EFTA01450016.pdf

DRAFT Deutsche Bank AG, New York branch, will be treated, solely for United States income tax purposes, as entered into by a United States corporation. (2) In respect of all Transactions (other than those described in (I) above),it is a "foreign person" within the meaning of the applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations concerning information reporting and backup withholding tax. No payment received or to be received by it in connection with this Agreement is attributable to a trade or business carried on by it through a permanent establishment in the United States. (3) (a) In respect of each Transaction it enters into through a branch office in the jurisdiction from which payment is made or which will be allocated to a trade or business in that jurisdiction for the purposes of its income tax, each payment received or to be received by it under such Transaction will be derived in carrying on business through a permanent establishment of itself in that jurisdiction; (b) In respect of all Transactions other than those described in subsection (a) above, it is fully eligible for the benefits of the "Business Profits" or "Industrial and Commercial Profits" provision, as the case may be, the "Interest" provision, "Dividends" provision or the "Other Income" provision (if any) of the Specified Treaty with respect to any payment described in such provision and received or to be received by it in connection with this Agreement and no such payment is attributable to a trade or business carried on by it through a permanent establishment in the Specified Jurisdiction. "Specified Treaty" means the income tax treaty, if any, between Germany and the jurisdiction from which Party B is making payment. "Specified Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction from which Party B is making payment. (4) In respect ofall Transactions where payments made by Party B to Party A are subject to United States Dividend Equivalent Tax, other than payments made to Party A's New York branch or payments made with respect to Transactions entered into by Party A's London branch acting through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or Deutsche Bank AG, New York branch, it is fully eligible for the benefits of the "Business Profits" or "Industrial and Commercial Profits" provision, as the case may be, the "Interest" provision, "Dividends" provision or the "Other Income" provision of the Income Tax Convention between the United States and Germany with respect to any payment described in such provisions and received or to be received by it in connection with this Agreement. (ii) For purposes of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, Party B makes the following representations: (1) Party B is a US Virgin Islands limited liability company that has elected to be classified as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and its taxpayer identification number is 660799192. It is disregarded into Southern Trust Company, Inc, a United States Virgin Islands corporation that is treated as a S- corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. Party B will provide to Party A a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 that is fully completed by Southern Tmst Company, Inc, (including the name ofParty B as well). 32 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0105529 CONFIDENTIAL SONY GM_00251713 EFTA01450016