(a) All payments made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement (other than in respect of any Competitive Loans as to which this Section 2.21(a) shall not apply) or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future Taxes, excluding (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by income or profits (including franchise taxes imposed in lieu of or in addition to net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (ii) any branch profit taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction described in clause (i) above and (iii) any Taxes imposed by reason of FATCA (any such non-excluded Taxes, “ Non-Excluded Taxes ”). If any Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, as determined in good faith by the applicable withholding agent or by the Company, to the extent there is no withholding agent, the applicable withholding agent or the Company shall make such deductions and shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable laws. In the case of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, the amounts so payable by the applicable Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) an amount equal to the sum which would have been received had no such deduction or withholding been made; provided , however , that no Loan Party shall be required to increase any such amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes except to the extent that any change in applicable law, treaty or governmental rule or regulation after the time such Lender becomes a party to this agreement (a “ Change in Tax Law ”), shall result in an increase in the rate of any deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new Applicable Lending Office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of its designation of a new Applicable Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from such Loan Party with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this Section 2.21. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not be required to increase any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes that are attributable to such Person’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (f) of this Section 2.21 except as such failure relates to a Change in Tax Law rendering such Person legally unable to comply.