enforcement of, any of the Notes or any guarantee. The Issuer shall 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 shall (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 shall 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 shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and any transfer by a holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and shall 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 shall furnish the Trustee and the Issuer’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than such Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing such Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes shall be made to Holders without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge referred to above or described herein. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders and the Issuer or the Parent, as the case may be, shall pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent such Additional Amounts as may be required pursuant to the terms hereof. The Issuer covenants to indemnify the Trustee for the Notes and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Additional Amounts, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of any Additional Amounts owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of any Additional Amounts.
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