Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 


 



 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

NEFF CORPORATION

 

WAYZATA OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.

 

WAYZATA OPPORTUNITIES FUND OFFSHORE II, L.P.

 

the several LLC OPTION HOLDERS (as defined herein)

 

MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE (as defined herein)

 

OTHER MEMBERS OF NEFF HOLDINGS LLC
 FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

Dated as of November 26, 2014

 


 



 











 

CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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Article I. DEFINITIONS
    	
 
    	
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Section 1.1
    	
Definitions
    	
 
    	
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Section 1.2
    	
Rules of Construction
    	
 
    	
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Article II.   DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.1
    	
Basis Adjustments; Neff Holdings 754 Election
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.2
    	
Basis and Reverse 704(c) Schedules
    	
 
    	
12
    
	
Section 2.3
    	
Tax Benefit Schedules
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.4
    	
Procedures; Amendments
    	
 
    	
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Article III.   TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.1
    	
Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.2
    	
No Duplicative Payments
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.3
    	
Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
Section 3.4
    	
Optional Estimated Payment Procedure
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.5
    	
Changes; Reserves; Suspension of Payments
    	
 
    	
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Article IV. TERMINATION
    	
 
    	
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Section 4.1
    	
Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement
    	
 
    	
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Section 4.2
    	
Early Termination Notice
    	
 
    	
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Section 4.3
    	
Payment Upon Early Termination
    	
 
    	
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Article V. SUBORDINATION AND   LATE PAYMENTS
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.1
    	
Subordination
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.2
    	
Late Payments by the Corporation
    	
 
    	
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Article VI. TAX MATTERS;   CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.1
    	
Participation in the Corporation’s and Neff Holdings’ Tax   Matters
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.2
    	
Consistency
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.3
    	
Cooperation
    	
 
    	
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Article VII. MISCELLANEOUS
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.1
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.2
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.3
    	
Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.4
    	
Governing Law
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.5
    	
Severability
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.6
    	
LLC Option Holders as Members; Assignments; Amendments;   Successors; No Waiver
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.7
    	
Titles and Subtitles
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 7.8
    	
Resolution of Disputes
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.9
    	
Reconciliation
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 7.10
    	
Withholding
    	
 
    	
30
    
	
Section 7.11
    	
Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group;   Transfers of Corporate Assets
    	
 
    	
31
    
	
Section 7.12
    	
Confidentiality
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.13
    	
Change in Law
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.14
    	
Interest Rate Limitation
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.15
    	
Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.17
    	
Management Representative
    	
 
    	
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Exhibits

 

	
Exhibit A
    	
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Form of   Joinder Agreement
    


 

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2014, is hereby entered into by and among Neff Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Neff Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Neff Holdings”), each of the Members from time to time party hereto, the LLC Option Holders and the Management Representative.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.01.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Neff Holdings is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

WHEREAS, each of the members of Neff Holdings other than the Corporation (such members, together with each other Person who becomes party hereto by satisfying the Joinder Requirement, the “Members”) owns (or, in the case of such other Persons, will own) common limited liability company interests in Neff Holdings (the “Units”);

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation is the managing member of Neff Holdings, and is the registered owner and will be the registered owner of Units;

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof and exclusive of the Over-Allotment Option (as defined below), the Corporation issued 10,476,190 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) to certain purchasers in an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “IPO”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation used the net proceeds from the IPO to acquire newly-issued Units directly from Neff Holdings (the “Base Offering Capital Contribution”), which proceeds will be used to repay or prepay certain indebtedness of Neff Holdings and to pay the fees and expenses from the IPO;

 

WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, the Corporation may issue additional Class A Common Stock in connection with the IPO as a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) and, if the Over-Allotment Option is in fact exercised in whole or in part, any additional net proceeds will be used by the Corporation to acquire additional newly-issued Units directly from Neff Holdings (the “Over-Allotment Capital Contribution” and, together with the Base Offering Capital Contribution, the “Corporation’s Capital Contribution”), which proceeds will be used to repay or prepay certain indebtedness of Neff Holdings and to pay the fees and expenses from the IPO;

 

WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, pursuant to Article XI of the LLC Agreement, each Member has the right, in its sole discretion, from time to time to require Neff Holdings to redeem (a “Redemption”) all or a portion of such Member’s Units for cash or Class A Common Stock; provided that, at the election of the Corporation in its sole discretion, the Corporation may effect a direct exchange (a “Direct Exchange”) of such cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Units;

 











 

WHEREAS, certain members of management of Neff Holdings and certain non-executive members of its board of managers (the “LLC Option Holders”) have existing options to acquire Units, which options may be exercised from time to time by the holder thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, whereupon such Person will be admitted as a member of Neff Holdings and will automatically become a Member hereunder with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member hereunder (for the avoidance of doubt, without any requirement to execute a Joinder);

 

WHEREAS, Neff Holdings and any direct or indirect subsidiary (owned through a chain of pass-through entities) of Neff Holdings that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (together with Neff Holdings and any direct or indirect subsidiary (owned through a chain of pass-through entities) of Neff Holdings that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the “Neff Holdings Group”) will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (as defined herein) for the Taxable Year (as defined herein) in which any Exchange (as defined below) occurs, which election will result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s share of the tax basis of the assets owned by the Neff Holdings Group as of the date of the Exchange, with a consequent result on the taxable income subsequently derived therefrom; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Exchanges and the receipt of payments under this Agreement, as contemplated by the LLC Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.
 DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1            Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both (i) the singular and plural and (ii) the active and passive forms of the terms defined).

 

“Actual Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vii) of this Agreement.

 

“Advisory Firm” means an accounting firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in Covered Tax matters and not an Affiliate of the Corporation, selected by the Corporation.

 

“Advisory Firm Letter” means a letter, that has been prepared by the Advisory Firm used by the Corporation in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, which states that the relevant Schedules, notices or other information to be provided by the Corporation to the Members, along with all supporting schedules and work papers, were prepared in a manner that is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and, to the extent not expressly provided in this Agreement, on a reasonable basis in light of the facts and law in existence on the date such Schedules, notices or other information were delivered by the Corporation to the Members.

 











 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

 

“Agreed Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

 

“Agreement” is defined in the preamble.

 

“Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Attributable” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the Board.

