Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, Purchaser shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payments under the Code, the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any other provision of applicable Law, and to request any reasonably necessary Tax forms including IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate series of IRS Form W-8, as applicable, or any similar information for the purpose of determining whether such withholding is required; provided that Purchaser shall provide reasonable advance notice to Seller of any amount it intends to deduct and withhold and, in any event, at least three (3) days in advance of the Closing Date. Purchaser, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any such deduction and withholding. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and deducted pursuant to this Section 2.9 and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.