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Exhibit
10.3
TAX RECEIVABLE
AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
(as amended from time to time, this “ Agreement
”), dated as of November 13, 2007, is hereby entered
into by and among Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Parent ”), Och-Ziff
Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Corporation ”), Och-Ziff Holding LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), OZ
Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ OZ
Management ”), OZ Advisors LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (“ OZ Advisors ”) (OZ Management and
OZ Advisors, together with all other Persons (as defined herein) in
which the Corporation acquires a general partnership interest,
managing member interest or similar interest after the date hereof
and who execute and deliver a joinder contemplated in
Section 7.14, the “ Operating Group Entities
”), OZ Advisors II LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“ OZ Advisors II ”, and together with the
Operating Group Entities, the “ Partnerships ”),
and each of the undersigned parties hereto identified as “
Partners .”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Partners hold
interests as partners in each of the Operating Group Entities and
are selling a portion of such interests (the “ Initial
Sale ”) as described in the registration statement on
Form S-1 initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 2, 2007 (Registration No. 333-144256),
as amended prior to the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Partners hold
limited partnership interests (“ Operating Partnership
Units ”) in each of the Operating Group Entities, each of
which is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax
purposes;
WHEREAS, the Corporation is
the general partner of each of the Operating Group Entities, and
will hold Operating Partnership Units in each of the Operating
Group Entities;
WHEREAS, the Partnership
Units are exchangeable with the Partnerships for Class A
shares (the “ Class A Shares ”) in Och-Ziff
Capital Management Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “ Parent ”) and/or cash pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Operating Group
Entities, and each of their direct and indirect Subsidiaries
treated as partnerships for United States Federal income tax
purposes (other than an OZ Fund), will have in effect an election
under section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “ Code ”), for the Taxable Year of the IPO
Date and for each other Taxable Year in which an exchange by a
Partner of Operating Partnership Units for Class A Shares
and/or cash occurs, which election is intended to result in an
adjustment to the tax basis of the
assets owned by the Operating Group
Entities and such subsidiaries, solely with respect to the
Corporation, at the time of an exchange by a Partner of Operating
Partnership Units for Class A Shares and/or cash or any other
acquisition of Operating Partnership Units for cash or otherwise,
including the Initial Sale (collectively, an “
Exchange ”) (such time, the “ Exchange
Date ”) (such assets and any asset whose tax basis is
determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis
of any such asset, the “ Adjusted Assets ”) by
reason of such Exchange and the receipt of payments under this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the income, gain,
loss, expense and other Tax items of (i) the Operating Group
Entities and such subsidiaries solely with respect to the
Corporation may be affected by the Basis Adjustment (defined below)
with respect to the Adjusted Assets and (ii) the Corporation
may be affected by the Imputed Interest (as defined below);
and
WHEREAS, the parties to this
Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to the
effect of the Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest on the actual
liability for Taxes of the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and
agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Definitions . As used
in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have
the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined).
“ Adjusted Asset
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Advisory Firm
” means Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
Ernst & Young LLP, any other “big four”
accounting firm or any other law firm that is nationally recognized
as being expert in Tax matters and that is agreed to by the Board
of Directors of the Parent (as defined in the Partnership Agreement
of the Parent).
“ Advisory Firm
Letter ” shall mean a letter from the Advisory Firm
stating that the relevant schedule, notice or other information to
be provided by the Corporation to the Applicable Partner and all
supporting schedules and work papers were prepared in a manner
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and, to the extent not
expressly provided in this Agreement, on a reasonable basis in
light of the facts and law in existence on the date such schedule,
notice or other information is delivered to the Applicable
Partner.
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“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such
first Person.
“ Agreed Rate
” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
“ Agreement
” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
“ Amended
Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.04(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Amount
Realized ” means, in respect of an Exchange by an
Applicable Partner, the amount that is deemed for purposes of this
Agreement to be the amount realized by the Applicable Partner on
the Exchange, which shall be the sum of (i) the Market Value
of the Class A Shares, the amount of cash and the amount or
fair market value of other consideration transferred to the
Exchanging Member in the Exchange and (ii) the Share of
Liabilities attributable to the Units Exchanged.
“ Applicable
Partner ” means any present or former Partner to whom any
portion of a Realized Tax Benefit is Attributable
hereunder.
“ Attributable
”: The portion of any Realized Tax Benefit of the Corporation
that is “ Attributable ” to any present or
former Partner other than the Corporation shall be determined by
reference to the assets from which arise the depreciation,
amortization or other similar deductions for recovery of cost or
basis (“Depreciation”) and with respect to Imputed
Interest that produce the Realized Tax Benefit, under the following
principles:
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(i) |
Any Realized Tax Benefit arising from a deduction to the
Corporation with respect to a Taxable Year for Depreciation arising
in respect of a Basis Adjustment to an Adjusted Asset is
Attributable to the Applicable Partner to the extent that the ratio
of all Depreciation for the Taxable Year in respect of Basis
Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by the Applicable Partner
bears to the aggregate of all Depreciation for the Taxable Year in
respect of Basis Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by all
Partners. |
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(ii) |
Any Realized Tax Benefit arising from a deduction to the
Corporation with respect to a Taxable Year in respect of Imputed
Interest is Attributable to the Applicable Partner that is required
to include the Imputed Interest in income (without regard to
whether such Partner is actually subject to tax
thereon). |
“ Basis
Adjustment ” means the adjustment to the Tax basis of an
Adjusted Asset under section 732 of the Code (in situations where,
as a result of one or more Exchanges, a Partnership becomes an
entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for tax
purposes) or sections 743(b) and 754 of the Code (including in
situations where, following an Exchange, a Partnership remains in
existence as an entity for Tax purposes) and, in each case,
comparable sections of state, local and foreign Tax laws (as
calculated under Section 2.01 of this Agreement) as a result
of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount
of any Basis Adjustment resulting from (i) an Exchange of one
or more Partnership Units shall be determined without regard to any
Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Partnership Units and as if any such
Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.
A “ Beneficial
Owner ” of a security is a Person who directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power,
which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such
security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the
power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security.
The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “
Beneficial Ownership ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“ Board ”
means the board of directors of the Parent.
“ Business Day
” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a
legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United
States of America or the State of New York shall not be regarded as
a Business Day.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
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(i) |
any Person or any group of Persons acting together which would
constitute a “group” for purposes of section 13(d)
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or any
successor provisions thereto, excluding a group of
Persons, which, if it includes any Original Partner or any of his
Affiliates, includes all Original Partners then employed by Parent
or any of its Affiliates, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Parent representing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of
the Parent’s then outstanding voting securities;
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(ii) |
the following
individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
number of directors of the Parent then serving: individuals who, on
the date of the consummation of the initial public offering of
Class A Shares, constitute the Board and any new director
(other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in
connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including
but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating
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to the election of
directors of the Parent) whose appointment or election by the Board
or nomination for election by the Parent’s shareholders was
approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were
directors on the date of the consummation of the initial public
offering of Class A Shares or whose appointment, election or
nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended
by the directors referred to in this clause (ii); or
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(iii) |
there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Parent or
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Parent with any other
corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the
consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (x) the
Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not
constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the
company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a
subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (y) all of the
Persons who were the respective Beneficial Owners of the voting
securities of the Parent immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation do not Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or
consolidation; or |
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(iv) |
the shareholders of the Parent approve a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Parent or there is consummated an
agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other
disposition, directly, or indirectly, by the Parent of all or
substantially all of the Parent’s assets, other than such
sale or other disposition by the Parent of all or substantially all
of the Parent’s assets to an entity, at least fifty percent
(50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of
which are owned by shareholders of the Parent in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership of the Parent immediately prior
to such sale. |
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, except with respect to clause (ii) and clause
(iii)(x) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be
deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any
transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately
following which the record holders of the shares of the Parent
immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions
continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in
an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the
Parent immediately following such transaction or series of
transactions.
“ Class A Shares
” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Class B Shares
” means the Class B shares in the Parent.
“ Code ”
is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Control
” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.
“ Corporate
Entity ” is defined in Section 7.11(a)(i) of this
Agreement.