 

“Basis Adjustment” means the increase or decrease to the tax basis of, or the Corporation’s share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets (i) under Section 734(b), 743(b) and 754 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, following an Exchange, Neff Holdings remains in existence as an entity for tax purposes) and (ii) under Sections 732 and 1012 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, Neff Holdings becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for tax purposes), in each case, as a result of any Exchange and any payments made under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.

 

“Basis Schedule” is defined in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, with respect to such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

“Book-Tax Disparity” means, with respect to any Reference Asset, as of the date of the applicable Corporation’s Capital Contribution, the difference between the Book Value (as defined in the LLC Agreement) of such Reference Asset and the adjusted basis thereof for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of such date.

 

“Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in New York are closed.

 

“Change Notice” is defined in Section 3.5(a) of this Agreement.

 











 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(1) (A) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto (the “Exchange Act”) but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Investors) shall become the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of voting stock of the Corporation entitling such “person” or “group” to cast more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the votes eligible to be cast in an election of directors of the Corporation and (B) the Permitted Investors shall own outstanding voting stock of the Corporation having a lesser percentage of the votes eligible to be cast in such an election of the Corporation at such time than the “person” or “group” in the foregoing clause (A);

 

(2) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of Neff Holdings;

 

(3) the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries acquires, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, assets with a gross fair market value, and/or equity interests in an entity with a gross enterprise value, in excess of 50% of the gross enterprise value of the Corporation on the date hereof; provided that for this purpose, the gross enterprise value of the Corporation on the date hereof shall be the fair market value of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation (based on the price per share in the IPO) plus the amount of the Corporation’s liabilities as of the date of the IPO; or

 

(4) a “change of control” or similar defined term in any agreement governing indebtedness of Neff Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with aggregate principal amount or aggregate commitments outstanding in excess of $25,000,000.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Corporation” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Corporation’s Capital Contribution” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 











 

“Covered Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measure with respect to net income or profits  and any interest related thereto.

 

“Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii) of this Agreement.

 

“Default Rate” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

 

“Default Rate Interest” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ix) of this Agreement.

 

“Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of U.S. state tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.

 

“Direct Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this agreement.

 

“Dispute” is defined in Section 7.8(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Early Termination Effective Date” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.

 

“Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Early Termination Rate” means the lesser of (i) 6.50% per annum, compounded annually, and (ii) the Agreed Rate.

 

“Early Termination Reference Date” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Estimated Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

 

“Exchange” means any Direct Exchange,  Redemption or Section 734(b) Distribution.

 

“Exchange Date” means the date of any Exchange.

 

“Expert” is defined in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.

 

“Extension Rate Interest” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(viii) of this Agreement.

 

“Final Payment Date” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Final Payment Date in respect of a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement.

 











 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Corporation notifies the Members that the Corporation requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP or in the application thereof occurring after the date of this Agreement (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto, “IFRS”) on the operation of such provision (or if the Members notify the Corporation that they request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of IFRS), then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

“Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the actual relevant Tax Returns of the Corporation but (i) calculating depreciation, amortization, or other similar deductions, or otherwise calculating any items of income, gain, or loss, using the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto for the Taxable Year, (ii) disregarding the requirement under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(4) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) to make Reverse 704(c) Allocations and (iii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest or Actual Interest Amounts for the Taxable Year.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any of the items described in the previous sentence.

 

“Imputed Interest” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi) of this Agreement.

 

“Independent Directors” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards set forth in Rule 10A-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and the corresponding rules of the applicable exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.

 

“IPO” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement

 

“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

“Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

“Joinder Requirement” is defined in Section 7.6(b) of this Agreement.

 

“LIBOR” means during any period, a rate per annum equal to (i) the ICE LIBOR rate for a period of one year (“ICE LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period.

 











 

“LLC Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Neff Holdings LLC, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“LLC Option Holder” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Management Representative” is defined in Section 7.17 of this Agreement.

 

“Market Value” shall mean the Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the LLC Agreement, determined as of an Early Termination Date.

 

“Members” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Neff Holdings” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii) of this Agreement.

 

“Non-Adjusted Tax Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.

 

“Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Over-Allotment Option” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Parties” means the parties named on the signature pages to this agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

 

“Permitted Investors” shall mean private investment funds managed by Wayzata Investment Partners, LLC and its Affiliates (excluding any portfolio company).

 

“Pre-Exchange Transfer” means any transfer of one or more Units (including upon the death of a Member or upon the issuance of Units resulting from the exercise of an option to acquire such Units) (i) that occurs after the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies.

 

“Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv) of this Agreement.

 

“Realized Tax Detriment” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v) of this Agreement.

 

“Reconciliation Dispute” is defined in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.

 

“Reconciliation Procedures” is defined in Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Redemption” has the meaning in the recitals to this Agreement.

 












 

“Reference Asset” means any tangible or intangible asset of Neff Holdings or any of its successors or assigns, and whether held directly by Neff Holdings or indirectly by Neff Holdings through any entity in which Neff Holdings now holds or may subsequently hold an ownership interest (but only if such entity is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for purposes of the applicable tax), at the time of an Exchange.  A Reference Asset also includes any asset the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.

 

“Reserve Notice” is defined in Section 3.5(b).

 

“Reverse 704(c) Allocations” means, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(4) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(i), allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction to take into account any Book-Tax Disparity of any Reference Asset on the date of the applicable Corporation’s Capital Contribution in the same manner as under Section 704(c) of the Code using the traditional method as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b).

 

“Reverse 704(c) Schedule”  is defined in Section 2.2 of this Agreement

 

“Schedule” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule, (ii) Reverse 704(c) Schedule, (iii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, or (iv) the Early Termination Schedule, and, in each case, any amendments thereto.

 

“Section 734(b) Distribution” means any actual or deemed distribution to any Member by Neff Holdings to which Section 734(b)(1) of the Code (or any similar sections of U.S. state and local tax law) applies.

 

“Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and as of the date of any determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests, or the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such Person.

 

“Subsidiary Stock” means any stock or other equity interest in any subsidiary entity of the Corporation that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.

 

“Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable (and, therefore, for

 











 

the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the closing date of the IPO.

 

“Taxing Authority” shall mean any national, federal, state, county, municipal, or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.

