Policyholders’ dividends Sample Clauses

Policyholders’ dividends. A large proportion of life insurance contracts confer on policy­ holders the right to receive dividends. Surpluses are reimbursed in the form of increased benefits, reduced premiums or final policyholders’ dividends or are accrued at interest to a surplus account. Surpluses already distributed and accrued at interest are reported as policyholders’ dividends credited and reserves for future policyholders’ dividends (chap­ ter 23). The relevant interest expense is reported as interest expenses on insurance liabilities. Surpluses that have been used to finance an increase in insurance benefits are recognised in actuarial reserves. All investment income derived from unit­ linked life insurance contracts is credited to the policyholder. F-25 133 IFRS 4 introduces the concept of a discretionary participation feature (DPF), which is of relevance not only for the classification of contracts but also for the disclosure of surplus reserves accord­ ing to policyholders’ share of the unrealised gains and losses recognised directly in equity under IFRS and their share of the increases and decreases recognised in profit or loss in the con­ solidated financial statements compared with the financial statements prepared in accordance with local accounting stand­ ards. IFRS 4 states here that the portion of an insurance contract’s liability that is attributable to a discretionary participation feature (“DPF component”) must be reported separately. This standard does not provide any clear guidance as to how this DPF component should be measured and disclosed. When accounting for contracts that contain discretionary participation features, the Baloise Group treats measurement differences that are attributable to such contracts and are credited to policyholders according to a legal or contractual minimum quota as a DPF component. Distributable retained earnings and eligible unrealised gains and losses of fully consolidated sub­ sidiaries are allocated pro rata to the DPF components of the life insurance company concerned. The DPF component calcu­ lated in this way is reported as part of the reserves for future policyholders’ dividends (section 23). These reserves include policyholders’ dividends that are unallocated and have been set aside as a reserve under local accounting standards. If no legal or contractual minimum quota has been stip­ ulated, the Baloise Group defines a discretionary participation feature as the currently available reserve for premium refunds after allow...
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  • Dividends on Escrow Securities You may receive a dividend or other distribution on your escrow securities, and elect the manner of payment from the standard options offered by the Issuer. If the Escrow Agent receives a dividend or other distribution on your escrow securities, other than additional escrow securities, the Escrow Agent will pay the dividend or other distribution to you on receipt.

  • Payment of Dividends Any dividend or other distribution payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque, made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, and mailed to the address of the shareholder, or in the case of joint shareholders, to the address of the joint shareholder who is first named on the central securities register, or to the person and to the address the shareholder or joint shareholders may direct in writing. The mailing of such cheque will, to the extent of the sum represented by the cheque (plus the amount of the tax required by law to be deducted), discharge all liability for the dividend unless such cheque is not paid on presentation or the amount of tax so deducted is not paid to the appropriate taxing authority.

  • Dividends 1. Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

  • Restriction on Dividends and Repurchases The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not violate any of the restrictions on dividends, distributions, redemptions, repurchases, acquisitions and related actions set forth in the Certificate of Designation, which are incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full.

  • Restriction of Shareholders / Owners’ Liability 17.8.1 Parties expressly agree and acknowledge that none of the shareholders of the Parties hereto shall be liable to the other Parties for any of the contractual obligations of the concerned Party under this Agreement. Further, the financial liabilities of the shareholder/s of each Party to this Agreement, shall be restricted to the extent provided in the Indian Companies Act, 2013.

  • Nature of Dividends Dividends are paid from current income and available earnings, after required transfers to reserves at the end of a dividend period.

  • Dividends and Distributions (A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Corporation, and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

  • Early Redemption Amounts For the purposes of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above, Notes will be redeemed at an amount (the “Early Redemption Amount”) calculated as follows:

  • Exempt Beneficial Owners other than Funds The following Entities shall be treated as Non-Reporting Finnish Financial Institutions and as exempt beneficial owners for purposes of sections 1471 and 1472 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, other than with respect to a payment that is derived from an obligation held in connection with a commercial financial activity of a type engaged in by a Specified Insurance Company, Custodial Institution, or Depository Institution.

  • Dividend Policy Pursuant to the Prospectus, the Company may issue distributing and accumulating share classes. The Company will not declare dividends and distributions will not be made in respect of accumulating share classes; and income and other profits will be accumulated and reinvested. Dividends declared on distributing share classes will be paid out of the total income of the applicable share class net of any relevant expenses. Dividends will normally be declared on the shares of distributing share classes with a view to being paid either monthly, quarterly or semi- annual frequencies. The details regarding the distribution frequencies of various share classes shall be disclosed to investors and prospective investors.

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