Tax Liability and Withholding. Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains the Optionee’s responsibility and the Company: # makes no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with the grant, vesting, or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any shares acquired on exercise; and # does not commit to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

The Grantee shall be required to pay to the Company, and the Company shall have the right to deduct from any compensation paid to the Grantee pursuant to the Plan, the amount of any required withholding taxes in respect of the Restricted Stock and to take all such other action as the Committee deems necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes. The Committee may permit the Grantee to satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation by any of the following means, or by a combination of such means:

Responsibility for Tax Liability. Employee expressly agrees and represents that any federal, state or local tax or contribution that may be owed or payable on the payments identified in this Agreement is the sole responsibility of Employee and that he will indemnify, defend and hold Employer harmless from and against any and all liability or claim for any tax or contribution or any penalty or interest thereon that may be incurred or demanded as a result of the receipt of the consideration provided for in this Agreement.

Computation of Tax Liability. Bank Subsidiary shall compute and accrue its separate liability or benefit, if applicable, for federal income taxes. Such computation shall take into account all taxable income and tax deductible expense items of Bank Subsidiary only and shall give full effect to any tax credits earned by Bank Subsidiary only; such computation shall be performed so as to compute the separate tax liability or tax benefit of Bank Subsidiary independent of any other members of the consolidated group. Such computation shall follow generally accepted accounting principles of accrual accounting. The Bank Subsidiary shall pay Federal consolidated quarterly estimates on or around the dates [the 15 day of April, June September, and December each year] on which corporations are obligated to make estimated income tax payments. Not later than 10 days after filing Federal consolidated income tax returns. Parent and Bank Subsidiary shall make final settlement of the prior year’s tax liability.

If in connection with the Change in Control or other event Executive would be or is subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (an “Excise Tax”) with respect to any cash, benefits or other property received, or any acceleration of vesting of any benefit or award (the “Change in Control Benefits”), Employee may elect to have the Change in Control Benefits otherwise payable under this Agreement reduced to the largest amount payable without resulting in the imposition of such Excise Tax. Within 15 days after the occurrence of the event that triggers the Excise Tax, a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company shall make a determination as to whether any Excise Tax would be reported with respect to the Change in Control Benefits and, if so, the amount of the Excise Tax, the total net after-tax amount of the Change in Control Benefits (after taking into account federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax) and the amount of reduction to the Change in Control Benefits necessary to avoid such Excise Tax. Any reduction to the Change in Control Benefits shall first be made from any cash benefits payable pursuant to this Agreement, if any, and thereafter, as determined by Employee, and the Company shall provide Employee with such information as is necessary to make such determination. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses connected with the determinations by the accounting firm pursuant to this [Section 10(e)]. Employee agrees to notify the Company in the event of any audit or other proceeding by the IRS or any taxing authority in which the IRS or other taxing authority asserts that any Excise Tax should be assessed against Employee and to cooperate with the Company in contesting any such proposed assessment with respect to such Excise Tax (a “Proposed Assessment”). Employee agrees not to settle any Proposed Assessment without the consent of the Company. If the Company does not consent to allow Employee to settle the Proposed Assessment, within 30 days following such demand therefor, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Employee with respect to any additional taxes, interest and/or penalties that Employee is required to pay by reason of the delay in finally resolving Employee’s tax liability (such indemnification to be made as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Employee makes such remittance).

Certain Excise Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Executive is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code), and the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement, together with any other payments and benefits which Executive has the right to receive from Company, any member of the Company Group or any of their respective affiliates, would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), then the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement shall be either # reduced (but not below zero) so that the present value of such total amounts and benefits received by Executive from Company, any member of the Company Group or any of their respective affiliates shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than three times Executive’s “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) and so that no portion of such amounts and benefits received by Executive shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or # paid in full, whichever produces the better net after-tax position to Executive (taking into account any applicable excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code and any other applicable taxes). The reduction of payments and benefits hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing, first, payments or benefits to be paid in cash hereunder in the order in which such payment or benefit would be paid or provided (beginning with such payment or benefit that would be made last in time and continuing, to the extent necessary, through to such payment or benefit that would be made first in time) and, then, reducing any benefit to be provided in-kind hereunder in a similar order. The determination as to whether any such reduction in the amount of the payments and benefits provided hereunder is necessary shall be made by Company in good faith. If a reduced payment or benefit is made or provided and through error or otherwise that payment or benefit, when aggregated with other payments and benefits from Company, any member of the Company Group or any of their respective affiliates used in determining if a “parachute payment” exists, exceeds one dollar ($1.00) less than three times Executive’s base amount, then Executive shall immediately repay such excess to Company upon notification that an overpayment has been made. Nothing in this Section 22 shall require Company to be responsible for, or have any liability or obligation with respect to, Executive’s excise tax liabilities under Section 4999 of the Code.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Employer or its affiliates to [[Person A:Person]] or for [[Person A:Person]]’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“Covered Payments”) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and would, but for this Section 5, be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “Excise Tax”), then prior to making the Covered Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing # the Net Benefit (as defined below) to [[Person A:Person]] of the Covered Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to # the Net Benefit to [[Person A:Person]] if the Covered Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under # above is less than the amount under # above will the Covered Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “Net Benefit” shall mean the present value (determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of the Covered Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment and excise taxes applicable thereto. The determination of the required reduction, if any, shall be determined in the good faith judgment of the Independent Auditor or tax counsel selected by the Independent Auditor. The Employer at its expense shall cause the determination to be made as promptly as reasonably practical.

any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

The excise tax imposed on the Officer under Code Section 4999 on excess parachute payments, from whatever source, would result in a lesser net aggregate present value of payments and distributions to the Officer (after subtraction of the excise tax) than if payments and distributions to the Officer were reduced to the maximum amount that could be made without incurring the excise tax.

Ford Credit Combined Tax Liability. (a) In General. With respect to each taxable period, the Ford Credit Combined Tax Liability shall be the sum, for such taxable period, of Ford Credit's liability for each Non-Federal Combined Tax, as determined on a Pro Forma Ford Credit Combined Return.