 

“Termination Objection Notice” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary, and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

“True-Up” is defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

 

“U.S.” means the United States of America.

 

“Units” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Valuation Assumptions” shall mean, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:

 

(1)                                 in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments, the Reverse 704(c) Allocations and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;

 

(2)                                 the U.S. federal income tax rates and U.S. state income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into law;

 

(3)                                 all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period;

 

(4)                                 any loss carryovers or carrybacks generated by any Basis Adjustment, Reverse 704(c) Allocations or Imputed Interest (including such Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments under this Agreement) and available as of the date of the Early Termination Schedule will be used by the Corporation on a pro rata basis from the date of the Early Termination Schedule through the scheduled expiration date of such loss carryovers or carrybacks;

 











 

(5)                                 any non-amortizable assets (other than Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of on the earlier of (i) the fifteenth anniversary of the applicable Basis Adjustment and (ii) the Early Termination Effective Date;

 

(6)                                 any Subsidiary Stock will be deemed never to be disposed of;

 

(7)                                 if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, (i) any Member has Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock that would be received by such Member if such Units had been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date, and such Member shall be deemed to receive the amount of cash such Member would have been entitled to pursuant to Section 4.3(a) had such Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date and (ii) any LLC Option Holder has options that have not been exercised in exchange for Units, then such options shall be deemed to have been exercised in accordance with the terms thereof and such Units deemed to be received in connection with such exercise shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock that would be received by such LLC Option Holder if such Units had been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date, and such LLC Option Holder shall be deemed to receive the amount of cash such LLC Option Holder would have been entitled to pursuant to Section 4.3(a) had such options actually been exercised and such Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date; and

 

(8)                                 any payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions.

 

“Wayzata” means Wayzata Opportunities Fund II, L.P.  and Wayzata Opportunities Fund Offshore II, L.P.

 

Section 1.2                                    Rules of Construction.  Unless otherwise specified herein:

 

(a)                                 The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

(b)                                 For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                     The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

 

(ii)                                  References in this Agreement to a Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer to the appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or subclause in, this Agreement.

 

(iii)                               References in this Agreement to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 











 

(iv)                              The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(v)                                 The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

 

(c)                                  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

 

(d)                                 Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organization documents (including the LLC Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby; and (b) references to any law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

 

ARTICLE II.
  DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

 

Section 2.1                                    Basis Adjustments; Neff Holdings 754 Election; Reverse 704(c) Allocations.

 

(a)                                 Basis Adjustments.

 

(i)                                     The Parties acknowledge and agree that (A) each Direct Exchange shall give rise to Basis Adjustments and (B) each Redemption using cash or Class A Common Stock contributed to Neff Holdings by the Corporation shall be treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from the applicable Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code that will give rise to Basis Adjustments.  In connection with Direct Exchange or Redemption, the Parties acknowledge and agree that pursuant to applicable law the Corporation’s share of the basis in the Reference Assets shall be increased by the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (x) the Market Value of Class A Common Stock or the cash transferred to a Member pursuant to an Exchange as payment for the Units, (y) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange and (z) the amount of liabilities allocated to the Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange, over (B) the Corporation’s proportionate share of the basis of the Referenced Assets immediately after the Exchange attributable to the Units exchanged, determined as if each member of the Neff Holdings Group remains in existence as an entity for tax purposes and no member of the Neff Holdings Group made the election provided by Section 754 of the Code.

 

(ii)                                  The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Corporation’s Capital Contribution and the use of such proceeds to repay and prepay certain indebtedness of Neff

 











 

Holdings may give rise to a Section 734(b) Distribution to Wayzata that will give rise to Basis Adjustments.  In connection with any Section 734(b) Distribution, the Parties acknowledge and agree that pursuant to applicable law, Neff Holding’s basis in the Reference Assets shall be increased by (A) the amount of any gain recognized pursuant to Section 731(a)(1) of the Code by the Member or Members to whom the Section 734(b) Distribution was made or deemed made and (B) in the case of distributed property to which Section 732(a)(2) or (b) of the Code applies, the excess, if any, of (x) Neff Holding’s adjusted basis in property distributed to the relevant Member (as adjusted by Section 732(d) of the Code, if applicable) immediately prior to the distribution over (y) the adjusted basis of such property in the hands of such Member as determined under Section 732 of the Code.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, payments made under this Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are treated as Imputed Interest or are Actual Interest Amounts.

 

(b)                                 Neff Holdings Section 754 Election.  In its capacity as the sole managing member of Neff Holdings, the Corporation will ensure that, on and after the date hereof and continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, Neff Holdings and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (and under any similar provisions of applicable U.S. state or local law).

 

(c)                                  Reverse 704(c) Allocations.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that as a result of the Reverse 704(c) Allocations, the Corporation’s share of amortization and depreciation deductions for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state and local income tax purposes) as a Member of Neff Holdings will be increased from that which would have been allocated to the Corporation without regard to the requirement under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(4) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) to make Reverse 704(c) Allocations.

 

Section 2.2                                    Basis and Reverse 704(c) Schedules.  Within thirty (30) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, (i) a schedule (the “Basis Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail as necessary in order to understand the calculations performed under this Agreement: (a) the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date; (b) the Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the relevant Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year, calculated (I) in the aggregate (including Exchanges attributable to all Members) and (II) solely with respect to Exchanges by each Member; (c) the period (or periods) over which the Reference Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable; and (d) the period (or periods) over which each Basis Adjustment is amortizable and/or depreciable and (ii) a schedule (the “Reverse 704(c) Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail as necessary in order to understand the calculations performed under this Agreement, (x) allocations of Neff Holding’s items of income, gain, loss and depreciation without regard to any requirement to make Reverse 704(c) Allocations, (y) the Reverse Section 704(c) Allocations and (z) the period (or periods) over which the Reference Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable.  The Basis Schedule and Reverse 704(c) Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth

 











 

in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Section 2.3                                    Tax Benefit Schedules.

