Tax Cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate with one another and use reasonable efforts to minimize tax withholding or similar obligations in respect of royalties, milestone payments, and other payments made by one Party to the other Party under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the withholding Party will provide the paying Party any tax forms and other information that may be reasonably necessary in order for to lawfully avoid tax withholding. Each Party will provide the other with reasonable assistance to enable the recovery, as permitted by Applicable Law, of withholding taxes, value added taxes, or similar obligations resulting from payments made under this Agreement, such recovery to be for the benefit of the Party bearing such withholding tax or value added tax.

Tax Payments. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries have paid all taxes and assessments payable by it which have become due, other than # those for which the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and # those being contested in good faith and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened by any authority regarding any taxes relating to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Tax Withholding. The Company or any of its affiliates may withhold from any amount payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling.

Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within thirty (30) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this [Section 3.01]) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than any penalties, interest or other charges that are due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Recipient as determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction), provided that such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to [Section 3.01(c)(ii)] below.

Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct from all payments hereunder any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments. In the event payment is made in the form of shares of Common Stock, with the approval of the Committee, the minimum tax withholding may be satisfied by the Company withholding from shares of Common Stock to be issued, shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is in effect) that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due (or other rates that will not have a negative accounting impact).

Tax Status. Except as set forth in the Offering Document, the Company and each of its

Tax Withholding. The Company or a Subsidiary, as appropriate, shall have the right to deduct from all bonuses paid in cash any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such cash payments.

Tax Withholding. If requested by the Employee, the Committee shall cancel Shares to be delivered to the Employee having a Fair Market Value, on the day preceding the date of delivery of such Shares, equal to the minimum statutory required tax withholding (or, if permitted by the Company, a rate that is higher than the minimum statutory withholding rate) in connection with delivery of such Shares, and apply the value of such Shares as payment for the Employee’s minimum statutory required tax withholding or higher withholding. The form to be used in making this request is attached as [Schedule B].

Tax Consequences. GRANTEE UNDERSTANDS THAT GRANTEE MAY SUFFER ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF GRANTEE’S ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF THE SHARES. GRANTEE REPRESENTS # THAT GRANTEE HAS CONSULTED WITH A TAX ADVISER THAT GRANTEE DEEMS ADVISABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF THE SHARES AND # THAT GRANTEE IS NOT RELYING ON THE COMPANY FOR ANY TAX ADVICE.

TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Plan.