“ Corporation
” is defined in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“ Corporation
Return ” means the U.S. federal Tax Return and/or state
and/or local and/or foreign Tax Return, as applicable, of the
Corporation filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable
Year.
“ Cumulative Net
Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year means the
cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of
the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the
cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period.
The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each
Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax
Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the
time of such determination.
“ Default Rate
” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.
“ Determination
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in section
1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of state, local and
foreign tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the
execution of a Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively
establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.
“ Dispute
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.08(a).
“ Early Termination
Date ” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for
purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.
“ Early Termination
Notice ” is defined in Section 4.02 of this
Agreement.
“ Early Termination
Schedule ” is defined in Section 4.02 of this
Agreement.
“ Early Termination
Payment ” is defined in Section 4.03(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Early Termination
Rate ” means the lesser of (i) 6.5% and
(ii) LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
“ Exchange
” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement, and
“Exchanged” and “Exchanging” shall have
correlative meanings.
“ Exchange
Agreement ” means the Exchange Agreement by and among OZ
Management LP, OZ Advisors LP, OZ Advisors II LP and the Partners
from time to time party thereto.
“ Exchange Basis
Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.02 of this
Agreement.
“ Exchange Date
” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Exchange
Payment ” is defined in Section 5.01.
“ Excluded
Assets ” is defined in Section 7.11(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Expert ”
is defined in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
“ Holdings
” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Holdings Group
Partnership ” means OZ Advisors II and all other Persons
(as defined herein) in which Holdings acquires a general
partnership interest, managing member interest or similar interest
on or after the date hereof.
“ Holdings Group
Partnership Unit ” means an interest in capital or
profits, whether specified as a unit or otherwise, in a Holdings
Group Partnership.
“ Hypothetical Tax
Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the
liability for Taxes of the Corporation (or the Partnerships, but
only with respect to Taxes imposed on the Partnerships and
allocable to the Corporation) using the same methods, elections,
conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporation
Return but using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis instead of the tax
basis reflecting the Basis Adjustments of the Adjusted Assets and
excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed
Interest.
“ Imputed
Interest ” shall mean any interest imputed under section
1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar
provision of state, local and foreign tax law with respect to a
Corporation’s payment obligations under this
Agreement.
“ IPO Date
” means the date on which Class A Shares in Parent are
sold in an initial public offering.
“ IRS ”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ LIBOR ”
means for each month (or portion thereof) during any period, an
interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum reported, on
the date two days prior to the first day of such month, on the
Telerate Page 3750 (or if such screen shall cease to be publicly
available, as reported on Reuters Screen page “LIBO” or
by any other publicly available source of such market rate) for
London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits for such
month (or portion thereof).
“ Market Value
” shall mean the closing price of the Class A Shares on
the applicable Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or
interdealer quotation system on which such Class A Shares are
then traded or listed, as reported by the Wall Street
Journal ; provided that if the closing price is not reported by
the Wall Street Journal for the applicable Exchange Date,
then the Market Value shall mean the closing price of the
Class A Shares on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or interdealer
quotation system on which such Class A Shares are then traded
or listed, as reported by the Wall Street Journal ; provided
further, that if the Class A Shares are not then listed on a
National Securities Exchange or Interdealer Quotation System,
“Market Value” shall mean the cash consideration paid
for Class A Shares, or the fair market value of the other
property delivered for Class A Shares, as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith.
“ Material Objection
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02.
“ Net Tax
Benefit ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(b).
“ Non-Stepped Up Tax
Basis ” means, with respect to any asset at any time, the
tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis
Adjustment had been made.
“ Objection
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.04(a).
“ Operating Group
Entities ” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Operating
Partnership Units ” is defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Original
Partners ” means each of the Partners party hereto on the
date of execution of this Agreement.
“ OZ Advisors II
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ OZ Fund
” means (i) any private equity fund, hedge fund or any
other public or private investment fund managed, directly or
indirectly, by any Operating Group Entity or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its investment advisors and
(ii) any Subsidiary of any such fund.
“ Parent ”
is defined in the Preamble.
“ Partner
” means each party hereto (other than Parent, the
Corporation, Holdings and the Partnerships) and each other
individual who from time to time executes a joinder to this
Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Corporation.
