Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, where Tax is payable pursuant to Section 803 of the Regulations under the ITA by a holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities in respect of any amount payable under the Debt Securities to the holder, other than by reason of a transfer of the Debt Securities to a person resident in Canada with whom the transferor does not deal at arm’s length for the purposes of the ITA, but no Additional Amount is paid in respect of such Tax, the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will pay to such holder an amount equal to such Tax within 45 days after receiving from the holder a notice containing reasonable particulars of the Tax so payable; provided, that such holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to receive Additional Amounts on account of such Tax but for the fact that it is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to the Debt Securities.
The Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, if the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, is an applicable withholding agent, or is otherwise required to withhold amounts under applicable law, will (i) make such withholding or deduction required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority in accordance with applicable law.
Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, at least 30 calendar days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Debt Securities of any series is due and payable, if the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, unless such obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to the date on which payment under or with respect to the Debt Securities of such series is due and payable, in which case it will be promptly thereafter, the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will deliver to the applicable indenture trustee an officer’s certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information, other than the identities of holders and beneficial owners of Debt Securities, necessary to enable the indenture trustee or a paying agent to pay such Additional Amounts to holders and beneficial owners of Debt Securities on the relevant payment date. Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the applicable indenture trustee will make such payments in the same manner as any other payments on the Debt Securities of such series and the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will provide the indenture trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the indenture trustee evidencing payment of such Additional Amounts.
Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will take reasonable efforts to furnish to the indenture trustee or a holder within a reasonable time certified copies of tax receipts or other evidence of the payment by the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, of any Taxes imposed or levied by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction.
Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will pay any present or future stamp, issue, registration, court documentation, excise or property taxes or other similar taxes, charges and duties, including interest, additions to tax and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in respect of the receipt of any payment under or with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the execution, issue, delivery or registration of the Debt Securities of such series or the applicable Indenture or any other document or instrument referred to thereunder and any such taxes, charges, duties or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction as a result of, or in connection with, the enforcement of the Debt Securities of such series or the applicable Indenture or any such other document or instrument following the occurrence of any event of default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. The Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, will not, however, pay such amounts that are imposed on or result from a sale or other transfer or disposition by a holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities.
Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the preceding provisions will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the applicable Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor person to the Issuer is organized, incorporated or otherwise resident or engaged in or carrying on business for tax purposes and any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.
Statement by Officers as to Default
Except as otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the Issuer and Hydro One Limited will deliver to the applicable indenture trustee(s), within 120 days after the end of each calendar year or on or before such other day in each calendar year as the Issuer, Hydro One Limited and the applicable indenture trustee(s) may from time to time agree upon, an officer’s certificate stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Issuer or Hydro One Limited, as the case may be, is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the applicable Indenture and, if the Issuer or Hydro One Limited shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
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