 

(a)                                 Tax Benefit Schedule.  Within thirty (30) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”).  The Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a), and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

(b)                                 Applicable Principles.  Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustments, Reverse 704(c) Allocations, Imputed Interest, and Actual Interest Amounts, as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a).  Carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to any Basis Adjustment, Reverse 704(c) Allocations, Imputed Interest, or Actual Interest Amounts shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of U.S. state and local tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type.  If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to a Basis Adjustment, Reverse 704(c) Allocations, Imputed Interest, or Actual Interest Amounts (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that: (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)); and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year.  The Parties agree that (i) all Tax Benefit Payments attributable to a Direct Exchange or Redemption will (A) be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation and (B) have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments for the Corporation in the year of payment, and (ii) as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into the current Taxable Year continuing until any incremental current Taxable Year benefits equal an immaterial amount.

 

Section 2.4                                    Procedures; Amendments.

 

(a)                                 Procedures.  Each time the Corporation delivers an applicable Schedule to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.4(b), but excluding any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule delivered pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, the Corporation shall also: (x) deliver supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by Wayzata and the Management

 











 

Representative, as applicable, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding the data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Schedule; (y) deliver an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such Schedule; and (z) allow Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, at the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Schedule.  Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculation of the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes (the “with” calculation) and the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation (the “without” calculation), and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations.  An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on the Parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, first received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto unless:

 

(i)                                     Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the Corporation with (A) written notice of a material objection to such Schedule that is made in good faith and that sets forth in reasonable detail Wayzata’s and or the Management Representative’s, as applicable, material objection (an “Objection Notice”) and (B) a letter from an Advisory Firm (that is different from the Advisory Firm that was used by the Corporation to prepare the Schedule at issue) in support of such Objection Notice; or

 

(ii)                                  each of Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable,  provides a written waiver of its right to deliver an Objection Notice within the time period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date the waiver from each of Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, is received by the Corporation.

 

In the event that Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, timely delivers an Objection Notice pursuant to clause (i) above, and if the Parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.9 of this Agreement (the “Reconciliation Procedures”).  For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the expense of preparing and obtaining the letter from an Advisory Firm referenced in clause (i) above shall be borne solely by Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, and the Corporation shall have no liability with respect to such letter or any of the expenses associated with its preparation and delivery.

 

(b)                                 Amended Schedule.  The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporation: (i) in connection with a Determination affecting

 











 

such Schedule; (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was originally provided to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable; (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures applicable to this Agreement; (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year; (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year; or (vi) to adjust a Basis Schedule to take into account any Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule, an “Amended Schedule”).

 

ARTICLE III.
  TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

 

Section 3.1                                    Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.

 

(a)                                 Timing of Payments.  Except as provided in Sections 3.4 and 3.5, and subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3, within three (3) Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule that is required to be delivered by the Corporation to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement, the Corporation shall pay to each relevant Member the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b).  Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by such Members or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such Members.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Members shall not be required under any circumstances to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously paid by the Corporation to the Members (including any portion of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment or any Early Termination Payment).

 

(b)                                 Amount of Payments.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Tax Benefit Payment” with respect to any Member means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of: (i) the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such Member (including Imputed Interest calculated in respect of such amount); and (ii) the Actual Interest Amount.

 

(i)                                     Attributable.  A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to a Member to the extent that it is derived from any Basis Adjustment, Imputed Interest, or Actual Interest Amount that is attributable to an Exchange undertaken by or with respect to such Member or is attributable to a Reverse Section 704(c) Allocation that otherwise would have been allocated to such Member if Neff Holdings was not required to make such Reverse Section 704(c) Allocation.

 

(ii)                                  Net Tax Benefit.  The “Net Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (x) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year over (y) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member under this Section 3.1.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of any Taxable Year is less than the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to a

 











 

Member, such Member shall not be required to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously made by the Corporation to such Member.

 

(iii)                               Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit.  The “Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period.  The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

 

(iv)                              Realized Tax Benefit.  The “Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes.  If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Covered Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

(v)                                 Realized Tax Detriment.  The “Realized Tax Detriment” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year.  If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Covered Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

(vi)                              Imputed Interest.  The principles of Sections 1272, 1274, or 483 of the Code, as applicable, and the principles of any similar provision of U.S. state and local law, will apply to cause a portion of any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member under this Agreement to be treated as imputed interest (“Imputed Interest”).  For the avoidance of doubt, the deduction for the amount of Imputed Interest as determined with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be excluded in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(vii)                           Actual Interest Amount.  The “Actual Interest Amount” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year will equal the amount of any Extension Rate Interest.  For the avoidance of doubt, any deduction for any Actual Interest Amount as determined with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be excluded in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(viii)                        Extension Rate Interest.  Subject to Section 3.4, the amount of “Extension Rate Interest” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit (including previously accrued Imputed Interest) for a Taxable Year will equal interest calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of

 











 

the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the date on which the Corporation makes a timely Tax Benefit Payment to the Member on or before the Final Payment Date as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a).

 

(ix)                              Default Rate Interest.  In the event that the Corporation does not make timely payment of all or any portion of a Tax Benefit Payment to a Member on or before the Final Payment Date as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the amount of “Default Rate Interest” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit (including previously accrued Imputed Interest and Extension Rate Interest) for a Taxable Year will equal interest calculated at the Default Rate from the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) until the date on which the Corporation makes such Tax Benefit Payment to such Member.  For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Default Rate Interest as determined with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be included in the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(x)                                 The Corporation and the Members hereby acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. federal income or other applicable tax purposes.

 

(c)                                  Interest.  The provisions of Section 3.1(b) are intended to operate so that interest will effectively accrue in respect of the Net Tax Benefit for any Taxable Year as follows:

 

(i)                                     first, at the applicable rate used to determine the amount of Imputed Interest under the Code (from the relevant Exchange Date or date on which the relevant Tax Benefit Payment was made until the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year);

 

(ii)                                  second, at the Agreed Rate in respect of any Extension Rate Interest (from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a)); and

 

(iii)                               third, at the Default Rate in respect of any Default Rate Interest (from the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) until the date on which the Corporation makes the relevant Tax Benefit Payment to a Member).

 

Section 3.2                                    No Duplicative Payments.  It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.  For purposes of this Agreement, and also for the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be required to be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, any estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.

 












 

Section 3.3                                    Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members.

