Common use of Minimum Contract Maintenance Covenant Clause in Contracts

Minimum Contract Maintenance Covenant. The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends or make any other distributions (except dividends payable or distributions made in shares of its common stock and dividends payable in cash in cases where, concurrently with the payment of the dividend, an amount in cash equal to the dividend is received by the Borrower as a capital contribution or as the proceeds of the issue and sale of shares of its common stock) on its common stock, or purchase or permit any of its Subsidiaries to purchase any shares of its common stock or make any payment on Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness, unless (i) the percentage derived from dividing Contracted Operating Cash Flows by Total Operating Cash Flows is at least 80%, or (ii) the ratio of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) to Capitalization of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) is .60 to 1.0.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Multi Year Credit Agreement (Southern Power Co), Multi Year Credit Agreement (Alabama Power Co)

Minimum Contract Maintenance Covenant. The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends or make any other distributions (except dividends payable or distributions made in shares of its common stock and dividends payable in cash in cases where, concurrently with the payment of the dividend, an amount in cash equal to the dividend is received by the Borrower as a capital contribution or as the proceeds of the issue and sale of shares of its common stock) on its common stock, or purchase or permit any of its Subsidiaries to purchase any shares of its common stock or make any payment on Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness, unless (i) the percentage derived from dividing Contracted Operating Cash Flows by Total Operating Cash Flows is at least 80%, or (ii) the ratio of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) to Capitalization of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) is no more than .60 to 1.0.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Multi Year Credit Agreement (Alabama Power Co)