capital distribution
(A) In general The term “capital distribution” means— (i) any dividend or other distribution in cash or in kind made with respect to any shares of, or other ownership interest in, an enterprise, except a dividend consisting only of shares of the enterprise; (ii) any payment made by an enterprise to repurchase, redeem, retire, or otherwise acquire any of its shares, including any extension of credit made to finance an acquisition by the enterprise of such shares; and (iii) any transaction that the Director determines by regulation to be, in substance, the distribution of capital.