“ Partnerships
” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Partnership
Agreement ” means, with respect to a Partnership, the
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of such
Partnership, as such is from time to time amended or
restated.
“ Partnership
Units ” means Holdings Group Partnership Units and
Operating Partnership Units.
“ Payment Date
” means any date on which a payment is required to be made
pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Person ”
means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business
association, organization, governmental entity or other
entity.
“ Pre-Exchange
Transfer ” means any transfer (including upon the death
of a Partner) of one or more Partnership Units (i) that occurs
prior to an Exchange of such Partnership Units, and (ii) to
which section 743(b) of the Code applies.
“ Realized Tax
Benefit ” means, for a Taxable Year and for all Taxes
collectively, the net excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax
Liability over the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation
(or the Partnerships, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the
Partnerships and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable
Year), such actual Tax liability to be computed with the
adjustments described in this Agreement. If all or a portion of the
actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation, or the Partnerships
(but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the Partnerships and
allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable Year), for the
Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority
of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in
determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has
been a Determination.
“ Realized Tax
Detriment ” means, for a Taxable Year and for all Taxes
collectively, the net excess, if any, of the actual liability for
Taxes of the Corporation (or the Partnerships, but only with
respect to Taxes imposed on the Partnerships and allocable to the
Corporation for such Taxable Year) over the Hypothetical Tax
Liability for such Taxable Year, such actual Tax liability to be
computed with the adjustments described in this Agreement. If all
or a portion of the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation,
or the Partnerships (but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the
Partnerships and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable
Year), for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a
Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be
included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until
there has been a Determination.
“ Receivable
” of a Partner means such Partner’s rights, interests,
and entitlements hereunder as of the date of this
Agreement.
“ Reconciliation
Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.09.
“ Reconciliation
Procedures ” shall mean those procedures set forth in
Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
“ Schedule
” means any Exchange Basis Schedule, Tax Benefit Schedule and
the Early Termination Schedule.
“ Share of
Liabilities ” means, as to any Partnership Unit at the
time of an exchange, the portion of the relevant
Partnership’s “liabilities” (as such term is
defined in section 752 and section 1001 of the Code) allocated to
that Partnership Unit pursuant to section 752 of the Code and the
applicable Treasury Regulations.
“ Subsequent
Exchange ” is defined in Section 4.01(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Subsidiaries
” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns,
directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the
voting shares or other similar interests or the sole general
partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such
Person.
“ Tax Benefit
Payment ” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Tax Benefit
Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.03 of this
Agreement.
“ Tax Return
” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement
required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached
schedules), including, without limitation, any information return,
claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated
Tax.
“ Taxable Year
” means a taxable year as defined in section 441(b) of the
Code or comparable section of state, local or foreign tax law, as
applicable, (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may
include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is
made) ending on or after an Exchange Date in which there is a Basis
Adjustment due to an Exchange.
“ Taxes ”
means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes,
assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with
respect to net income or profits, whether on an exclusive or on an
alternative basis, and any interest related to such Tax.
“ Taxing
Authority ” shall mean any domestic, foreign, federal,
national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any
subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any
quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any
other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.
“ Treasury
Regulations ” means the final, temporary and proposed
regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including
corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect
for the relevant taxable period.
“ Valuation
Assumptions ” shall mean, as of an Early Termination
Date, the assumptions that (1) in each Taxable Year ending on
or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporation will have
taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deductions arising
from the Basis Adjustment and the Imputed Interest during such
Taxable Year, (2) the federal income tax rates and state,
local and foreign income tax rates that will be in effect for each
such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable
Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early
Termination Date, (3) any loss carryovers generated by the
Basis Adjustment or the Imputed Interest and available as of the
date of the Early Termination Schedule will be utilized by the
Corporation on a pro rata basis from the date of the Early
Termination Schedule through the scheduled expiration date of such
loss carryovers, (4) any non-amortizable assets are deemed to
be disposed of on the fifteenth anniversary of the earlier of the
Basis Adjustment and the Early Termination Date, provided ,
that in the event of a Change of Control non-amortizable assets
shall be deemed disposed of at the earlier of (i) the time of
sale of the relevant asset or (ii) as generally provided in
this Valuation Assumption (4) and (5) if, at the Early
Termination Date, there are Units that have not been Exchanged,
then each such Unit shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market
Value of the Class A Shares and the amount of cash that would
be transferred if the Exchange occurred on the Early Termination
Date.
