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Represents the minimum common equity to total capitalization percentage, excluding short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt, allowed under acquisition commitments without prior regulatory approval of dividends.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash, stock and payment-in-kind (PIK).

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Amount of dividends that can be declared or paid without approval of regulatory agency.

No definition available.