Withholding Rights (a) Each of Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving Company or the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to Article 2 to any holder of Company Shares or Company Warrants such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, Israeli Tax Ordinance or any other applicable state, Israeli, or foreign Tax Law; provided, however, that in the event any holder of record of Company Shares or Company Warrants provides Parent or the Surviving Company with a valid approval or ruling issued by the applicable Governmental Authority regarding the withholding (or exemption from withholding) of Israeli Tax from the aggregate consideration payable to such holder in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent (“Valid Certificate”), then the deduction and withholding of any amounts under the Israeli Tax Ordinance or any other provision of Israeli Law, if any, from the aggregate consideration payable to such holder shall be made only in accordance with the provisions of such approval or ruling. For such purpose, the Withholding Tax Ruling and the Israeli Option Tax Ruling will be considered a Valid Certificate. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Company Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall instruct its Israeli counsel, advisors and accountants, in coordination with Parent, to prepare and file with the Israeli Tax Authority an application for a ruling with respect to holders of Company Shares (other than Company Shares subject to Section 102) (i) exempting Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving Company and the Paying Agent from any obligation to withhold Israeli Tax at source from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement, or clarifying that no such obligation exists, or (ii) clearly instructing Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving Company and the Paying Agent how such withholding at source is to be executed, and in particular, with respect to the classes or categories of holders or former holders of the Company Shares from which Tax is to be withheld (if any), the rate or rates of withholding to be applied and how to identify each holder (the “Withholding Tax Ruling”). To the extent that prior to the Closing an interim Withholding Tax Ruling shall have been obtained, then all references herein to the Withholding Tax Ruling shall be deemed to refer to such interim ruling, until such time that a final definitive Withholding Tax Ruling is obtained. In the event that neither the Withholding Tax Ruling nor the interim Withholding Tax Ruling has been obtained by the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of the month following the month during which the Effective Time occurs and the time the relevant payment is made, Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving Company and the Paying Agent may make such payments and withhold any applicable Israeli Taxes in accordance with applicable Law. (c) Notwithstanding Section 2.10(a) above, with respect to non-Israeli resident holders of Company Options or of shares deriving from the exercise of Company Options, which were granted such awards in consideration for work or services performed outside of Israel (and will provide Parent prior to any payment to them with an appropriate executed declaration regarding their non-Israeli residence and confirmation that they were granted such awards in consideration for work or services preformed outside of Israel), such payments shall not be subject to any withholding or deduction of Israeli Tax.
Withholding of Taxes The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as the Company is required to withhold pursuant to any applicable law, regulation or ruling.