(i) any U.S. federal Tax imposed on a beneficial owner that actually or constructively owns 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all of the Issuer or Parent’s stock that is entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of theCode;
(j) any U.S. federal backup withholding Tax imposed pursuant to Section 3406 of the Code;
or
(k) any combination of items (a) through (j) above
The Issuer will pay any stamp, issue, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise or similar Taxes that are levied by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and required by such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be paid on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, any guarantee or any other document referred to therein, the receipt of any payments with respect thereto (but excluding, solely in the case of such payments, any Taxes described in clause (a), (b), or (d) through (j) or any combination of the foregoing), or enforcement of, any of the Notes or any guarantee. The Issuer will not, however, be obligated to pay any stamp, issue, registration, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or similar Tax, that is levied by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in connection with any transfer of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note to a person other than the Issuer or Parent after the date of issuance of the Notes.
If a Payor is the applicable withholding agent, each of the Issuer and Parent will (i) make all withholdings and deductions for Taxes with respect to payments under the Notes or the guarantee that it is required by law or the official interpretation thereof to make, and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant tax authority in accordance with applicable law (ii) use its reasonable efforts to obtain tax receipts from each tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld and (iii) furnish to the Trustee, within a reasonable time after the date of the payment of any such Taxes, certified copies of such Tax receipts evidencing any such payment, or if, notwithstanding its efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not available, other evidence of such payments.
The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the indenture and any transfer by a holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and will apply,mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or Parent is incorporated or organized, resident or engaged in business for Tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which any payment on the Notes (or any Guarantee) is made by or on behalf of such Person and, in each case, any political subdivision thereof or therein.
Whenever in the Indenture or in this Note there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
At least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date, and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Issuer will furnish the Trustee and the Issuer’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than such
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