 

(a)                                 Insufficient Taxable Income.  Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b) to the contrary, if the aggregate potential Covered Tax benefit of the Corporation as calculated with respect to the Basis Adjustments, Reverse Section 704(c) Allocations, Imputed Interest, and Actual Interest Amounts is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payment that would have been payable if the Corporation had in fact had sufficient taxable income so that there had been no such limitation.  As an illustration of the intended operation of this Section 3.3(a), if the Corporation had $200 of aggregate potential Covered Tax benefits with respect to the Basis Adjustments, Reverse Section 704(c) Allocations, Imputed Interest, and Actual Interest Amounts in a particular Taxable Year (with $50 of such Covered Tax benefits being attributable to Member 1 and $150 of such Covered Tax benefits being attributable to Member 2), such that Member 1 would have potentially been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $42.50 and Member 2 would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $127.50 if the Corporation had $200 of taxable income, and if at the same time the Corporation only had $100 of actual taxable income in such Taxable Year, then $25 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to Member 1 and $75 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation would be allocated to Member 2, such that Member 1 would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $21.25 and Member 2 would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $63.75.

 

(b)                                 Late Payments.  If for any reason the Corporation is not able to timely and fully satisfy its payment obligations under this Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then Default Rate Interest will begin to accrue pursuant to Section 5.2 and the Corporation and other Parties agree that (i) the Corporation shall pay the Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of such Taxable Year to each Member pro rata, without favoring one obligation over the other, and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments to all Members in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

 

Section 3.4                                    Optional Estimated Payment Procedure. As long as the Corporation is current in respect of its payment obligations owed to each Member pursuant to this Agreement and there are no delinquent Tax Benefit Payments (including interest thereon) outstanding in respect of prior Taxable Years for any Member, the Corporation may, at any time on or after the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for a Taxable Year and at the Corporation’s option, in its sole discretion, make one or more estimated payments to the Members in respect of any anticipated amounts to be owed with respect to a Taxable Year to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement (any such estimated payments referred to as an “Estimated Tax Benefit Payment”); provided that any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made to a Member pursuant to this Section 3.4 is matched by a proportionately equal Estimated Tax Benefit Payment to all other Members then entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment.  Any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made under this Section 3.4 shall be paid by the Corporation to the Members and applied against the final amount of any expected Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1.  The payment of an Estimated Tax Benefit Payment by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall also terminate the obligation of the Corporation to make payment of any Extension Rate Interest that might have

 











 

otherwise accrued with respect to the proportionate amount of the Tax Benefit Payment that is being paid in advance of the applicable Tax Benefit Schedule being finalized pursuant to Section 2.4.  Upon the making of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment pursuant to this Section 3.4, the amount of such Estimated Tax Benefit Payment shall first be applied to any estimated Extension Rate Interest, then to Imputed Interest, and then applied to the remaining residual amount of the Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1.  In determining the final amount of any Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1, and for purposes of finalizing the Tax Benefit Schedule pursuant to Section 2.4, the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments that may have been made with respect to the Taxable Year shall be increased, if the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment for a Taxable Year exceeds the Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made for such Taxable Year, with such increase being paid by the Corporation to the Members along with an appropriate amount of Extension Rate Interest in respect of the amount of such increase (a “True-Up”).  If the Estimated Tax Benefit Payment for a Taxable Year exceeds the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year, such excess, along with an appropriate amount of Extension Rate Interest in respect of such excess (being charged by the Corporation to the Member), shall be applied to reduce the amount of any subsequent future Tax Benefit Payments (including Estimated Tax Benefit Payments, if any) to be paid by the Corporation to such Member.  As of the date on which any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments are made, and as of the date on which any True-Up is made, all such payments shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as otherwise contemplated by Section 3.1 and all other applicable terms of this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, as is the case with Tax Benefit Payments made by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1, the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Section 3.4 that are attributable to a Direct Exchange or Redemption shall also be treated, in part, as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to Basis Adjustments in the Taxable Year of payment and as of the date on which such payments are made (to the extent of the estimated Net Tax Benefit associated with such Estimated Tax Benefit Payment, less any Imputed Interest, and exclusive of any Extension Rate Interest).

 

Section 3.5                                    Changes; Reserves; Suspension of Payments.

 

(a)                                 Receipt of Change Notice.  If any Party, or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of any Party, receives a 30-day letter, a final audit report, a statutory notice of deficiency, or similar written notice from any Taxing Authority relating to the amount of the Net Tax Benefit calculated for purposes of this Agreement, or relating to any other material tax matter that is relevant to the terms of this Agreement and the calculation of the Tax Benefit Payments that may be payable by the Corporation to the Members (a “Change Notice”), prompt written notification and a copy of the relevant Change Notice shall be delivered by the Party, or its Affiliate or Subsidiary, that received such Change Notice to each other Party.

 

(b)                                 Receipt of Reserve Notice.  Prior to the delivery of any Tax Benefit Schedule or other Schedule by the Corporation to Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.4, the auditors for the Corporation shall consult with the management of the Corporation and, if necessary, the Advisory Firm or other legal or accounting advisors to the Corporation regarding the substantive tax issues and related conclusions that underlie the calculations related to the determination of the Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement.  If, following such consultation, the auditors for the Corporation reasonably

 











 

determine that a tax reserve or contingent liability must be established by the Corporation or Neff Holdings for financial accounting purposes (as determined in accordance with GAAP) in relation to any past or future tax position that affects the amount of any past or future Tax Benefit Payments that have been made or that may be made under this Agreement, then the management of the Corporation shall notify the Audit Committee of such determination (a “Reserve Notice”).

 

(c)                                  Suspension of Payments.  From and after the date on which a Change Notice or a Reserve Notice is received, any Tax Benefit Payments required to be made under this Agreement will, to the extent determined reasonably necessary by the Audit Committee after considering the potential tax implications of the Change Notice or the Reserve Notice, be paid by the Corporation to a national bank mutually agreeable to the Parties to act as escrow agent to hold such funds in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement until a Determination is received (in the case of a Change Notice) or the relevant reserve is released or contingent liability is eliminated (in the case of a Reserve Notice).  For purposes of the preceding sentence, and in particular for purposes of the Audit Committee’s determination of the amount to be placed in escrow pending a Determination (in the case of a Change Notice) or the release of a reserve or the elimination of a contingent liability (in the Case of a Reserve Notice), the Audit Committee: (i) will suspend all future Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement until the amount of such suspended Tax Benefit Payments at least equals 85% of the amount of the asserted deficiency in tax owed (in the case of a Change Notice) or 85% of the amount of the reserve or contingent liability (in the case of a Reserve Notice); and (ii) upon the suspension of Tax Benefit Payments in the minimum amount contemplated by the preceding clause (i), may continue to suspend all or a portion of any future Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the date on which the Corporation pays any such Tax Benefit Payments to the escrow agent shall be considered the date on which such Tax Benefit Payments are paid to the Members, including for purposes of determining the Actual Interest Amount and Default Rate Interest.

