TxCell Sangamo Amendment to the TOA
Company, or adequate provisions have been created and accounted for in the Financial Statements. All Taxes which were not yet due and payable but which related to periods ending on or before December 31, 2017 have been fully and adequately accounted and provided for in the Financial Statements. All Taxes which were due and payable prior to the date of completion of the Block Transaction have been fully and timely paid.
There are no encumbrances for Taxes upon the assets of the Company, other than encumbrances created solely by operation of law.
Subject to the following, the transactions contemplated herein (and in particular the Block Transaction and the Offer) will not result in the modification or loss of any favorable Tax regime applicable to the Company before the date of completion of the Block Transaction. In particular, the change of control resulting from the Block Transaction will not, by itself, trigger the forfeiture of the tax losses of the Company. The change of control resulting from the Block Transaction will not, by itself, modify the amounts of the research tax credits, it being noted that the timing of repayment of such credits may however be modified by such change of control. The Company does not benefit from any favorable Tax treatment, resulting from a specific request before the tax authorities, that depend on undertakings of the Company which will continue to bind the Company after the date of completion of the Block Transaction.
All services agreement and other transactions entered into by the Company have been made or entered into at arm’s length conditions. The Company is in possession of all supporting documents necessary to prove the arm’s length nature of these transactions.
During the last 5 years, the Company has not been served with any written notice of assessment or other written notices concerning the payment of Taxes which has not been duly paid as at the date hereof, and there are no audits, examinations, investigations, claims, disputes or other proceedings pending or threatened in writing with respect to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company (including concerning any tax credit (and in particular the crédit d’impôt recherches)).
The Company is and has always been resident for tax purposes solely in France, and it does not have permanent establishments in other jurisdictions.
All payments due in respect of employees’ income tax, contributions to social security and any pensions have been properly deducted by the Company and (together with any employer’s contribution) have been fully and correctly paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity. In addition, the incentive plans (including any and all warrants, stock options and free shares granted to employees and/or managers of the Company) have been implemented and issued in accordance with applicable laws.
Except as set forth inSchedule5(c)(iv)-I, the Company does not benefit from or is not a party to, or has never benefited from or never been a party to, any subsidy (subvention), aid, tax holiday, grant program, loan at a preferential rate or on preferential terms, special contract or lease or similar benefit made available (including by way of guaranty or other assurance) by a Governmental Entity (each, a “Subsidy”). The Company has not breached any representation, condition or undertaking made, stipulated or given by it to obtain or to maintain any Subsidy. Except as set forth inSchedule5(c)(iv)-II, neither the entering into of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, does or will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) contravene, conflict with or result in the violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Entity the right to revoke, terminate, withdraw, suspend, cancel or modify, any Subsidy, or require any repayment of, any reapplication for or reissuance of, or any posting of additional security for the maintenance of, any Subsidy.
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