Common use of Alternative Minimum Tax Clause in Contracts

Alternative Minimum Tax. This Section 4 shall be applied without regard to the alternative minimum tax and the alternative minimum tax credit provisions of Sections 53 and 55 through 59 of the Code; provided, however, that this Section 4 shall apply to any credit under Section 53 of the Code arising out of the payment of alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code with respect a Tax Year, or portion thereof, ending on or before the IPO Closing Date. For purposes of Section 4.2(a), TODCO will be deemed to use or absorb any credit under Section 53 of the Code that is a Pre-IPO Tax Asset only after it has used or absorbed all other available credits under Section 53 of the Code.