Exhibit 10.1
Execution Copy
TAX ALLOCATION
AGREEMENT
By and between
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING,
INC.
and
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
Dated as of March 29,
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01
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Definition of
Terms
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1
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ARTICLE II
PAYMENT OF TAXES
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Section 2.01
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Income
Taxes
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Section 2.02
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Transaction
Taxes
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9
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Section 2.03
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Other
Taxes
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9
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Section 2.04
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Other Income
Taxes
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10
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Section 2.05
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Allocation of
Certain Income Taxes and Income Tax Items
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11
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Section 2.06
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Refunds
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12
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Section 2.07
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Carrybacks
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12
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Section 2.08
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Treatment of
Restricted Stock, Stock Options, and Deferred
Compensation
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Section 2.09
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Successor
Employer Status
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Section 2.10
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APA
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ARTICLE III
PREPARATION AND FILING OF TAX RETURNS
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Section 3.01
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ADP
Responsibility
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Section 3.02
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Broadridge
Responsibility
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Section 3.03
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Tax Accounting
Practices
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16
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Section 3.04
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Right to Review
Tax Returns
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ARTICLE IV
TAX-FREE STATUS OF DISTRIBUTION
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Section 4.01
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Representations
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Section 4.02
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Covenants
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Section 4.03
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Procedures
Regarding Opinions and Rulings
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Section 4.04
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Canadian
Butterfly
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ARTICLE V TAX
CONTESTS; INDEMNIFICATION; COOPERATION
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Section 5.01
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Notice
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Section 5.02
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Control of Tax
Contests
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Section 5.03
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Indemnification
Payments
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Section 5.04
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Interest on
Late Payments
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Section 5.05
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Treatment of
Payments
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Section 5.06
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Expenses
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Section 5.07
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Cooperation
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Section 5.08
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Confidentiality
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Section 5.09
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Retention of
Tax Records
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ARTICLE VI
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES
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Section 6.01
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Tax
Disputes
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 7.01
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Disposition of
Broadridge Subsidiaries
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Section 7.02
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Complete
Agreement; Representations
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Section 7.03
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Costs and
Expenses
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Section 7.04
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Governing
Law
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Section 7.05
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Notices
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Section 7.06
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Amendment,
Modification or Waiver
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Section 7.07
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No Assignment;
Binding Effect
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Section 7.08
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Counterparts
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Section 7.09
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Specific
Performance
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Section 7.10
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New York
Forum
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Section 7.11
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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Section 7.12
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Interpretation;
Conflict With Ancillary Agreements
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Section 7.13
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Severability
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Section 7.14
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Survival
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ii
TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT dated as of
March 29, 2007 (this “ Agreement ”) between
Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
ADP ”) and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., a
Delaware corporation whose sole shareholder is ADP (“
Broadridge ” and, together with ADP, each, a “
Party ” and collectively, the “ Parties
”).
WHEREAS, as of the date of this
Agreement, the ADP affiliated group includes Broadridge and its
subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, the Parties (or their
predecessors-in-interest) have entered into the Separation and
Distribution Agreement, pursuant to which ADP has contributed to
Broadridge the stock and assets associated with the Broadridge
Business (as defined herein) in exchange for shares of common stock
of Broadridge, cash and the assumption by Broadridge of certain
liabilities related to the Broadridge Business (the “
Contribution ”);
WHEREAS, ADP intends to distribute
on a pro rata basis to its shareholders all of the shares of stock
of Broadridge (the “ Distribution ”);
WHEREAS, the Parties believe the
Distribution will provide greater flexibility for management,
capital requirements and growth of the Broadridge Business while
ensuring that ADP senior management can focus its time and
resources on the development of the ADP retained
businesses;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the
Contribution and Distribution qualify as a
“reorganization” under Section 368(a) of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”), with respect to which no gain or loss is recognized under
Code Sections 361 and 355;
WHEREAS, as a result of and upon the
Distribution, Broadridge and its subsidiaries will cease to be
members of the ADP Group; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to
allocate the Tax responsibilities, liabilities and benefits of
transactions that occur on or prior to, and that may occur after,
the date on which the Distribution occurs (the “
Distribution Date ”) and to provide for and address
certain other Tax matters.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Parties
(each on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates) hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definition of
Terms . The following terms shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to apply equally to both the singular and the plural
forms of the terms defined). All Section and Exhibit references are
to this Agreement unless otherwise stated.
