Tax Matters. Except as set forth on [Schedule 3.17]: # the Company has timely filed all Tax Returns required to have been filed by it; # all such Tax Returns are accurate and complete in all material respects; # the Company has paid all Taxes owed by it which were due and payable (whether or not shown on any Tax Return); # the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to Tax; # the Company is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return; # there is no current Action against the Company in writing by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction; # there are no pending or ongoing audits of the Company’s Tax Returns by a Governmental Authority of which the Company has received notice thereof; # the Company has not requested or received any ruling from, or signed any binding agreement with, any Governmental Authority, with respect to Taxes that would apply to any Tax periods ending after the Closing Date; # there are no Liens on any of the assets of the Company that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax; # no unpaid Tax deficiency has been asserted in writing against or with respect to the Company by any Governmental Authority which Tax remains unpaid; # the Company has collected or withheld all Taxes currently required to be collected or withheld by it, and all such Taxes have been paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities or set aside in appropriate accounts for future payment when due; # the Company has not granted or is subject to, any waiver of the period of limitations for the assessment of Tax for any currently open taxable period; # the Company is not required to include in income any amount for an adjustment pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or the Regulations thereunder with respect to a change in accounting methods made prior to the Closing; # the Company is not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement (other than an agreement (such as a lease) the principal purpose of which is not the sharing or allocation of Tax); # there is no Contract or Benefit Plan covering any Person that, individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible by the Company by reason of [Section 280G] or Section 162(m) of the Code, and no arrangement exists pursuant to which the Company or Buyer will be required to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any Person because of the imposition of any Tax on a payment to such Person; # the Company has not been a beneficiary of or participated in any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Regulations [Section 1.6011-4(b)(1)])] that was, is, or to the Knowledge of the Company will ever be, required to be disclosed under Regulations [Section 1.6011-4]4]; # no Tax Return filed by or on behalf of the Company has contained a disclosure statement under Section 6662 of the Code (or any similar provision of Law), and no Tax Return has been filed by or on behalf of the Company with respect to which the preparer of such Tax Return advised consideration of inclusion of such a disclosure, which disclosure was not made; # the Company has not taken any action outside of the Ordinary Course of Business that would have the effect of deferring a measure of Tax from a period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date to a period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date; # the Company does not have a “permanent establishment” in any foreign country, as defined in any applicable Tax treaty or convention between the United States of America and such foreign country, or has otherwise taken steps or conducted business operations that have materially exposed, or will materially expose, it to the taxing jurisdiction of a foreign country; # the Company is materially in compliance with the terms and conditions of any applicable Tax exemptions, Tax agreements or Tax orders of any Taxing Authority to which it may be subject or which it may have claimed, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not have any material and adverse effect on such compliance; # no written power of attorney which is currently in force has been granted by or with respect to the Company with respect to any matter relating to Taxes; and # no Seller is a “foreign person” for purposes of Section 1445 of the Code.

The Company has filed all tax returns required to have been filed. All tax returns filed on or prior to the Closing Date were correct and complete in all material respects. All taxes owed by the Company (whether or not shown on any tax return) have been paid. The Company currently is not the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any tax return. To the Company's knowledge, no claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file tax returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no actual, pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened liens, encumbrances, or charges against any of the assets of the Company arising in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any tax. The Company has withheld and paid all taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, or other third party. To the Company's knowledge, there is no dispute or claim concerning any tax liability of the Company either claimed or raised by any authority in writing. The Company has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a tax assessment or deficiency.