 

(d)                                 Release of Escrowed Funds.  As of the date on which a reserve is released or contingent liability is eliminated (in the case of a Reserve Notice), and provided that no Change Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Reserve Notice, the relevant escrowed funds (along with any net interest earned on such funds, and less the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Corporation or Neff Holdings in administering the escrow) shall be distributed to the relevant Members.  If a Determination is received (in the case of a Change Notice), and if such Determination results in no adjustment in any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement, and provided that no Reserve Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Change Notice, then the relevant escrowed funds (along with any net interest earned on such funds, and less the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Corporation or Neff Holdings in administering the escrow) shall be distributed to the relevant Members.  If a Determination is received (in the case of a Change Notice), and if such Determination results in an adjustment in any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement, and provided that no Reserve Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Change Notice, then the relevant escrowed funds (along with any net interest earned on such funds) shall be distributed as follows: (i) first, to the Corporation or Neff Holdings in an amount equal to the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Corporation or Neff Holdings in administering the escrow and in contesting the Determination; and (ii) second, to the

 











 

relevant Parties (which, for the avoidance of doubt and depending on the nature of the adjustments, may include the Corporation, Neff Holdings, or the relevant Members, or some combination thereof) in accordance with the relevant Amended Schedule prepared pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV.
 TERMINATION

 

Section 4.1                                    Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement.

 

(a)                                 Corporation’s Early Termination Right.  With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may completely terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, with respect to all amounts payable to the Members (for the avoidance of doubt, including the LLC Option Holders, who shall each be treated as a Member for this purpose) pursuant to this Agreement by paying to the Members the Early Termination Payment; provided that Early Termination Payments may be made pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) only if made to all Members that are entitled to such a payment simultaneously, and provided further, that the Corporation may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid.  Upon the Corporation’ payment of the Early Termination Payment, the Corporation shall not have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than with respect to any: (i) prior Tax Benefit Payments that are due and payable under this Agreement but that still remain unpaid as of the date of the Early Termination Notice; and (ii) current Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending on or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (ii) is included in the calculation of the Early Termination Payment).  If an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Units for which the Corporation has exercised its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a), the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.

 

(b)                                 Acceleration Upon Change of Control.  In the event of a Change of Control, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated pursuant to this Article IV as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting the phrase “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Effective Date” appears.  Such obligations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payments agreed to by the Corporation and the Members as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (3) any Tax Benefit Payments due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the closing date of a Change of Control (except to the extent that any amounts described in clauses (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment).  For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutadis mutandi.

 

(c)                                  Acceleration Upon Breach of Agreement.  In the event that the Corporation materially breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder, or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case

 











 

commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and become immediately due and payable upon notice of acceleration from such Member (provided that in the case of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency statute, such acceleration shall be automatic without any such notice), and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such notice of acceleration (or, in the case of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency statute, on the date of such breach) and shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such acceleration; (ii) any prior Tax Benefit Payments that are due and payable under this Agreement but that still remain unpaid as of the date of such acceleration; and (iii) any current Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of such acceleration.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches this Agreement and such breach is not a material breach of a material obligation, a Member shall still be entitled to enforce all of its rights otherwise available under this Agreement, including potentially seeking an acceleration of amounts payable under this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 4.1(c), and subject to the following sentence, the Parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within thirty (30) days of the relevant Final Payment Date shall be deemed to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within thirty (30) days of the relevant Final Payment Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, a suspension of payments pursuant to Section 3.5 will not be considered to be a failure to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a material breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment within thirty (30) days of the relevant Final Payment Date to the extent that the Corporation has insufficient funds, or cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain sufficient funds, to make such payment; provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).

 

Section 4.2                                    Early Termination Notice.  If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1 above, the Corporation shall deliver to Wayzata and the Management Representative a notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right (an “Early Termination Notice”) and a schedule (the “Early Termination Schedule”) showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment.  The Corporation shall also (x) deliver supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by Wayzata or the Management Representative, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding the data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Early Termination Schedule; (y) deliver an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such Early Termination Schedule; and (z) allow Wayzata and the Management Representative and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by Wayzata or the Management Representative, at the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Early Termination Schedule.  The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on each Party thirty

 











 

(30) calendar days from the first date on which Wayzata and the Management Representative received such Early Termination Schedule unless:

 

(i)                                     Wayzata or the Management Representative within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule, provides the Corporation with (A) notice of a material objection to such Early Termination Schedule made in good faith and setting forth in reasonable detail Wayzata’s or the Management Representative’s, as applicable, material objection (a “Termination Objection Notice”) and (B) a letter from an Advisory Firm (that is different from the Advisory Firm that was used by the Corporation to prepare the Early Termination Schedule) in support of such Termination Objection Notice; or

 

(ii)                                  each of Wayzata and the Management Representative provides a written waiver of such right of a Termination Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Early Termination Schedule becomes binding on the date the waiver from Wayzata and the Management Representative is received by the Corporation.

 

In the event that Wayzata or the Management Representative timely delivers a Termination Objection Notice pursuant to clause (i) above, and if the Parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Termination Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Termination Objection Notice, the Corporation and Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures.  For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the expense of preparing and obtaining the letter from an Advisory Firm referenced in clause (i) above shall be borne solely by Wayzata or the Management Representative, as applicable, and the Corporation shall have no liability with respect to such letter or any of the expenses associated with its preparation and delivery.  The date on which the Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with this Section 4.2 shall be the “Early Termination Reference Date.”

 

Section 4.3                                    Payment Upon Early Termination.

