Michigan Compiled Laws
218-1956-47 - Chapter 47 Special Purpose Financial Captives (500.4701...500.4747)
Section 500.4729 - Declaration and Payment of Dividends Prohibited; Exception; Limitation; Sufficiency of Assets; Provisions.

Sec. 4729.
(1) An SPFC shall not declare or pay dividends in any form to its owners other than in accordance with the insurance securitization transaction agreements, and in no event shall the dividends decrease the capital of the SPFC below $250,000.00, and, after giving effect to the dividends, the assets of the SPFC, including assets held in trust pursuant to the terms of the insurance securitization, shall be sufficient to satisfy the commissioner that it can meet its obligations. Approval by the commissioner of an ongoing plan for the payment of dividends or other distribution by an SPFC with respect to securities shall be conditioned upon the retention, at the time of each payment, of capital or surplus equal to or in excess of amounts specified by, or determined in accordance with formulas approved for the SPFC by the commissioner.
(2) The dividends may be declared by the management of the SPFC if the dividends do not violate the provisions of this chapter or jeopardize the fulfillment of the obligations of the SPFC or the trustee pursuant to the SPFC insurance securitization agreements, the SPFC contract, or any related transaction and other provisions of this chapter.
History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008 Popular Name: Act 218

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