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“ Action ” means
any claim, demand, action, cause of action, suit, countersuit,
arbitration, litigation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or
before any Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation
tribunal or authority.
“ Active Trade or
Business ” means the active conduct by Broadridge of the
businesses conducted by the members of the Broadridge Group as of
the Distribution (determined in accordance with Code
Section 355(b)).
“ Adjustment Request
” means any formal or informal claim or request filed with
any governmental authority for any Refund, underpayment or
overpayment of Tax or any change in available Tax
Attributes.
“ ADP ” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ ADP Consolidated
Group ” means the affiliated group of corporations
(within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code) of which ADP
is the common parent prior to the Distribution Date.
“ ADP Employee ”
means an employee of ADP or any ADP Affiliate immediately after the
Distribution.
“ ADP Group ”
means ADP and each of its Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and any
corporation or other entity that may become part of such Group from
time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the ADP Group excludes
any entity that is a member of the Broadridge Group.
“ ADP Restricted Stock
” means ADP common stock received by an ADP or Broadridge
Employee in connection with his or her employment, which stock has
not yet been included in the income of such Employee as of the
Distribution Date.
“ ADP Stock Option
” means an Option to acquire ADP common stock received by an
ADP or Broadridge Employee in connection with his or her
employment, which Option has not yet been exercised as of the
Distribution Date.
“ Affiliate ” of
any Person means any entity that, after the Distribution, is
directly or indirectly “controlled” by any of
(i) the Person in question, (ii) any Person of which the
Person in question is an Affiliate under clause (i), or
(iii) any Affiliate under clause (i) of a Person
described in clause (ii). For purposes of this definition, “
control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of
voting securities or other interests, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals.
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“ Ancillary Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and
Distribution Agreement.
“ APA ” means the
advance pricing agreement currently being negotiated, as such
agreement is finally agreed, or any similar agreement (including
any related competent authority agreement for pre-APA years) that
is finally agreed, by ADP, ADP Canada, a Canadian corporation that
is wholly owned by ADP, and ADP Investor Communications Corporation
(“ ICC ”), a Canadian corporation that is
directly and wholly owned by ADP Canada, with the Internal Revenue
Service and the Canada Revenue Agency (including any competent
authority for the United States or Canada) relating to the pricing
of services and software that ADP and its U.S. subsidiaries (both
in the Broadridge Business and in ADP’s other businesses)
provide to ADP Canada and its subsidiaries.
“ Balance Sheet ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
“ Broadridge ”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Broadridge Business
” means all of the ADP Brokerage Services’ and
Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services’ business and
operations, as more fully described in ADP’s Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.
“ Broadridge Capital
Stock ” means (i) all classes or series of capital
stock of Broadridge, including common stock and all other
instruments treated as equity in Broadridge for U.S. federal Income
Tax purposes and (ii) all options, warrants and other rights
to acquire such capital stock.
“ Broadridge Cash
” means the cash amounts which are distributed to ADP in one
or more transactions intended to qualify as tax-free pursuant to
Section 361(b) of the Code.
“ Broadridge Employee
” means an employee of Broadridge or any Broadridge Affiliate
immediately after the Distribution.
“ Broadridge Group
” means Broadridge and each of its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates and any corporation or other entity that may become part
of such Group from time to time.
“ Broadridge Restricted
Stock ” means Broadridge common stock received by a
Broadridge Employee or ADP Employee in connection with his or her
employment, which stock has not yet been included in the income of
such Employee as of the Distribution Date.
“ Broadridge Stock
Option ” means an Option to acquire Broadridge common
stock received by a Broadridge Employee or ADP Employee in
connection with his or her employment, which Option has not yet
been exercised as of the Distribution Date.
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“ Butterfly
Transactions ” means each of the transactions involving
ADP, Broadridge and the other applicable parties specifically set
out in the Canadian Tax Ruling.
