative Agent agree to deliver to the contrary Borrower and the Administrative Agent upon request such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. (d) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 5.04(a1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), but subject such Lender shall deliver to Section 14.03 the Borrower and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to Administrative Agent at the extent it is required to do so time or times prescribed by law, to deduct law and at such time or withhold income or similar taxes imposed times reasonably requested by the United States Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (including as such term is defined in prescribed by Section 7701(a)(301471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for U.S. Federal income tax purposes the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the extent comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has not provided complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption amount to deduct and withhold from such deduction payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 4.4(d), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. (e) If the Borrower or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to a Guarantor pays any additional amount or makes any indemnity payment under this Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made 4.4 to a Lender or the Administrative Agent and such Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion exercised in good faith that it has received any refund of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or any Guarantor (other than any Canadian a “Refund”), such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall pay to the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, such Refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 4.4 with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments onlyrespect to Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes giving rise to such Refund) net of all out of pocket expenses (including taxes) in respect of income such Refund and without interest; provided, however, that (i) any Taxes, costs, penalties, interest or similar taxes other charges that are imposed by on a Lender or the United States if (I) Administrative Agent as a result of a disallowance or reduction of any Refund with respect to which such Lender or the Administrative Agent has not provided made a payment to the U.S. Borrower or the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Guarantor pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.4(e) (and any interest or (IIpenalties imposed thereon) in shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower or Guarantor, as the case of a paymentmay be, other than interest, is obligated to a indemnify such Lender described in clause or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 4.4 without any exclusions or defenses; (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere nothing in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e4.4(e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available disclose any of confidential information to the Borrower or the Guarantor (including, without limitation, its tax returns returns); (iii) no Lender or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, pay any amounts pursuant to deduct this Section 4.4(e) at any time which a Default or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other Event of Default exists (provided that such amounts payable shall be credited against amounts otherwise owed under this Agreement for by the account of such Canadian LenderBorrower or Guarantor); and (iiiv) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.044.4(e), in no event will the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree Lender or Administrative Agent be required to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard amount to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction Borrower or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.Guarantor the

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan and Guarantee Agreement (Evercore Partners Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender and, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or other permanent establishment partner of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective such Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective then such Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by any such jurisdiction as such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender or, in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or partner of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such Borrower (or if such receipts are unavailable, such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the respective BorrowerAdministrative Agent). Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and to reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penaltiesor, interest and expenses) arising from in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, the relevant member or with respect to partner of such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is lending to a US Borrower and is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for US Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. each such US Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Relevant Effective Date, or in the case of any such (x) a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender to a US Borrower hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer)) or (y) an Eligible Transferee that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 1.14 or 1.15, on the date of such assignment or transfer to or on the date such LenderEligible Transferee becomes a Lender hereunder, as the case may be, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made by such US Borrower under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States US withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made by such US Borrower under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note or (iii) in the case of a Lender that is a flow-through entity for US federal income tax purposes, two accurate and complete signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (and all necessary attachments) establishing a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments made to the Lender under this Agreement or under any Note. In addition, each such Lender that is lending to a US Borrower agrees that from time to time after the Relevant Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Lender will deliver to the U.S. each such US Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) CertificateCertificate or Form W-8IMY (with respect to a flow-through entity), as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments by such US Borrower under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. each such US Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each US Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is lending to such US Borrower and which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. US Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to such US Borrower, the U.S. Borrower U.S. US Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers no US Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. such US Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. such US Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a paymentpayment by such US Borrower, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the respective US Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and or US Borrowers agree to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Relevant Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Silgan Holdings Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Parent Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Term Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively collectively, as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Parent Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentTerm Note, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentTerm Note. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Parent Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Lender, and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of taxes imposed on or measured by net income or net profits of a Lender, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Parent Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Parent Borrower. Each The Parent Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish to the Parent Borrower if it is not a U.S. Borrower any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Parent Borrower pursuant that may be necessary to establish any applicable treatyavailable exemption from, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce reduction in the amount of of, any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would notTaxes; provided, in the sole discretion of such Lenderhowever, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing that nothing in this Section 5.04 3.04(b) shall require a Lender to disclose any Lender confidential information (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of including, without limitation, its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretionTax calculations). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Endurance Specialty Holdings LTD)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document or under any Note will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections Section 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, excluding (i) any tax imposed on or on, measured by or determined by reference to the net income or net profits of a Lender or franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any political subdivision thereof of any such jurisdiction and (ii) any United States federal withholding tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure by such recipient (or thereinany financial institution through which any payment is made to such recipient) to comply with the applicable requirements of FATCA) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied levied, imposed or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)collected through withholding or deduction, the respective Borrower (or any other Credit Party making the payment) agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note Note. The Borrower (or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Credit Party) will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts or other documentation evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower (or such Credit Party). Each The Borrower agrees (and each Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Subsidiary Guaranty, and the incorporation by reference therein of the provisions of this Section 5.04, shall agree) to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender; provided that such Lender and any liability shall have provided the Borrower (including penaltiesor respective Subsidiary Guarantor) with evidence, interest and expenses) arising from reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower (or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedSubsidiary Guarantor), of the payment of such Taxes. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a “Foreign Lender”) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 2.13 or 14.03 13.07 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) (“Forms”) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate” or “Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall, in the case of any payment made after December 31, 2012 in respect of any Loan, Letters of Credit, Note or Obligation that was not treated as outstanding for purposes of FATCA on March 18, 2012, provide any forms, documentation or other information as shall be prescribed by the IRS to demonstrate that the relevant Lender has complied with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including, without limitation, those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as enacted on the Effective Date, as applicable), so that such payments made to such Lender hereunder would not be subject to U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed by FATCA. In addition, each Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances or law renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respectrespect and at such times as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued complete exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.07(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms the Forms, Certificates and other documentation that are required to establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms Forms, Certificates and other documentation required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.07(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the NEWYORK 9228865 (2K) -80- manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income such Taxes; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase amounts or similar indemnify any Lender to the extent that Taxes would not have been imposed but for such Lender’s failure to provide any Forms, Certificates and related documentation that it is legally entitled to provided and that would reduce or eliminate such Taxes. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 5.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, release or remission for or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts pay to the Borrower an amount that the Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction, release or remission for or credit; provided that (i) any Lender may determine in its sole discretion consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations the policies of such LenderLender whether to seek a Tax Benefit, (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to file any certificate or document or which such Lender has made a payment to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 5.04 without any applicable treatyexclusions or defenses, law (iii) nothing in this Section 5.04(c) shall require a Lender to disclose any confidential information to the Borrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns), and (iv) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) at any time a Default or regulation if the making Event of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such LenderDefault then exists. (d) Nothing Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in this Section 5.04 shall require any 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (other than a Lender (or any Eligible Transfereethat may be treated as an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulations Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii), subject to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(d)(4)) or agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to make available any the Effective Date or, in the case of its tax returns a Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.13 or 13.07 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, two duly signed, properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or any other information that it deems successor form. If such Lender fails to be confidential or proprietarydeliver such forms, in its sole discretion)then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable backup withholding tax imposed by the Code. (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 5.04 shall be subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.18 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (EnerSys)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Bank will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001 (or successor forms), or Form W-8 (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Bank shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Sitel Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or Credit Party under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(bSection 4.04(c) and (c4.04(d), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments payments, (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, (x) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits (or any franchise or similar tax imposed in lieu of a net income or net profits tax) of a Lender or the Administrative Agent (each a “Section 4.04 Indemnitee”), as the case may be, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it such Section 4.04 Indemnitee is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee is located or any subdivision thereof or therein, (y) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in any Credit Document pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Credit Documents (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 1.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.04, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed it lending office and (z) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower and any other Credit Party agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentDocument to any Section 4.04 Indemnitee, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees and each other Credit Party jointly and severally agree to reimburse each LenderSection 4.04 Indemnitee, upon the written request of such LenderSection 4.04 Indemnitee, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits (or any franchise or similar tax imposed in lieu of a net income or net profits tax) of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Section 4.04 Indemnitee is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Section 4.04 Indemnitee is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Section 4.04 Indemnitee pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 60 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Borrower or the respective BorrowerCredit Party reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each The Borrower agrees and each other Credit Party jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, Section 4.04 Indemnitee and reimburse each such Lender Person upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by each such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes Person whether or not they such Taxes were correctly or legally assertedimposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided, however, that the Section 4.04 Indemnitee has given notice to the Borrower prior to making such payment. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Credit Party by a Section 4.04 Indemnitee (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender The Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant governmental authority in accordance with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) applicable law, or at the option of the CodeAdministrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes. (c) Each Non-U.S. Lender agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective DateDate or, or in the case of any such a Non-U.S. Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04(b) (unless the respective Non-U.S. Lender was already a Non-U.S. Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderNon-U.S. Lender or, in the case of a successor Administrative Agent, the date of the appointment of such Administrative Agent, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or W8BEN-E, as applicable (with respect to a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, withholding under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Non-U.S. Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or a reduction in, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteother Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (with respect to a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, withholding under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D D-1 (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(c)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Non-U.S. Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or a reduction in, United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Noteother Credit Document. Any Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. In addition, each such Non-U.S. Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Datedate such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances circumstance renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Non-U.S. Lender will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BENW8BEN-E, as applicable (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN or W8BEN-E, as applicable (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(c)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Non-U.S. Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Noteother Credit Document, or it such Non-U.S. Lender shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(c). To the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, each such Non-U.S. Lender agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Form W8ECI, Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a Section 4.04(c)(ii) Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided, that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender may provide a Section 4.04(c)(ii) Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner. Each U.S. Lender (other than a Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, that may be treated as an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in U.S. Treasury Regulation section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)) agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date or, in the case of a U.S. Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 1.13 or 13.04(b) (unless the respective U.S. Lender was already a U.S. Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such U.S. Lender or, in the case of a U.S. Lender that is a successor Administrative Agent, the date of the appointment of such Administrative Agent, two accurate and complete original signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor forms) certifying to such U.S. Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from, or reduction in, United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any other Credit Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income (including income taxes imposed by withholding) or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees interest or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (or the Administrative Agent, as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes case may be, to the extent that such Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may be, has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from from, or a reduction in, such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to, or to indemnify, a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in respect of income (including income taxes imposed by withholding) or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may be, has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(c) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, described in clause (ii) abovein the first sentence above in this Section 4.04(c), to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from from, or a reduction in, withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence (i) as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or such Lender changes its lending office in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income (including income taxes imposed by withholding) or similar Taxes. taxes or (cii) Each to the extent such Lender shall use reasonable efforts is an assignee of another Lender that was entitled, at the time the assignment became effective, to receive additional amounts under this Section 4.04 (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject except in each case to overall policy considerations the extent that such Lender is legally entitled to provide a form establishing exemption, or eligibility for a reduction in, from withholding of such Lender) taxes but fails to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lenderdo so). (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (If a payment made by the Borrower or any Eligible TransfereeCredit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion)determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. (e) Subject to If the last sentence of Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 5.044.04 to a Section 4.04 Indemnitee, if and such Section 4.04 Indemnitee determines in its sole good faith discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada)refund or any reduction of, or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of credit against, its interest tax liabilities in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Section 4.04 Indemnitee shall pay to such Lender of interestBorrower an amount that the Section 4.04 Indemnitee shall, feesin its sole good faith discretion, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, determine is equal to the extent that they are required to do so net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to 4.04 Indemnitee in such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (IIi) any Sharing Event.Section 4.04 Indemnitee may determine, in its sole good faith discretion consistent with the policies of such Section 4.04 Indemnitee, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any taxes that are imposed on a Section 4.04 Indemnitee as a result of a disallowance or reduction, (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Section 4 .04 Indemnitee that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Section 4.04 Indemnitee has made a payment to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.04(e) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Section 4.04 Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any exclusions or defenses, (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(e) sh

