Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each # has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, # has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and # has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

Excise Tax. The Ceding Company and the Reinsurer acknowledge and agree that, as of the date hereof, premiums payable pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4371 of the Code (the “Premium Excise Tax”). The Ceding Company shall be responsible for reporting and remitting the Premium Excise Tax as indicated on the Monthly Accounting Report. The Premium Excise Tax shall be borne by the Reinsurer through inclusion on the Monthly Accounting Report.

Tax Returns. (a) All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or on behalf of [[Organization B:Organization]] have been timely filed and all such Tax Returns were (at the time they were filed) and are true, correct and complete in all material respects; # all Taxes of [[Organization B:Organization]] required to have been paid (whether or not reflected on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid, except those Taxes which are presently being contested in good faith or for which an adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been established on [[Organization B:Organization]]’s balance sheet; # no waivers of statutes of limitation have been given or requested with respect to [[Organization B:Organization]] in connection with any Tax Returns covering [[Organization B:Organization]] or with respect to any Taxes payable by it; # no Governmental Body in a jurisdiction where [[Organization B:Organization]] does not file Tax Returns has made a claim, assertion or threat to [[Organization B:Organization]] that [[Organization B:Organization]] is or may be subject to taxation by such jurisdiction; # [[Organization B:Organization]] has duly and timely collected or withheld, paid over and reported to the appropriate Governmental Body all amounts required to be so collected or withheld for all periods under all applicable laws; # there are no Liens with respect to Taxes on the property or assets of [[Organization B:Organization]] other than Permitted Liens; # there are no Tax rulings, requests for rulings, or closing agreements relating to [[Organization B:Organization]] for any period (or portion of a period) that would affect any period after the date hereof; and # any adjustment of Taxes of [[Organization B:Organization]] made by a Governmental Body in any examination that [[Organization B:Organization]] is required to report to the appropriate provincial, local or foreign taxing authorities has been reported, and any additional Taxes due with respect thereto have been paid. No state of fact exists or has existed which would constitute ground for the assessment of any tax liability by any Governmental Body. All Tax Returns filed by [[Organization B:Organization]] are true, correct and complete.

Tax Withholding. Shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to this Award shall be subject to applicable tax withholdings. The Company shall withhold from the delivery of Common Stock pursuant hereto shares having a value equal to the minimum amount of federal, state and other governmental tax withholding requirements (or, if permitted by the Company, and requested by the Employee, at a rate that is higher than the minimum statutory withholding rate) related thereto (subject to rounding to a number of whole shares, in such manner as the Company may determine). Such shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value as of the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. In lieu of such withholding, the Employee may elect, at or before such deadline as the Company may specify, and the Company require as a condition of delivery, that the Employee remit to the administrator an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements.

Tax Consequences. It is intended by the Parties that the Merger shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code. The Parties adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of U.S. Income Tax Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).

Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received the Tax Opinion.

Tax Withholding. Whenever the Company proposes or is required to distribute Stock under the Plan, the Company may require the recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any Federal, state and local tax withholding requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate for such shares or, in the discretion of the Committee, the Company may withhold from the shares to be delivered shares sufficient to satisfy all or a portion of such tax withholding requirements. Whenever under the Plan payments are to be made in cash, such payments may be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy any Federal, state and local tax withholding requirements.

Tax Matters. For purposes of [Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii)])] of the Agreement, [[Organization B:Organization]] agrees to deliver to [[Organization A:Organization]] one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto) and [[Organization A:Organization]] shall provide to [[Organization B:Organization]] one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form ​​56 (or successor thereto). Such forms shall be delivered # upon execution and delivery of this Confirmation, # promptly upon reasonable request of the other party and # promptly upon learning that any such form previously provided by the other party has become obsolete or incorrect.

Tax Distributions. To the extent funds of the Company are legally available for distribution by the Company and such distribution would not be prohibited under any credit facility or any other agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, in each case, as determined by ​ in its reasonable discretion (the “Tax Distribution Conditions”), with respect to each Fiscal Quarter (or portion thereof), the Company shall distribute to each Unitholder, an amount of cash (each a “Tax Distribution”) that is at least equal to such Unitholder’s Assumed Tax Liability for such Fiscal Quarter (or portion thereof). All Tax Distributions shall be made pro rata on a per-Common Unit basis in an amount such that the Unitholder with the highest Assumed Tax Liability per Common Unit receives an amount equal to such Unitholder’s Assumed Tax Liability, on a quarterly basis at least five (5) days prior to the date on which any estimated tax payments are due with respect to the relevant Fiscal Quarter, in order to permit each Unitholder (or the beneficial owners of any Unitholder) to timely pay its estimated tax obligations for the applicable Fiscal Quarter (or portion thereof). The Board shall make, in its reasonable discretion, equitable adjustments (downward (but not below zero) or upward) to each Unitholder’s Tax Distributions (but in any event pro rata in proportion to each Unitholder’s respective number of Common Units) to take into account increases or decreases in the number of Common Units held by each Unitholder during the relevant period. All Tax Distributions shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as advances against, and shall offset and reduce dollar-for-dollar, subsequent Distributions under [Section 4.1(b)] or Section 11.2. In determining the amount of any Tax Distributions, # the Assumed Tax Liability of ​ shall be increased if, and solely to the extent, necessary to allow ​ to satisfy its own tax obligations for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or portion thereof and payments currently due and owing under the Tax Receivable Agreement, taking into account any Distributions previously made to ​ under this Agreement and # the Assumed Tax Liability of TopCo shall be increased if, and solely to the extent, necessary to allow TopCo to make payments to any of its members that are allocated taxable income in respect of their indirect interests in the Company attributable to an applicable Fiscal Quarter, without regard to whether taxable income of the Company is allocated to TopCo with respect to such Fiscal Quarter.

Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the LP Agreement: