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EXHIBIT E-
1
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships or Pass-Thru Entities For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2015 (as amended, restated, modified
or supplemented from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among SSE Holdings (the “ Borrower ”),
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, including any successor thereto, the Administrative Agent ”),
each other Loan Party from time to time party
thereto and each Lender from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Credit Agreement. _______________________ (the Foreign Lender ”)
is providing this certificate pursuant to Section 2.15(f) of the
Credit Agreement.
The Foreign Lender hereby represents and warrants that:
2. The Foreign Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loans (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in
respect of which it is providing this certificate.
3.
The Foreign Lender is not a “bank” for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code.
4.
The Foreign Lender is not a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code.
5.
The Foreign Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in Section 957(a) of the Code) related to the Borrower within
the meaning of Section 864(d) of the Code.
6.
The interest payments on the Loan(s) are not effectively connected with the Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a duly executed certificate of its non-
U.S. person status
on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W18BEN-
E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided
on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall
have at all times furnished each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the
calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[ Signature Page Follows ]
Exhibit E-1-1