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Magellan Health Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)the Borrower and each Parent Guarantor, the respective Borrower agrees jointly and severally, agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Tax is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees and each Parent Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Datedate of this Agreement, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D E (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Datedate of this Agreement, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date date of this Agreement in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes, provided such Lender shall provide to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent any reasonably available applicable IRS tax form (reasonably similar in its simplicity and lack of detail to IRS Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN) necessary or appropriate for the exemption or reduction in the rate of such U.S. federal withholding tax. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 shall be subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or thereinSection 1.12(b) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Noble Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defensedefense (which payment shall not be deemed a waiver of any claims under this Agreement). Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c)Section 2.06, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments payment (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax (including any franchise tax) imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such reimbursement shall be required unless such Lender determines that the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount of any credit, allowance or deduction allowable to such Lender as an offset against any taxes payable on behalf of such Lender and in such event reimbursement shall not be required in any amount greater than such excess. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLender and the Administrative Agent, and reimburse such Lender ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Administrative Agent upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or the Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of any such required indemnification payment prepared by such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be final, conclusive and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedbinding for all purposes absent manifest error. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.10 or 14.03 Section 11.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D B (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver promptly to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii2.06(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b2.06(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a2.06(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a2.06(a) hereof to gross-gross up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income withholding or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b2.06(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 2.06 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a2.06(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Senior Subordinated Credit Agreement (Alpine Group Inc /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank, or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of taxes imposed on or measured by net income or net profits of a Bank, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively collectively, as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank, and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of taxes imposed on or measured by net income or net profits of a Bank, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.04(b) (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENW-8ECI, W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 3.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such income or similar Taxestaxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Amerus Group Co/Ia)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document will Loan Document, and all payments made by the Company pursuant to its guaranty obligations under Article X, shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any (A) franchise tax (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to (i) the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office the Domestic Lending Office or other permanent establishment Foreign Lending Office of such Lender Lender, as applicable, is located or any subdivision thereof or thereintherein or (ii) the laws of any jurisdiction as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Lender’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document) and (B) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (A) above (all such taxes described in this parenthetical, as modified by the proviso at the end of the succeeding sentence, being referred to collectively as “Excluded Taxes”)), any withholding tax that is imposed to the extent that the requirements for a waiver of withholding under FATCA are not met and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-Excluded Taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxesExcluded Taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective applicable Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Loan Document; provided, however, that to the extent that any such payment, on the date that such payment falls due, could have been made without any such deduction or withholding if such payment were made to a Qualifying Lender, but the Lender to which such payment is made has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any Change in Law, then such Borrower shall not be required to pay such additional amounts attributable to such Lender’s failure to be a Qualifying Lender. Each Qualifying Lender whose qualifying status is based upon a double tax treaty, or a relevant tax law in a jurisdiction of the relevant Borrower, shall timely cooperate in completing any procedural formalities (including, without limitation, the completion and provision of the Internal Revenue Service Forms, the Withholding Certificate and an Exemption Certificate (if applicable) as described in Section 3.03(b)) necessary to obtain such Qualifying Lender status and shall promptly inform the Borrowers and the Global Agent of any change affecting its Qualifying Lender status. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the sentence before the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective such Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the within 15 Business Days of a written request of such Lender, Lender for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender by reason of the payment of such Taxes and net of any tax benefits received by such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Domestic Lending Office or Foreign Lending Office of such Lender is located located, as the case may be, or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office the Domestic Lending Office or Foreign Lending Office of such Lender is located located, as the case may be, and for any withholding of taxes measured by net income imposed by any relevant jurisdiction of the Borrowers, the United States of America or, in the case of any Canadian Lender, Canada as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence, which request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail, the computations used in determining such amounts. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Global Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the respective Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Global Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Global Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes attributable to such Borrower so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (bi) Each Lender (other than any Canadian that becomes a Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not on the Closing Date shall be a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) Qualifying Lender. Each Lender and Participant agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Global Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such a Participant or a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 11.05 (unless the respective Lender or Participant was already a Lender or Participant hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender or Participant is in compliance with the provisions of this Section), on prior to the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderLender or Participant, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Company or the Global Agent: (i1) either (x) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI Forms ▇-▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇ or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor successor, substitute or other appropriate forms) certifying to such Lender’s or Participant’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or a reduced rate of withholding from, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Loan Document, or (iiy) if such in the case of a Lender or Participant that is not incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States or a state therein and is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H (any such certificate, an “Exemption Certificate”) and cannot deliver either an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8BEN or, in either case, any subsequent versions thereof or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender or Participant claiming complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on all interest payments by the Borrowers made under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document, (i2) above, either (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D I (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Withholding Certificate”) ), executed by an authorized officer of such Lender and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) other appropriate documentation certifying to such Lender’s or Participant’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States from, or rate of, withholding tax under the relevant tax law (as modified by any relevant double tax treaty) in each relevant jurisdiction of the Borrowers with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document or (y) such other written certifications as shall be sufficient for the Company and the Global Agent to determine whether such Lender or Participant is entitled to a complete exemption from, or rate of, withholding tax under the relevant law in each relevant jurisdiction of the Borrowers with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Loan Document and (3) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J (any such certificate, a “Qualifying Certificate”), executed by an authorized officer of such Lender or Participant, certifying to such Lender’s or Participant’s status as a Swiss Qualifying Lender. In addition, each such Lender and Participant agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Company and the Administrative Global Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENForm, or Form W-8 an Exemption Certificate (if applicable), a Withholding Certificate and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateQualifying Certificate and related documentation, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender or Participant to a continued exemption from from, or reduction in United States rate of, withholding tax in each relevant jurisdiction of the Borrower with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (Note or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian TaxesDocument. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.In

