General Allocation Principles. Except as provided in Section 3(c), all Income Taxes shall be allocated as follows: (i) Jefferies shall be allocated all Taxes attributable to (x) a Jefferies Party and reported, or required to be reported, on a Jefferies Income Tax Return, other than any such Taxes attributable to a SpinCo Partnership Tax Return, or (y) items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocated to Jefferies or another Jefferies Party (directly or through an allocation of such items by a Jefferies Intermediate Entity) on an original SpinCo Partnership Tax Return that was filed prior to the Distribution Date or is filed after the Distribution Date, with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period, and that was prepared in accordance with Section 4, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Taxes attributable to any Tax Proceeding with respect to a SpinCo Partnership Tax Return or any amended SpinCo Partnership Tax Return, including by way of an administrative adjustment request or other procedure provided for under the Partnership Tax Audit Provisions, filed after the Distribution Date in connection with a Tax Proceeding. (ii) SpinCo shall be allocated (w) all Taxes attributable to any SpinCo Party and reported, or required to be reported, on a SpinCo Separate Income Tax Return for any Post-Distribution Period and (x) all Taxes attributable to any SpinCo Partnership Tax Return that is subject to a Tax Proceeding, including under the Partnership Tax Audit Provisions, that concludes after the Distribution Date, including any “imputed underpayment” imposed pursuant to the Partnership Tax Audit Provisions. SpinCo shall not (y) amend or cause the amendment of any SpinCo Partnership Tax Return with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period, or require any Jefferies Party or any Jefferies Intermediate Entity to amend any Income Tax Return, or (z) make any “push-out” election, pursuant to the Partnership Tax Audit Provisions, with respect to a Tax Proceeding with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period.
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Sources: Tax Matters Agreement (Jefferies Financial Group Inc.), Tax Matters Agreement (Vitesse Energy, Inc.)