ARTICLE II
DETERMINATION OF
REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
Section 2.01
Basis Adjustment . For purposes of this Agreement, as a
result of an Exchange, each Operating Group Entity shall be deemed
to be entitled to a Basis Adjustment for each of its Adjusted
Assets with respect to the Corporation, the amount of which Basis
Adjustment shall be the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of
(x) the Amount Realized by the Applicable Member in the
Exchange, to the extent attributable to such Adjusted Asset, plus
(y) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement
with respect to such Exchange, to the extent attributable to such
Adjusted Asset, over (ii) the Corporation’s share of the
Operating Group Entity’s Tax basis for such Adjusted Asset
immediately after the Exchange, attributable to the Operating
Partnership Units Exchanged, determined as if (x) the
Operating Group Entity remains in existence as an entity for tax
purposes, and (y) the Operating Group Entity had not made the
election provided by section 754 of the Code. For the avoidance of
doubt, payments made under this Agreement shall not be treated as
resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are
treated as Imputed Interest.
Section 2.02
Exchange Basis Schedule . Within 120 calendar days after the
filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for
each Taxable Year in which any Exchange has been effected, the
Corporation shall deliver to the Applicable Partner a schedule (the
“ Exchange Basis Schedule ”) that shows, in
reasonable detail, for purposes of Taxes, (i) the actual
unadjusted tax basis of the Adjusted Assets as of each applicable
Exchange Date, (ii) the Basis Adjustment with respect to the
Adjusted Assets as a result of the Exchanges effected in such
Taxable Year and all prior Taxable Years, calculated (a) in
the aggregate and (b) solely with respect to Exchanges by the
Applicable Partner, (iii) the period or periods, if any, over
which the Adjusted Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable and
(iv) the period or periods, if any, over which each Basis
Adjustment is amortizable and/or depreciable (which, for
non-amortizable assets shall be based on the Valuation
Assumptions).
Section 2.03
Tax Benefit Schedule . Within 120 calendar days after the
filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for
any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or
Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the
Applicable Partner a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the
calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment
for such Taxable Year (a “ Tax Benefit Schedule
”). The Schedule will become final as provided in
Section 2.04(a) and may be amended as provided in
Section 2.04(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in
Section 2.04(b)).
Section 2.04
Procedures, Amendments
(a) Procedure . Every
time the Corporation delivers to the Applicable Partner an
applicable Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended
Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.04(b), but excluding
any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination
Schedule, the Corporation shall also (x) deliver to the
Applicable Partner schedules and work papers providing reasonable
detail regarding the preparation of the Schedule and an Advisory
Firm Letter supporting such Schedule and (y) allow the
Applicable Partner reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate
representatives at the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in
connection with a review of such Schedule. The applicable Schedule
shall become final and binding on all parties unless the Applicable
Partner, within 30 calendar days after receiving an Exchange Basis
Schedule or amendment thereto or within 30 calendar days after
receiving a Tax Benefit Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the
Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule
(“ Objection Notice ”) made in good faith. If
the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the
issues raised in such notice within 30 calendar days of receipt by
the Corporation of an Objection Notice, if with respect to an
Exchange Basis Schedule, or within 30 calendar days of receipt by
the Corporation of an Objection Notice, if with respect to a Tax
Benefit Schedule, after such Schedule was delivered to the
Applicable Partner, the Corporation and the Applicable Partner
shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in
Section 7.09 of this Agreement (the “Reconciliation
Procedures”).
(b) Amended Schedule .
The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from
time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a
Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct
material inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the
receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable
Year after the date the Schedule was provided to the Applicable
Partner, (iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination
under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a
material change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax
Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or
carryforward of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year,
(v) to reflect a material change in the Realized Tax Benefit
or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an
amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year, or (vi) to
adjust the Exchange Basis Schedule to take into account payments
made pursuant to this Agreement (such Schedule, an “
Amended Schedule ”).
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