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Abercrombie & Fitch Co /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident managed and controlled or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts amounts, if any, as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Tax is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes.Agent (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 shall be subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or thereinSection 1.12(b) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Noble Drilling Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Loan Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(bAll payments hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, payments on account of principal and interest and fees) and (c), all such payments will shall be made by the Borrower free and clear of, of and without deduction or withholding for, for or on account of any present or future taxestax, leviesduty, impostslevy, dutiesimpost, fees, assessments assessment or other charges charge of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments Governmental Authority, but excluding therefrom (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, i) any tax imposed on or measured by the overall net income or profits (including franchise taxes imposed in lieu of a Lender pursuant to the laws net income taxes) of the Lender or the lending office of the Lender in respect of which the payment is made by the United States or by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which it the Lender is organized incorporated or the jurisdiction (or political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which it its lending office is resident located, (ii) any branch profits tax imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which the principal office Borrower is located, (iii) in the case of any Lender organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), any taxes imposed by the United States by means of withholding at the source unless such withholding results from a change in applicable lending office law, treaty or other permanent establishment regulations or the interpretation or administration thereof (including, without limitation, any guideline or policy not having the force of law) by any authority charged with the administration thereof subsequent to the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, (iv) any taxes to which the Lender is subject (to the extent of the tax rate then in effect) on the date this Agreement is executed or to which such Lender would be subject on such date if a payment hereunder had been received by the Lender on such date and with respect to any Lender that becomes a party hereto after the date hereof, any taxes to which such Lender is located subject on the date it becomes a party hereto (other than taxes which each of the other Lenders is entitled to reimbursements for pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), (v) taxes to which the Lender becomes subject subsequent to the date referred to in clause (iv) above as a result of a change in the residence, place of incorporation, or principal place of business of the Lender, a change in the branch or lending office of the Lender participating in the transactions set forth herein or other similar circumstances or as a result of the recognition by the Lender of gain on the sale, assignment or participation by the Lender of the participating interests in its creditor positions hereunder and (vi) any subdivision thereof withholding tax that is imposed as a result of a Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4.7(d) (such tax or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, leviesother than the tax or taxes described in Sections 4.7(a)(i) through (vi), imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being herein referred to collectively as “Tax” or “Taxes”). If the Borrower is required by law to make any deduction or withholding of any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every from any payment of all amounts due under this Agreement hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Documentof the Loan Documents, then the amount payable will be increased to such amount which, after withholding deduction from such increased amount of all such Taxes required to be withheld or deduction for or on account of any Taxesdeducted therefrom, will not be less than the amount provided for herein due and payable hereunder had no such deduction or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Documentwithholding been required. If A certificate as to any additional amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to a Lender under this Section 4.7 submitted to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender show in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for reasonable detail the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed payable and paid by the calculations used to determine in good faith such Lender amount and any liability (including penaltiesshall, interest absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedbinding upon all parties hereto. (b) Each Lender (other than If the Borrower makes any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) payment hereunder or under any of the Code) agrees Loan Documents in respect of which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding of any Taxes, it shall pay the full amount to be deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation or other authority within the time allowed for such payment under applicable law and shall deliver to the Lenders within 30 days after it has made such payment to the applicable authority an original or certified copy of a receipt issued by the relevant Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Lender or Administrative Agent. (c) Without prejudice to the other provisions of Section 4.7, if any Lender, or the Administrative Agent on its behalf, is required by law to make any payment on account of Taxes on or in relation to any amount received or receivable hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents by such Lender, or the Administrative Agent on its behalf, or any liability for Tax in respect of any such payment is imposed, levied or assessed against any Lender or the Administrative Agent on its behalf, the Borrower will promptly, following receipt of the certificate described in the immediately following sentence, indemnify such person against such Tax payment or liability, together with any interest, penalties and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) payable or incurred in connection therewith, including any tax of any Lender or the Administrative Agent arising by virtue of payments under this Section 4.7(c), computed in a manner consistent with this Section 4.7(c). A certificate as to the amount of such payment by such Lender, or the Administrative Agent on its behalf, showing calculations thereof in reasonable detail, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto for all purposes. (d) (i) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Lender that is a Non-U.S. Participant shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, Initial Borrowing date (or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer)Assignee, on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI W-8BEN, W-8ECI, or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or any successor formsor other applicable form prescribed by the IRS) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or a reduced rate of, United States withholding tax with respect to on interest payments to be made under this Agreement and under or any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such . If a Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Non-U.S. Participant is claiming a complete exemption from withholding on interest pursuant to Section 881(c)(3)(A881(c) of the Code Code, the Lender shall deliver (along with two accurate and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service complete original signed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (xW-8BEN) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D 4.7(d) (any such certificate, a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.7(d)(i) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note). In addition, each such Lender that is a Non-U.S. Participant agrees that from time to time after the Effective DateInitial Borrowing date, (or in the case of a Lender that is an Assignee, after the date of the assignment to such Lender), when a lapse in time (or change in circumstances occurs) renders the previous certification prior certificates hereunder obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will such Lender shall, to the extent permitted under applicable law, deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new and accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, or Form W-8 W-8IMY (or any successor or other applicable forms prescribed by the IRS), and if applicable, a new Section 5.04(b)(ii4.7(d)(i) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender or Agent to a continued an exemption from from, or reduction in in, United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up on interest payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay or any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing EventNote.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Huntsman International LLC)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If Except as provided in Section 4.04(b), if any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the extent that such Lender has not provided Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) Effective Date or, in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding is an assignee or transferee of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.Section

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Nash Finch Co)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If Except as provided in Section 4.04(b), if any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any -24- Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, Date (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty) or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each If a Credit Party pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a "Tax Benefit"), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous pay to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Credit Party an amount that the Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (IIi) any Sharing EventLender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender has made a payment to a Credit Party pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Credit Party is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any exclusions or defenses, provided, however, that the amount of such Tax shall not exceed the amount of the payments received by a Credit Party pursuant to this section 4.04(c); (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require the Lender to disclose any confidential information to any Credit Party (including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (iv) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) at any time which a Default or Event of Default exists.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Winfred Berg Licensco Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income income, net profits or capital (including branch profits tax) of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income income, net profits or capital (including branch profits tax) of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank party to this Agreement on the Third Restatement Effective Date hereby represents that, as of the Third Restatement Effective Date, all payments of principal, interest, and fees to be made to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement will be totally exempt from withholding of United States federal tax. Each Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Original Effective Date (or the First Restatement Effective Date, the Second Restatement Effective Date or the Third Restatement Effective Date in the case of any Bank that first becomes a party hereto on the First Restatement Effective Date, the Second Restatement Effective Date or the Third Restatement Effective Date, as the case may be), or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN W- 8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor formsforms or, in the case of any delivery prior to the Third Restatement Effective Date, predecessor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or, in the case of any delivery prior to the Third Restatement Effective Date, predecessor form) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN with respect to the portfolio interest exemption (or successor form or, in the case of any delivery prior to the Third Restatement Effective Date, predecessor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Third Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it them as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Third Restatement Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income such Taxes (or, if later, the date such Bank became party to this Agreement). The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts or similar Taxesindemnification under Section 4.04(a) to any Bank to the extent that the obligation to pay such additional amounts or indemnification would not have arisen but for the representation set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.04(b) above made by the Bank not being true. (c) If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Bank and such Bank determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Bank shall pay to the Borrower an amount that the Bank shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Bank in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. (d) Each Lender Bank shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such LenderBank) (i) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation or (ii) to designate a different applicable lending office of such Bank, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information