“ Canadian Tax Ruling
” means the advance income tax ruling issued by the CRA
(whether granted prior to, on or after the date hereof) relating to
the Butterfly Transactions and includes all supplemental rulings,
requests for rulings, information and legal submissions and
exhibits to the foregoing.
“ Canadian Tax-Free
Status ” means the Canadian federal and provincial income
tax position of the applicable parties relating to the Butterfly
Transactions that would arise on the assumptions that (i) each
of the rulings and opinions provided in the Canadian Tax Ruling
applied to determine such income tax position of the applicable
parties and (ii) the requisite conditions for such rulings and
opinions as set out in the Canadian Tax Ruling were
satisfied.
“ Code ” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Contribution ”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ CRA ” means the
Canada Revenue Agency.
“ Distribution ”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Distribution Date
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Employee Restricted
Stock ” means either ADP Restricted Stock or Broadridge
Restricted Stock.
“ Employee Stock Option
” means either an ADP Stock Option or a Broadridge Stock
Option.
“ Final Determination
” means the final resolution of liability for any Tax for any
taxable period by or as a result of (i) a final and
unappealable decision, judgment, decree or other order by any court
of competent jurisdiction; (ii) a final settlement with the
IRS, a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Code
Sections 7121 or 7122, or a comparable arrangement under the laws
of another jurisdiction; (iii) any allowance of a Refund in
respect of an overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of
all periods during which such amount may be recovered by the Taxing
Authority imposing the Tax; or (iv) any other final
disposition, including by reason of the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations.
“ Gain Recognition
Agreement ” means any agreement to recognize gain that is
described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.367(a)-8 and
entered into in connection with the Transactions and to which any
member of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group is a
party.
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“ Governmental
Authority ” means any federal, state, local, foreign or
international court, government, department, commission, board,
bureau or agency, or any other regulatory, self-regulatory,
administrative or governmental organization or authority, including
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
“ Group ” means
the ADP Group and/or the Broadridge Group, as the context
requires.
“ Income Taxes ”
means all federal, state, local, and foreign income or franchise
Taxes or other Taxes based on income or net worth.
“ Indemnifying Party
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“ Indemnitee ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“ IRS ” means the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“ Joint Return ”
means any Return that includes both a member of the ADP Group and a
member of the Broadridge Group.
“ Law ” means any
applicable foreign, federal, national, state, provincial or local
law (including common law), statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
code or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued or entered
into, or act taken, by a Governmental Authority.
“ Option ” means
an option to acquire common stock, or other equity-based incentives
the economic value of which is designed to mirror that of an
option, including non-qualified stock options, discounted
non-qualified stock options, cliff options to the extent stock is
issued or issuable (as opposed to cash compensation), and tandem
stock options to the extent stock is issued or issuable (as opposed
to cash compensation).
“ Other Taxes ”
means all Taxes other than Income Taxes, including (but not limited
to) transfer, sales, use, payroll, property, and unemployment
Taxes.
“ Past Practices
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(a).
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, joint stock company,
joint venture, association, trust, bank, trust company, land trust,
business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal
entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“ Post-Distribution Tax
Period ” means any taxable period (or portion thereof)
beginning after the Distribution Date.
“ Pre-Distribution Tax
Period ” means any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending on or before the close of the Distribution Date.
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“ Proposed Acquisition
Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b)(i).
“ Refund ” means
any cash refund of Taxes or reduction of Taxes by means of credit,
deduction, offset or otherwise.
“ Reportable
Transaction ” means a reportable or listed transaction as
defined in Section 6011 of the Code or the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Restricted Period
” means the period beginning on the date of this Agreement
and ending on, and including, the last day of the two-year period
following the Distribution Date.
“ Restricted Stock
” means either ADP Restricted Stock or Broadridge Restricted
Stock.
“ Ruling ” means
all private letter rulings granted by the IRS, the CRA or any other
taxing authority relating to the Transactions (whether granted
prior to, on or after the date hereof), requests for such rulings,
including all supplemental ruling requests and information
submissions, and any exhibit to any of the foregoing.
