Offsetting Liabilities. If a Tax audit proceeding or an amendment to a Tax Return results in an increase in state, local or foreign Income Tax liability that results in an increase in an indemnity payment obligation of Fortune under Section 3.01(a) (or Fortune otherwise bears or has borne such increase in Taxes without reimbursement by ACCO), coupled with a reduction in U.S. federal, state, local or foreign Income Tax liability attributable to such Tax audit proceeding or amendment to a Tax Return for the same taxable year, then to the extent the ACCO Tax Group Actually Realizes an Income Tax Benefit, ACCO shall pay to Fortune within ten days after ACCO has Actually Realized such Income Tax Benefit an amount equal to such Income Tax Benefit; provided, however, that the aggregate payments which ACCO shall be required to make under this Section 3.04(a)(iii) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Income Tax Benefit arising in respect of such increase in state, local or foreign Income Tax liability for which Fortune is liable under Section 3.01(a) (or for which Fortune otherwise bears or has borne without reimbursement by ACCO).
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Sources: Tax Allocation Agreement (Fortune Brands Inc), Tax Allocation Agreement (Acco Brands Corp), Tax Allocation Agreement (Acco World Corp)