 

(a)                                 Timing of Payment.  Within three (3) Business Days after the Early Termination Reference Date, the Corporation shall pay to each Member an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment for such Member.  Such Early Termination Payment shall be made by the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the Members or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the Members.

 

(b)                                 Amount of Payment.  The “Early Termination Payment” payable to a Member pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such Member, whether payable with respect to Units that were Exchanged prior to the Early Termination Effective Date or on or after the Early Termination Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, including Units that any LLC Option Holder would be entitled to receive upon exercise of such LLC Option Holder’s option to

 











 

purchase such Units), beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions.

 

ARTICLE V.
 SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS

 

Section 5.1                                    Subordination.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation to the Members under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest, or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of secured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.  To the extent that any payment under this Agreement is not permitted to be made at the time payment is due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of the agreements governing Senior Obligations, such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of the Members and the Corporation shall make such payments at the first opportunity that such payments are permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations.

 

Section 5.2                                    Late Payments by the Corporation.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment not made to the Members when due under the terms of this Agreement, whether as a result of Section 5.1 and the terms of the Senior Obligations or otherwise, shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the Final Payment Date on which such Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment was first due and payable to the date of actual payment.

 

ARTICLE VI.
 TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION

 

Section 6.1                                    Participation in the Corporation’s and Neff Holdings’ Tax Matters.  Except as otherwise provided herein, and except as provided in Article IX of the LLC Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation and Neff Holdings, including without limitation the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall notify Wayzata and the Management Representative of, and keep them reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any tax audit of the Corporation or Neff Holdings, or any of Neff Holdings’ Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect the Tax Benefit Payments payable to such Members under this Agreement, and Wayzata and the Management Representative, as applicable, shall have the right to participate in and to monitor at their own expense (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not to control) any such portion of any such Tax audit.

 

Section 6.2                                    Consistency.  Except as otherwise required by law, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including, without limitation, any Basis Adjustments, Reverse Section 704(c) Allocations, the Schedules, and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies or

 











 

positions taken by the Corporation and Neff Holdings on their respective Tax Returns.  Each Member shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner that is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and any related calculations or determinations that are made hereunder, including, without limitation, the terms of Section 2.1 of this Agreement and the Schedules provided to the Members under this Agreement.  In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm acceptable to the Audit Committee, such replacement Advisory Firm shall perform its services under this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by law or unless the Corporation and all of the Members agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.

 

Section 6.3                                    Cooperation.

 

(a)                                 Each Member and LLC Option Holder shall (i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above, and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.

 

(b)                                 The Corporation shall reimburse the Members and LLC Option Holders for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a).

 

ARTICLE VII.
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1                                    Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by fax, by electronic mail (delivery receipt requested) or by certified or registered mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be as specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1).  All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice:

 

If to the Corporation, to:

 

Neff Corporation
 3750 N.W.  87th Avenue, Suite 400
 Miami, Florida 33178
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 Facsimile: (305) 513-4156
 E-mail: mirion@neffcorp.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation) to:

 











 

Latham & Watkins LLP
 885 Third Avenue
 New York, New York 10022
 Attn: David Raab, Esq.
 Facsimile: (212) 751-4684
 E-mail: david.raab@lw.com

 

If to Wayzata:

 

c/o Wayzata Investment Partners
 701 East Lake Street, Suite 300
 Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
 Attn: Ray Wallander
 Facsimile: (952) 345-8901
 E-mail: rwallander@wayzpartners.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to Wayzata) to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP
 885 Third Avenue
 New York, New York 10022
 Attn: David Raab, Esq.
 Facsimile: (212) 751-4684
 E-mail: david.raab@lw.com

 

If to any LLC Option Holder (whether in its capacity as an LLC Option Holder or Member hereunder):

 

Neff Corporation
 3750 N.W.  87th Avenue, Suite 400
 Miami, Florida 33178
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 Facsimile: (305) 513-4156
 E-mail: mirion@neffcorp.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice the LLC Option Holders) to:

 

Akerman LLP

One Southeast Third Avenue, 25th Floor

Miami, Florida 33331

Attn: David Birke
 Facsimile: (305) 374-5095

E-mail:        david.birke@akerman.com

 











 

Any Party may change its address, fax number or e-mail address by giving each of the other Parties written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.

 

Section 7.2                                    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart.  Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.3                                    Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.4                                    Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

Section 7.5                                    Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 7.6                                    LLC Option Holders as Members; Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.

 

(a)                                 In the case of each LLC Option Holder, upon the first exercise by such LLC Option Holder of options to acquire Units of Neff Holdings and the admission of such LLC Option Holder as a member of Neff Holdings in accordance with the LLC Agreement, such LLC Option Holder will automatically become a Member hereunder with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member hereunder (for the avoidance of doubt, without any requirement to execute a Joinder).

 

(b)                                 Assignment.  Neither any Member nor any LLC Option Holder may assign, sell, pledge, or otherwise alienate or transfer any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement, to any Person without the prior written consent of the Corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, and without such Person executing and delivering a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the

 












 

applicable portion of such Member’s or such LLC Option Holder’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “Joinder Requirement”); provided, however, that to the extent any Member sells, exchanges, distributes, or otherwise transfers Units to any Person (other than the Corporation or Neff Holdings) in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement, the Members shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, provided that such transferee has satisfied the Joinder Requirement.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such Member shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Units.  The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person without the prior written consent of each of the Members and LLC Option Holders (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).

 

(c)                                  Amendments.  No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Parties; provided that amendment of the definition of Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

(d)                                 Successors.  All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.  The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

(e)                                  Waiver.  No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement, or condition.

 

Section 7.7                                    Titles and Subtitles.  The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

Section 7.8                                    Resolution of Disputes.

 

(a)                                 Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.9, any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) (each a “Dispute”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration by a panel of three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall designate 

 











 

one arbitrator and the Members party to such Dispute shall designate one arbitrator in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Resolution Rule 5.4.  The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C.  §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of the arbitration shall be Miami, Florida.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.8 to any such action or proceeding, and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.8 shall not apply to Reconciliation Disputes to be settled in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.9.

 

(c)                                  Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or, if such Court declines jurisdiction, the courts of the State of Delaware sitting in Wilmington, Delaware, and of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware sitting in Wilmington, Delaware, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the Parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Delaware State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such U.S. District Court.  Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(d)                                 Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in Section 7.8(c).  Each Party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(e)                                  Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(f)                                   WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).

