Teva Group will be required to pay the Supplemental Tax until dividends with a nominal aggregate value of NIS 27,160 million are distributed.
For the purposes of this Section, “distribution of dividends” means every action that essentially constitutes a distribution of dividends according to applicable law, including the purchase of the Parent Company’s shares by the Parent Company itself or by any of the companies under its control. It is agreed that for the purpose of this Section, the provisions of Sections 51(h) and 51B(b) of the Law of Encouragement for Capital Investments 5719-1959 (the “Encouragement Law”), and the acquisition of companies in Israel or abroad and investments in, or loans to, subsidiaries, whether domestic or foreign, existing or new, will not be considered as a distribution of dividends that would require the Teva Group to pay Supplemental Taxes pursuant to this Section.
The payment of the Supplemental Tax will be in addition to the tax applicable to the Parent Company (to the extent it will be required to pay such tax by law) and/or in addition to the tax applicable to the recipient of the dividend according to the provisions of the Ordinance and/or the Encouragement Law. Such payment does not depend on the sources of income from which the dividend was distributed, the tax year in which the distributed profits were produced, or the tax rate previously imposed on them, and the payment will not be offset in any way.
The Supplemental Tax is payable within 30 days from the date of distribution of the dividends, and will bear interest and linkage differentials pursuant to Section 159A of the Ordinance as of 30 days from the date of the distribution until the applicable payment date.
The Agreement also provides that, from 2024 onwards, the Parent Company will attach to each of its annual reports filed in accordance with Section 131 of the Ordinance a statement providing certain information relating to any dividends distributed that year and the Supplemental Tax payable thereon.
4. | The Agreement includes tax payments for all income exempt from tax until the end of 2020 in accordance with Sections 47 and/or 51(b) and/or 51A of the Encouragement Law, which amounts to NIS 27,160 million (the “Exempt Income”). Upon the signing of the Agreement, the Exempt Income will be considered income that has been subject to corporate tax, and therefore the Exempt Income shall be deemed for all intents and purposes as income on which corporate tax was applied, and the Parent Company and Assia will not be left with “accumulated income”, as defined in Section 52D(a) of the Encouragement Law. |
Accordingly, except in the event of a future legislation change, the Assessing Officer will not raise, directly or indirectly, in respect of any action taken in the past or which will be taken in the future by the Teva Group, any claim, of any type or sort, in relation to the Teva Group’s tax liability for its Exempt Income by virtue of the Encouragement Law, including the expansion provisions in Sections 51(h) and 51B(b)(1) of the Encouragement Law, Section 74(d)(1) of the Encouragement Law or the provisions of the Ordinance, including but not limited to tax liabilities relating to the distribution of dividends, repurchase of shares, acquisition of companies in Israel or abroad and investments in, or loans to, subsidiaries. Nothing in this Section is intended to exempt the Parent Company from its obligation to withhold tax at source (to the extent applicable by law), when distributing its Exempt Income as dividends to its shareholders.
5. | Pursuant to the Agreement, it is agreed that the Teva Group, or anyone acting on its behalf, will not demand, directly or indirectly, in any tax year, the offset of USD 2.166 billion which the Parent Company declared in 2018 on account of the liquidation of Teva Pharmaceuticals Finance Switzerland GmbH (“TPFS”), and that no claims of any kind will be raised on their behalf, directly or indirectly, in relation thereto, including, but not limited to, claims in relation to its deduction as part of the original price of any amount in connection with the funds that were used by the Parent Company for the purchase of its shares from TPFS and other actions in connection with its liquidation. |
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