or the designation of such other lending office would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such LenderBank, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion)Bank. (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 are subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.18 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Alliance Imaging Inc /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments on, or in respect of, the Subordinated Debt Securities of any series shall be made by any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and the Guarantor without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present or and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, assessments deductions or other charges of whatever nature withholdings now or hereafter imposed imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of any the United Kingdom, or the jurisdiction of residence or by incorporation of the Guarantor, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as TaxesGuarantor Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any Taxes are so levied a withholding or imposeddeduction at source is required, the Guarantor shall, subject to the same limitations and exceptions set forth in Section 5.04(b10.04 of this Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture (substituting the Guarantor for the Company therein), pay to the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount Holder of any such Taxes, and Subordinated Debt Security such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment of all amounts due under this Agreement principal, premium, if any, interest or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Documentamount made to such Holder, after such withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxesdeduction, will shall not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note Subordinated Debt Security and this Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture to be then due and payable. Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture or the Subordinated Debt Securities of the applicable series, where payment will be made by the Guarantor under Section 13.01, where possible, at least 10 days prior to the first interest payment date with respect to a series of Subordinated Debt Securities (or if the Subordinated Debt Securities of such series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal is made) under Section 13.01, and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal or interest under Section 13.01 if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Guarantor Officer’s Certificate, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, a Guarantor Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest or any other amounts on the Subordinated Debt Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities of such series without withholding for or on account of any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other Credit Documentgovernmental charge described in this Section 13.03. If any amounts are payable in respect such withholding shall be required, then such Guarantor Officer’s Certificate shall specify by Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction the amount required to be withheld on payments to such Holders of Taxes pursuant Subordinated Debt Securities, and that the Guarantor agrees to pay to the preceding sentence, subject to Trustee or such Paying Agent the additional amounts required by this Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence13.03. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each Borrower agrees Guarantor covenants to indemnify the Trustee and hold harmless each Lenderany Paying Agent for, and reimburse such Lender upon its written requestto hold them harmless against, for the amount any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such LenderGuarantor Officer’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes13.03. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indenture Agreement (Lloyds TSB Bank PLC)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower or on behalf of a Loan Party hereunder or and under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein Taxes with respect to such payments (but excludingpayments, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured unless required by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”)law. If any Indemnified Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b)the Borrower or any Guarantor, the respective Borrower if applicable, agrees to pay the full amount of such Indemnified Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note after withholding or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request deduction for or on account of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentenceIndemnified Taxes. The respective Borrower Loan Parties, if applicable, will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 forty-five (45) days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower or such Guarantor. Each Borrower agrees The Loan Parties shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any Other Taxes. The Loan Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Lender, and to reimburse such Lender Person upon its written request, for the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so and Other Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedPerson. (b) Each Without limiting the generality of Section 5.5(c), each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only1) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each, a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, to deliver to the Borrower) on or prior to the Effective Datedate it becomes a party to this Agreement, or in one of the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, following: (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such LenderPerson’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, Note or (ii) if such Lender Person is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D L (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Non-Bank Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving NoteNote or (2) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower) on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement, two accurate and complete original signed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying to such Person’s entitlement to exemption from United States federal backup withholding, unless such Lender demonstrates that it is treated as an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii). In addition, the Administrative Agent, each such Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service IRS Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Non-Bank Certificate, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) CertificateW-9, as the case may bebe (or any successor forms thereof), and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the its continued entitlement of such Lender to a continued complete exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax or backup withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent (if applicable) of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.5(b) (provided that delivery of such notification shall in no manner affect whether a Tax is an “Excluded Tax”). Notwithstanding anything Table of Contents (c) If any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Note, then such Lender or such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent agree to deliver to the contrary Borrower and the Administrative Agent such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. (d) If a payment made to any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender, such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 5.04(a1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), but subject to Section 14.03 such Lender, such Issuing Lender and the immediately succeeding sentenceAdministrative Agent, (x) each Borrower as applicable, shall be entitled, deliver to the extent it is required to do so Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law, to deduct law and at such time or withhold income or similar taxes imposed times reasonably requested by the United States Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (including as such term is defined in prescribed by Section 7701(a)(301471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for U.S. Federal income tax the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender, such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent have complied with their obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (d), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. (e) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that such Lender any Loan Party has not provided already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Loan Parties to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a paymentdo so), other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding provisions of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e13.4(b) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or withholding paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of income such payment or similar Taxesliability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e). (cf) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file If the Borrower or any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of Guarantor pays any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such amount or makes any indemnity payment under this Section 5.5 to a Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any an Issuing Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available and such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any of its tax returns (refund or any other information reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent shall pay to the Borrower or applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, an amount that it deems to be confidential the Lender, Issuing Lender or proprietarythe Administrative Agent shall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada)after tax, or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld was obtained by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided that (IIi) any Sharing Event.Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with its policies, whether to seek a Tax Benefit, (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent as a result of a disallowance or reduction of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent has made a payment to the Borrower or the Guarantor pursuant to this Section 5.5(e) (and any interest or penalties imposed thereon) shall be treated

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Ancestry.com LLC)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (csection 4.4(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax tax, imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all to such non-non excluded taxes, levies, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such nonexcluded taxes levies, imposts, duties, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, Lender for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case cases of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 section 12.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this section 4.4(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D K (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii"section 4.4(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(iisection 4.4(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(bsection 4.4(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(asection 4.4(a), but subject to Section 14.03 section 12.4(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender and which has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service such forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(asection 4.4(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(bsection 4.4(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) section 4.4 and except as set forth specifically provided for in Section 14.03section 12.4(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(asection 4.4(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding previous sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject Reference is hereby made to the last sentence provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian section 1.10(d) for certain limitations upon the rights of a Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventsection.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Vencor Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed with respect to such payments by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, in the case of each Bank, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax tax, including any income, branch profits, franchise or similar tax, which in each case is imposed on or measured by the net income income, net profits or profits capital of a Lender such Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it such Bank is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due by the Borrower under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentencesentence (any such amounts, subject to Section 5.04(bthe "Gross-Up Amount"), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws amount, if any, of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any taxes such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable byincurred by such Bank (taking into account in calculating such net amount any allowable credit, deduction or other benefit available as a result of, or withheld fromwith respect to, the payment by the Borrower to such Lender in respect Bank of such amounts so (i) the Gross-Up Amount or (ii) any amount paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence) that would not have been incurred in the preceding sentence and in respect absence of the payment by the Borrower of (i) the Gross-Up Amount or (ii) any amounts amount paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and Bank in respect of any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from payments by or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedon behalf of the Borrower. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank party to this Agreement on the Effective Date hereby represents that, as of the Effective Date, all payments of principal, interest, and fees to be made to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement will be totally exempt from withholding of United States federal tax. Each Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer)13.04, on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that (a) from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, and (b) upon the Borrower's reasonable request after the occurrence of any other event requiring the delivery of a Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN or any successor form in addition to or in replacement of the forms previously delivered, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty) , or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, or any successor form, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) such Bank, or to indemnify and hold harmless or reimburse such Bank, in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Taxes. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the final U.S. Treasury regulations that were issued October 6, 1997 and amended as of December 31, 1998 with respect to the withholding of United States Federal income tax (the "New Withholding Regulations") shall not be considered to constitute a change after the Effective Date, or similar otherwise, in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of Taxes, notwithstanding that the New Withholding Regulations generally are only effective for payments made after December 31, 1999. The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts or indemnification under Section 4.04(a) to any Bank to the extent that the obligation to pay such additional amounts or indemnification would not have arisen but for the representation set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.04(b) above made by the Bank not being true. (c) If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 with respect to taxes imposed on any payments made to or on behalf of a Bank and such Bank determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund of tax, or any reduction of, or credit against, its tax liabilities (a "Tax Benefit"), such Bank shall pay to the Borrower an amount that the Bank shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Bank as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit; provided, however, that -------- ------- (i) any Bank may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Bank, whether to seek a Tax Benefit and (ii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require the Bank to disclose any confidential information to the Borrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns). (d) Each Lender Bank shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such LenderBank) (i) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation or (ii) to designate a different applicable lending office of such Bank, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information or the designation of such other lending office would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such LenderBank, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion)Bank. (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 are subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.18 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Pacer Express Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder (including any payments made by the Guarantor pursuant to Section 10) or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income (or profits any franchise tax based on the net income) of a Lender Lender, pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxescollectively, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower each Credit Party jointly and severally agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees each Credit Party shall jointly and severally be obligated to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income (or profits any franchise tax based on the net income) of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or are withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Each Credit Party will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrowersuch Credit Party. Each Borrower Credit Party jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each If any Credit Party pays any additional amount under this Section 3.4 to a Lender (other than and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any Canadian Lender refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver respect to the U.S. Borrower and taxable year in which the Administrative Agent on or prior additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender shall pay to such Credit Party an amount that such Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the Effective Datenet benefit, or after tax, which was obtained by the Lender in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already year as a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date consequence of such assignment or transfer to Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (i) any Lender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (iii) two accurate and complete original signed copies any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI a disallowance or Form W-8BEN reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as carryback of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if which such Lender is not has made a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant payment to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Credit Party pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x3.4(b) each Borrower shall be entitled, treated as a Tax for which such Credit Party is obligated to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that indemnify such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.4 without any exclusions or defenses; (iii) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere nothing in this Section 5.04 3.4(b) shall require any Lender to disclose any confidential information to any Credit Party (other than clause including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (eiv) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees no Lender shall be required to pay additional amounts and any Credit Party any amount pursuant to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in this Section 5.04(a3.4(b) (without regard to the identity at any time that a Default or an Event of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar TaxesDefault exists. (c) Each Lender shall agrees that it will use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower any Credit Party pursuant to this Section 3.4 and would not, in the sole discretion judgment of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (United Breweries Co Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank, or any franchise tax based on the net income or profits of a Bank, in either case pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding pre- ceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender upon Bank within 15 days of its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 (or successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it such Bank will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001 (or successor forms), or Form W-8 (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it such Bank shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.Section

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Atc Group Services Inc /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoffset-off, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of a Bank, in either case pursuant to the laws of the United States of America or the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to sentence of this Section 5.04(b4.04(a), then the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank, or any franchise tax based on the net income or net profits of such Bank, in either case pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine in good faith are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 Sections 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.clause

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Commodore Media Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by the Borrower hereunder, ------------ or by any Borrower hereunder or Guarantor on behalf of any Borrower, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document Document, will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income (or profits any franchise tax that is measured by net income) of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, the Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder, under any Note or under any other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Borrower shall also reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction and for any withholding of taxes Taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this or the preceding sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrower or Guarantor. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderLender lending to such Borrower, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender Lender. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present and future stamp, documentary taxes or any other excise, property, transfer or similar taxes, and any liability (including penaltiescharges relating thereto, interest and expenses) arising from any payment made hereunder or with respect to such Taxes whether from the execution, delivery enforcement or not they were correctly registration of, or legally assertedotherwise in connection with, this Agreement. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Initial Borrowing Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer)12.04, on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that (a) from time to time after the Effective Initial Borrowing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, or any successor form, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement as of such date of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) such Lender, or to indemnify and hold harmless or reimburse such Lender, in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a "Tax Benefit"), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject pay to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if an amount that the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided, -------- however, that (IIi) any Sharing EventLender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent ------- with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender has made a payment to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Borrower is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any exclusions or defenses; and (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require the Lender to disclose any confidential information to the Borrower (including, without limitation, its tax returns).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Unilab Corp /De/)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or hereunder, under any Revolving Note or and any other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank or any franchise tax based on the net income of a Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the two preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b)sentences, the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank or any franchise tax based on the net income of such Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence two sentences and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 16.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 16.