(a)   No distribution may be made if, after giving effect to the
distribution:
    (1)   The corporation would not be able to pay indebtedness of the
corporation as the indebtedness becomes due in the usual course of
business; or
    (2)   The corporation's total assets would be less than the sum of the
corporation's total liabilities plus, unless the charter permits
otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to
be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights upon dissolution of stockholders whose preferential
rights on dissolution are superior to those receiving the distribution.
  (b)   The board of directors may base a determination that a distribution is
not prohibited under subsection (a) of this section either on:
    (1)   Financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and
principles that are reasonable in the circumstances; or
    (2)   A fair valuation or other method that is reasonable in the
circumstances.
  (c)   Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the effect of a
distribution under subsection (a) of this section is measured:
    (1)   In the case of distribution by purchase, redemption, or other
acquisition of the corporation's shares, as of the earlier of:
      (i)   The date money or other property is transferred or the indebtedness is
incurred by the corporation; or
      (ii)   The date the stockholder ceases to be a stockholder with respect to the
acquired shares;
    (2)   In the case of any other distribution of indebtedness, as of the date
the indebtedness is distributed; and
    (3)   In all other cases, as of:
      (i)   The date the distribution is authorized if the payment occurs within
120 days after the date of authorization; or
      (ii)   The date the payment is made if it occurs more than 120 days after the
date of authorization.
  (d)   A corporation's indebtedness to a stockholder, incurred by reason of a
distribution made in accordance with this section, is at parity with
the corporation's indebtedness to the corporation's general,
unsecured creditors, except to the extent subordinated by agreement.
  (e)   (1)   If terms of the indebtedness provide that payment of principal and
interest is to be made only if and to the extent that payment of a
distribution to stockholders could then be made under this section,
indebtedness of a corporation, including indebtedness issued as a
distribution, is not a liability for purposes of determinations made
under subsection (a) of this section.
    (2)   If the indebtedness referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection is
issued as a distribution, each payment of principal or interest on the
indebtedness is treated as a distribution, the effect of which is
measured on the date the payment is actually
made.
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