 











 

(g)                                  Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of Section 7.9, or a Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.8, shall be decided and resolved as a Dispute subject to the procedures set forth in this Section 7.8.

 

Section 7.9                                    Reconciliation.  In the event that the Corporation and any Member are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4, or with respect to an Early Termination Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “Reconciliation Dispute”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “Expert”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both Parties.  The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and such Member agree otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Member or other actual or potential conflict of interest.  If the Parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.8 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Member or other actual or potential conflict of interest.  The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the Basis Schedule or an amendment thereto, Reverse 704(c) Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution.  The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next sentence.  The Corporation and the Members shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the Member’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the Member for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the Member shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding.  The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be binding on the Corporation and the Members and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction.

 

Section 7.10                             Withholding.  The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any Member or LLC Option Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law.  To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant Member or LLC Option 

 











 

Holder.  Each Member and each LLC Option Holder shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law.

 

Section 7.11                             Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

 

(a)                                 If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 or other applicable Sections of the Code governing affiliated or consolidated groups, or any corresponding provisions of U.S. state or local law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments, and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

 

(b)                                 If any entity that is obligated to make a Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment hereunder transfers one or more assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. income tax purposes) with which such entity does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code, such entity, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such contribution.  The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the contributed asset.  For purposes of this Section 7.11, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership.

 

Section 7.12                             Confidentiality.  Each Member or LLC Option Holder and its assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation and its Affiliates and successors, learned by any Member or LLC Option Holder heretofore or hereafter.  This Section 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any Member or LLC Option Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member or LLC Option Holder to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement, and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member or LLC Option Holder to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Members, LLC Option Holders and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Members or LLC Option Holders or their assignees, as applicable) may disclose at their discretion to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Corporation, the Members, the LLC Option Holders and any of 

 











 

their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Members or LLC Option Holders relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.  If a Member, LLC Option Holder or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons.  Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

 

Section 7.13                             Change in Law.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, a Member reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such Member (or direct or indirect equity holders in such Member) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such Member or any direct or indirect owner of such Member, then at the written election of such Member in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such Member and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such Member, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such Member, or may be amended by in a manner reasonably determined by such Member, provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the Corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

 

Section 7.14                             Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any Member hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If any Member shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the Tax Benefit Payment, Estimated Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment, as applicable (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by any Member exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Member may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such Member hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws.

 

Section 7.15                             Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations.  The rights and obligations of the each Member and LLC Option Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person.  A Member or an LLC Option Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor 

 











 

shall a Member or an LLC Option Holder have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than the Corporation).  The obligations of a Member or an LLC Option Holder hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation.  Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Member or LLC Option Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Members and/or LLC Option Holders acting as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Members and/or LLC Option Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Corporation acknowledges that the Members and LLC Option Holders are not acting in concert or as a group and will not assert any such claim with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 7.16                             LLC Agreement.  This Agreement shall be treated as part of the LLC Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

Section 7.17                             Management Representative.   By executing this Agreement, each of the LLC Option Holders, whether in their capacity as LLC Option Holders or Members hereunder, shall be deemed to have irrevocably constituted and appointed Mark Irion (in the capacity described in this Section 7.17 and each successor as provided below, the “Management Representative”) as his, her or its agent and attorney in fact with full power of substitution to act from and after the date hereof and to do any and all things and execute any and all documents on behalf of such LLC Option Holders, whether in their capacity as LLC Option Holders or Members hereunder, which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate any matters under this Agreement, including but not limited to: (i) execution of the documents and certificates required pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) receipt and forwarding of notices and communications pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) administration of the provisions of this Agreement; (v) giving or agreeing to, on behalf of such LLC Option Holders, any and all consents, waivers, amendments or modifications deemed by the Management Representative, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the execution or delivery of any documents that may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith; (vi) amending this Agreement or any of the instruments to be delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) taking actions Management Representative is expressly authorized to take pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement; (viii) negotiating and compromising, on behalf of such LLC Option Holders, any dispute that may arise under, and exercising or refraining from exercising any remedies available under, this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby and executing, on behalf of the LLC Option Holders, any settlement agreement, release or other document with respect to such dispute or remedy; and (ix) engaging attorneys, accountants, agents or consultants on behalf of the LLC Option Holders in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby and paying any fees related thereto.  If the Management Representative appointed on the date hereof is unable or unwilling to continue to serve as the Management Representative, then Graham Hood shall serve as the Management Representative. If Graham Hood is unable or unwilling to so serve, then the LLC Option Holders or former LLC Option Holders, as applicable, holding a majority of the common units underlying the LLC Options outstanding on the date hereof, shall elect a new Management Representative.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
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NEFF   CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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/s/   MARK IRION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
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WAYZATA   OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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WOF   II GP, L.P., its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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WOF   II GP, LLC, its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   JOSEPH M. DEIGNAN
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Joseph   M. Deignan
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Wayzata   Offshore II, LP, its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   JOSEPH M. DEIGNAN
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Joseph   M. Deignan
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NEFF   HOLDINGS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
NEFF   HOLDINGS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   MARK IRION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
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Title:
    	
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MANAGEMENT   REPRESENTATIVE:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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/s/   MARK IRION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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James   Continenza
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Robert   Singer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Graham   Hood
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Mark   Irion
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Wes   Parks
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Brad   Nowell
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Steven   Settelmayer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Paula   Papamarcos
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Steve   Michaels
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Tammy   Parham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
/s/   TAMMY PARHAM
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Exhibit A

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of                                   , 20       (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2014 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) by and among Neff Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Neff Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Neff Holdings”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

1.              Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement.  The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned is a member of Neff Holdings, and that it acquired [                    ] Units in Neff Holdings upon assignment from a Member.

 

2.              Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement.  Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement and a Party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder.  The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

3.              Incorporation by Reference.  All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

4.              Address.  All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

 

[Name] 
 [Address] 
 [City, State, Zip Code] 
 Attn: 
 Facsimile: 
 E-mail:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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Acknowledged and agreed
 as of the date first set forth above:

 

NEFF CORPORATION

 

	
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