Throughput agreement

Similar financial terms

No-shop agreement
The target company involved in merger or acquisition agrees not to consider other offers while negotiating with a particular bidder.

Tolling agreement
An agreement to put a specified amount of raw material per period through a particular processing facility. For example, an agreement to process a specified amount of alumina into aluminum at a particular aluminum plant.

Tax clawback agreement
An agreement to contribute as equity to a project the value of all previously realized project-related tax benefits not already clawed back to the extent required to cover any cash deficiency of the project.

Standstill agreements
Contracts where the bidding firm in a takeover attempt agrees to limit its holdings another firm.

Standby agreement
In a rights issue, agreement that the underwriter will purchase any stock not purchased by investors.

Smithsonian agreement
A revision to the Bretton Woods international monetary system which was signed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., in December 1971. Included were a new set of par values, widened bands to +/- 2.25% of par, and an increase in the official value of gold to US$38.00 per ounce.

Sale and lease-back agreement
Sale of an existing asset to a financial institution that then leases it back to the user.

Revolving credit agreement
A legal commitment wherein a bank promises to lend a customer up to a specified maximum amount during a specified period.

Repurchase agreement
An agreement with a commitment by the seller (dealer) to buy a security back from the purchaser (customer) at a specified price at a designated future date. Also called a repo, it represents a collateralized short-term loan, where the collateral may be a Treasury security, money market instrument, federal agency security, or mortgage-backed security. From the purchaser (customer) perspective, the deal is reported as a reverse Repo.

Raw material supply agreement
As used in connection with project financing, an agreement to furnish a specified amount per period of a specified raw material.

Purchase agreement
As used in connection with project financing, an agreement to purchase a specific amount of project output per period.

Preferred stock agreement
A contract for preferred stock.

Note agreement
A contract for privately placed debt.

Bond agreement
A contract for privately placed debt.

Cash deficiency agreement
An agreement to invest cash in a project to the extent required to cover any cash deficiency the project may experience.

Concession agreement
An understanding between a company and the host government that specifies the rules under which the company can operate locally.