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0316.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by If the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of pays any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in amount under this Section 5.04 shall require 4.04 to a Bank and such Bank determines that it has received or realized in connection therewith any Lender (refund or any Eligible Transferee) reduction of, or credit against, its liabilities for Taxes in or with respect to the Administrative Agent taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Bank shall pay to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information the Borrower an amount that it deems to be confidential or proprietarythe Bank shall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident after tax, which was obtained by the Bank in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises taxable year as a consequence of such change in applicable law refund, reduction or (II) any Sharing Eventcredit.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (JCC Holding Co)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any each Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 3.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Each Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.11 or 14.03 11.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 (or successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D C (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001 (or successor forms), or Form W-8 (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii3.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a3.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 11.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. such Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers each Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a3.04 (a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. each Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. such Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b3.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below3.04(b) and except as set forth in Section 14.0311.04(b), each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a3.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Sky Chefs Argentine Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder ------------ or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Bank is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank party to this Agreement on the Effective Date hereby represents that, as of the Effective Date, all payments of principal, interest, and fees to be made to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement will be totally exempt from withholding of United States federal tax. Each Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN with respect to the portfolio interest exemption (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of an income tax treaty), Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender Bank shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxessuch Taxes (or, if later, the date such Bank became party to this Agreement). (c) If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Bank and such Bank determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid, such Bank shall pay to the Borrower an amount that the Bank shall, in its sole discretion, determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by the Bank in such year as a consequence of such refund, reduction or credit. (d) Each Lender Bank shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such LenderBank) (i) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation or (ii) to designate a different applicable lending office of such Bank, if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information or the designation of such other lending office would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such LenderBank, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion)Bank. (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 are subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.18 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Building One Services Corp)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower the Borrowers hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender Bank is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, impostsimports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to reimburse each LenderBank, upon the written request of such LenderBank, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender Bank pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender Bank is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender Bank shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Bank in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender Bank pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrowers. Each Borrower agrees The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each LenderBank, and reimburse such Lender Bank upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedBank. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) a Bank that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 1.13 or 14.03 13.04 (unless the respective Lender Bank was already a Lender Bank hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such LenderBank, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender the Bank is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s Bank's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender Bank agrees that from time to time after the Second Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender Bank to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)Certificate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 13.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent it is they are required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) Bank in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender Bank has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender Bank described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0313.04(b), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender Bank in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence The provisions of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being 4.04 are subject to deduction or withholding the provisions of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada Section 13.15 (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Furniture Brands International Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower Credit Party hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any franchise tax or any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits (including for this purpose, any Branch Profits Tax) of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as “Taxes”). If Except as provided in Section 4.04(b), if any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender. For purposes of this Section 4.04(a), in the case of any Lender and any liability (including penaltiesthat is a flow-through entity for tax purposes, interest and expenses) arising from the term “Lender” shall be read as referring to the relevant member or partner of such Lender, provided, however, that with respect to any reference to indemnity or reimbursement, the term “Lender” shall mean the Lender and not the member or partner of such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, Date (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note or (iii) if the Lender is a flow-though entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, two accurate and complete signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (and all necessary attachments) establishing a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments made to the Lender under this Agreement and under any Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and or the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8ECI, Form W-8BENW-8BEN (with respect to the benefits of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8 W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) 4.04 Certificate, or Form W-8IMY (with respect to a flow-through entity), as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Borrower shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Determination Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each If a Credit Party pays any additional amount under this Section 4.04 to a Lender and such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against, its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “Tax Benefit”), such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous pay to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Credit Party an amount that the Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietaryshall, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject , determine is equal to the last sentence of this Section 5.04net benefit, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for after tax, which was obtained by the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises year as a consequence of such change in applicable law or Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (IIi) any Sharing EventLender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with the policies of such Lender, whether to seek a Tax Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on a Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction (including through the expiration of any tax credit carryover or carryback of such Lender that otherwise would not have expired) of any Tax Benefit with respect to which such Lender has made a payment to a Credit Party pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the Credit Party is obligated to indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.04 without any exclusions or defenses, provided, however, that the amount of such Tax shall not exceed the amount of the payments received by a Credit Party pursuant to this section 4.04(c); (iii) nothing in this Section 4.04(c) shall require the Lender to disclose any confidential information to any Credit Party (including, without limitation, its tax returns); and (iv) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) at any time which a Default or Event of Default exists.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (RBS Global Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or the Borrowers hereunder, under any Revolving Note or any other Credit Document will Document, shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided for in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 5.4(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax tax, imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in under which it such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, fees assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment by it of all amounts due hereunder, under this Agreement any Note or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, Taxes will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or in such other Credit Document. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees Borrowers agree to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, Lender for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States of America as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence, which request shall be accompanied by a statement from such Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail, the computations used in determining such amounts. The respective Borrower Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent will furnish to the applicable Lender, within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes Taxes, or any withholding or deduction on account thereof, is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts receipts, or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender, evidencing such payment by the respective BorrowerBorrowers. Each Borrower agrees to The Borrowers will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid or withheld by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally assertedLender. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes agrees to deliver provide to the U.S. Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Closing Date, or in the case cases of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.4 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfertransfer and such Lender is in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.4(b)), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, and from time to time thereafter if required by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent: (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001, 4224, W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or Form W-8BEN W-8IMY (or successor successor, substitute or other appropriate forms) certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or a reduced rate of withholding from, United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant Forms referred to in clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in form and substance satisfactory to the form of Exhibit D Administrative Agent (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) an "Exemption Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) other appropriate documentation certifying to such Lender’s 's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from from, or reduced rate of withholding from, United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Closing Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BENForm, or Form W-8 an Exemption Certificate and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificaterelated documentation, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and Agreement, any Revolving NoteNote or any other Credit Document, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Exemption Certificate and related documentation, in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Exemption Certificate and related documentation pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.4(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a5.4(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower the Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes and that has not provided to the extent Borrower Representative such Forms or such Exemption Certificate and related documentation that establish a complete exemption from or reduction in the rate of such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.4(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States or any additional amounts with respect thereto (I) if such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Representative the Internal Revenue Service forms required to be provided to the Borrower Representative pursuant to this Section 5.4(b) or (ii) in the case of a payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.4(a), but subject to Section 12.4(c) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) the Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent they are required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes and that has not provided to the Borrower Representative such forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a5.4(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States or any additional amounts with respect thereto (i) if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Representative the Internal Revenue Service Forms forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower Representative pursuant to this Section 5.04(b5.4(b) or (IIii) in the case of a payment, payment other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 5.4 and except as set forth specifically provided for in Section 14.0312.4(c), each Borrower agrees the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a5.4(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding previous sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Gibraltar Industries, Inc.)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (cSection 4.04(b), all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender Lender, in each case in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective such Borrower. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (other than a Canadian Lender in its capacity solely as a lender to DBF) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower Workflow and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 12.04 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN 1001 (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s entitlement (as of such date date) to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 1001 or Form W-8BEN 4224 (or successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a "Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN W-8 (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender (other than a Canadian Lender in its capacity solely as a lender to DBF) agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower Workflow and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 or Form W-8BEN1001 (or successor forms), or Form W-8 (or successor form) and a Section 5.04(b)(ii4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower Workflow and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form Form or certificate Certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a4.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 12.04(b) and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower Workflow shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal United States federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Workflow United States Internal Revenue Service forms Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers Workflow shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a4.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender is not a United States person (defined as provided above) and has not provided to the U.S. Borrower Workflow the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to for in the U.S. Borrower pursuant to foregoing provisions of this Section 5.04(b4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) 4.04 and except as set forth in Section 14.0312.04(b), each Borrower Workflow agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a4.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar such Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.044.04, unless a Lender gives notice to the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree applicable Borrower that such Borrower is obligated to pay any additional amounts and amount under this Section 4.04 within one year after the later of (i) the date such Lender incurs the respective Taxes or (ii) the date such Lender has actual knowledge of its incurrence of the respective Taxes, then such Lender shall only be entitled to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in be compensated for such amount by such Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) (without regard 4.04 to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction extent such Taxes are incurred or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (suffered on or after the date which occurs one year prior to the date that such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating gives notice to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, Borrower that the obligation such Borrower is obligated to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence the respective amounts pursuant to this Section 4.04. This Section 4.04(c) shall have no applicability to any Section of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Eventthis Agreement other than this Section 4.04.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Credit Agreement (Workflow Management Inc)

Net Payments. (a) All payments made by any the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Note or other Credit Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Except as provided in Sections 5.04(b) and (c), all All such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a the Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which it is resident or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office or other permanent establishment of such the Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote, after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Revolving Note or other Credit DocumentNote. If any amounts are payable in respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, subject to Section 5.04(b), the respective Borrower agrees to reimburse each the Lender, upon the written request of such the Lender, for the net additional amount of taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of such the Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such the Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such the Lender is located and for any withholding of taxes as such the Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such the Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such the Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such the Lender pursuant to this sentence. The respective Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent Lender within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the respective Borrower. Each The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each the Lender, and reimburse such the Lender upon its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with respect to such Taxes whether or not they were correctly or legally asserted. (b) Each Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, or in the case of any such Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Sub-Commitments only) that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.14 or 14.03 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a “Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Revolving Note. In addition, each such Lender agrees that from time to time after the Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it will deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8 and a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Revolving Note, or it shall immediately notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to deliver any such form or certificate in which case such Lender shall not be required to deliver any such form or certificate pursuant to this Section 5.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.04(a), but subject to Section 14.03 and the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) each Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account of any Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender (other than any Canadian Lender with Maximum Canadian Dollar Revolving Loan Sub-Commitments only) in respect of income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender has not provided to the U.S. Borrower the Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided by it to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 5.04 (other than clause (e) below) and except as set forth in Section 14.03, each Borrower agrees to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes. (c) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to file any certificate or document or to furnish any information as reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to any applicable treaty, law or regulation if the making of such filing or the furnishing of such information would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any additional amounts payable by the respective Borrower and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. (d) Nothing in this Section 5.04 shall require any Lender (or any Eligible Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary, in its sole discretion). (e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.04, if any Canadian Lender (a) is not resident in Canada for the purpose of Income Tax Act (Canada), or (b) is not an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any Canadian Obligations in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or (c) is not otherwise exempt from being subject to deduction or withholding of income or similar Taxes imposed by Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (“Canadian Taxes”) on the basis established to the satisfaction of the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers and the Administrative Agent based on Applicable Law in effect on the Effective Date (or such later date on which it becomes a Canadian Lender) with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commissions, or any other amount payable by any Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower under the Credit Documents: (i) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall be entitled, to the extent that they are required to do so by Applicable Law, to deduct or withhold Canadian Taxes from interest, fees, commissions or other amounts payable under this Agreement for the account of such Canadian Lender; and (ii) the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers shall not be obligated pursuant to Section 5.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to such Canadian Lender in respect of Canadian Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.04, the Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowers agree to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify the applicable Canadian Lender in the manner set forth in Section 5.04(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any incremental Canadian Taxes deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence following (I) any changes after the Effective Date (or after the date such Lender became a Canadian Lender, as applicable) in any applicable law, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of such Canadian Taxes to the extent, and only to the extent, that the obligation to pay such incremental Canadian Taxes arises as a consequence of such change in applicable law or (II) any Sharing Event.

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Sources: Credit Agreement (Semiconductor Packaging Materials Co Inc)