“ Satisfactory Guidance
” means either a ruling from the IRS (or the CRA in respect
of Section 4.04) or an Unqualified Tax Opinion, at the
election of Broadridge, in either case reasonably satisfactory to
ADP in both form and substance, including with respect to any
underlying assumptions or representations. Satisfactory Guidance
shall not include an Unqualified Tax Opinion with respect to which
ADP’s counsel, of recognized national standing, provides an
opinion to ADP that the conclusions in such Unqualified Tax Opinion
are not free from doubt. For the avoidance of doubt, this
definition is intended to allow ADP to prevent Broadridge from
taking the action that is the subject of a ruling from the IRS or
an Unqualified Tax Opinion, if ADP determines in good faith that
there is any Tax risk to it from such action based upon either
(1) any uncertainty concerning any underlying assumptions or
representations in such ruling or opinion or (2) any legal
uncertainty referred to in advice it receives from its
counsel.
“ Separate Return
” means (i) in the case of the Broadridge Group, a Tax
Return of any member of that Group (including any consolidated,
combined, affiliated or unitary Return) that does not include, for
all or any portion of the relevant taxable period, any member of
the ADP Group and (ii) in the case of the ADP Group, a Tax
Return of any member of that Group (including any consolidated,
combined, affiliated or unitary Return) that does not include, for
all or any portion of the relevant taxable period, any member of
the Broadridge Group.
“ Separation and
Distribution Agreement ” means the Separation and
Distribution Agreement, as amended from time to time, by and
between ADP and Broadridge (or its predecessor-in-interest) dated
as of March 20, 2007.
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“ Straddle Period
” means any taxable period beginning on or before the
Distribution Date and ending after the Distribution
Date.
“ Tax Advisor ”
means a U.S. Tax counsel or other Tax advisor of recognized
national standing reasonably acceptable to both Parties.
“ Tax Attribute ”
means a net operating loss, net capital loss, investment credit,
foreign Tax credit, excess charitable contribution, general
business credit or any other item of loss, deduction or credit that
could reduce a Tax liability.
“ Tax Contest ”
means an audit, review, examination or any other administrative or
judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of determining or
redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or judicial
review of any Adjustment Request).
“ Tax Dispute ”
means any dispute arising in connection with this
Agreement.
“ Tax-Free Status
” means the qualification of the Contribution and
Distribution taken together as a transaction, (i) that is a
“reorganization” described in Code Sections 355(a) and
368(a)(1)(D), (ii) in which the Broadridge stock distributed
is “qualified property” for purposes of Code Sections
355(c) and 361(c), (iii) in which no gain or loss will be
recognized by ADP upon the receipt of the Broadridge Cash from
Broadridge, (iv) in which ADP, Broadridge and the shareholders
of ADP recognize no income or gain for U.S. federal Income Tax
purposes pursuant to Code Sections 355, 361 and 1032 and
(v) that qualifies for tax-free treatment under comparable
provisions of state, local and foreign law. For the avoidance of
doubt, recognition of income or gain that relates to items
described in Sections 2.03(c)(i)(A) or 2.04 or to intercompany
items shall not cause the Distribution to fail to achieve Tax-Free
Status.
“ Tax Item ”
means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, recapture
of credit, or any other item (including the basis or adjusted basis
of property) which increases or decreases Income Taxes paid or
payable in any taxable period.
“ Tax Opinions/Rulings
” means (i) any Ruling and (ii) the opinions of Tax
Advisors relating to the Transactions including, without
limitation, those issued either at the time of the Distribution or
to allow a Party to take actions otherwise prohibited under this
Agreement.
“ Tax Return ” or
“ Return ” means any return, filing, report,
questionnaire, information statement, claim for Refund, or other
document required or permitted to be filed, including any
amendments that may be filed, for any taxable period with any
Taxing Authority.
“ Taxes ” means
all forms of taxation or duties imposed, or required to be
collected or withheld, including charges, together with any related
interest, penalties or other additional amounts. For the avoidance
of doubt, the term “Taxes” does not include amounts to
be paid to any governmental authority pursuant to escheat
law.
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“ Taxing Authority
” means any governmental authority imposing Taxes.
“ Transaction Taxes
” means all (i) Taxes of any member of the ADP Group or
the Broadridge Group resulting from, or arising in connection with,
the failure of the Contribution and the Distribution to have
Tax-Free Stat