Common use of Tax Efficiency Clause in Contracts

Tax Efficiency. Except as otherwise provided in the -------------- Transaction Documents, each of the Parties and the Partnership will cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to (1) structure any contributions, distributions, redemption, dispositions of assets, adjustments to ownership or any other adjustment or transfer of economics between the Parties in a manner that will minimize and, to the extent possible, eliminate, any adverse tax consequences arising from such transactions and (2) ensure that the operations of the Partnership, including, without limitation, the distribution of profits of the Partnership and the selection of profits for distribution to partners, will be carried out in accordance with the reasonable request of either Party in light of the management of its respective domestic and international tax affairs. If one Party makes a request of the other Party pursuant to this Section 2.9.6 and agrees to fully indemnify the non-requesting Party for losses, expenses and other adverse effects (whether or not material) of complying with such request (on an after-tax basis using an assumed tax rate of 40%), then the non- requesting party shall take all reasonable steps necessary to accomplish such change unless the non-requesting Party determines that such request will (1) have a non-economic material adverse effect on the non-requesting Party (taking into account the adverse effect on the structure, operations or financial performance of the Partnership and the adverse effect on the non-requesting Party and its Affiliates) or (2) materially delay the applicable Closing Date.

Tax Efficiency. Except as otherwise provided in the -------------- Transaction Documents, each of the Parties and the Partnership will cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to (1) structure any contributions, distributions, redemption, dispositions of assets, adjustments to ownership or any other adjustment or transfer of economics between the Parties in a manner that will minimize and, to the extent possible, eliminate, any adverse tax consequences arising from such transactions and (2) ensure that the operations of the Partnership, including, without limitation, the distribution of profits of the Partnership and the selection of profits for distribution to partners, will be carried out in accordance with the reasonable request of either Party in light of the management of its respective domestic and international tax affairs. If one Party makes a request of the other Party pursuant to this Section 2.9.6 and agrees to fully indemnify the non-requesting Party for losses, expenses and other adverse effects (whether or not material) of complying with such request (on an after-tax basis using an assumed tax rate of 40%), then the non- non-requesting party shall take all reasonable steps necessary to accomplish such change unless the non-requesting Party determines that such request will (1) have a non-economic material adverse effect on the non-requesting Party (taking into account the adverse effect on the structure, operations or financial performance of the Partnership and the adverse effect on the non-requesting Party and its Affiliates) or (2) materially delay the applicable Closing Date.