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Parties Involved:
Diamond Foods, Inc.
Defendant
Securities And Exchange Commission
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 

 v. NO. 3:14-cv-00123-WHA 

 

DIAMOND FOODS, INC., 

 

 Defendant. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO APPOINT A TAX ADMINISTRATOR 

 The Court, having reviewed Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission’s 

(“SEC” or “Commission”) Motion to Appoint a Tax Administrator and for good cause shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. Damasco & Associates, LLP is appointed as Tax Administrator to execute all income 

tax reporting requirements, including the preparation and filing of tax returns, for all 

funds under the Court’s jurisdiction in this case (the “Distribution Fund”). 

2. Damasco & Associates, LLP shall be designated the Tax Administrator of the 

Distribution Fund, pursuant to section 468B(g) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 26 

U.S.C. §468B(g), and related regulations, and shall satisfy the administrative 

requirements imposed by those regulations, including but not limited to (a) obtaining a 

taxpayer identification number, (b) filing applicable federal, state, and local tax returns 

and paying taxes reported thereon out of the Distribution Fund, and (c) satisfying any 

information, reporting, or withholding requirements imposed on distributions from the 

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Distribution Fund. Upon request, the Tax Administrator shall provide copies of any 

filings to the Commission’s counsel of record. 

3. The Tax Administrator shall be entitled to charge reasonable fees and expenses for tax 

compliance services in accordance with its agreement with the Commission. 

4. The Commission staff is authorized to approve and arrange payment of all future tax 

obligations and tax administrator fees and expenses owed by the Distribution Fund 

directly from the Distribution Fund without further order of the Court. 

Dated: _______________________ 

United States District Judge 

October 18, 2016.

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