Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy* DAVID J. DENIS** Krannert School of Management Purdue University West Lafayette‚ IN 47907 djdenis@purdue.edu IGOR OSOBOV Georgia State University Department of Finance Atlanta‚ GA 30303 iosobov@gsu.edu May‚ 2007 We thank Yakov Amihud‚ Harry DeAngelo‚ Linda DeAngelo‚ Diane Denis‚ Jim Hsieh‚ Omesh Kini‚ Erik Lie‚ John McConnell‚ Lalitha Naveen‚ Raghu Rau‚ Steve Smith‚ Jeff Wurgler‚ an anonymous referee
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What is Ordinary Shares An ordinary share defines a single unit of equity ownership of a corporation‚ where the holders of the ordinary shares receive the right to cast a vote in decisions involving important corporate matters. Such votes are available to each ordinary shareholder in correspondence to the number of ordinary shares held within the company. Ordinary shareholders are the last to receive dividends‚ and are only entitled to funds which remain after dividends on preferred shares are paid
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1. Why might Bollenbach have opened his bidding for ITT at $55 per share? What was his likely strategy? The $55 value is on the lower range of the analyst eztimates‚ with a best guess estimate of $67.94. Since the value of the stock had been below $45 for 4 months‚ the offer of 55 dollars represented a 29% premium to investors. Bollenbach knew that management would be resistant of any attempt to be acquired‚ regardless of price‚ because of failed previous attempts to negotiate a friendly
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transfer of shares 1. The transferor and transferee are required to execute a share transfer form under their common seals (if they are corporations) in accordance with their respective Constitution/Articles of Association. 2. The transfer is subject to ad valorem duty payable to the Commissioner of Stamp Duties (“Commissioner”). The current stamp duty payable on the transfer of shares is 20 cents for every S$100/- or part thereof of the consideration for the sale of the shares or the
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Leading Determinants of Dividend Policy: A Case Study of Indian Banking Industry ABSTRACT: Dividend policy is a critical decision area in the field of finance. The subject of corporate dividend policy has captivated finance scholars for a long time‚ resulting in intensive theoretical modeling and empirical investigation. But several questions related to dividend decisions remain perplexing because of diverse and conflicting theories and evermore due to diverse empirical results. This paper attempts
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IJRESS Volume 1‚ Issue 1(October‚ 2011) (ISSN 2249-7382) A STUDY OF TRAINING IN INSURANCE AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY Dr. Shefali Verma* Rita Goyal** ABSTRACT The training and development function plays a further enhanced role and holds more importance‚ as it deals with knowledge of workers .Employees are entrusted different roles and responsibilities in the LIC. Training enables them to carry out these roles and responsibilities efficiently and also learn new things‚ which will
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Fauzias Mat Nor DIVIDEND POLICY AND STOCK REPURCHASES TEAM MEMBERS: NO. NAME I.C. NO. STUDENT NO. 1. Mohd Hatta Ahmad 641225-05-5601 ZP00664 2. Azizul Azrin Mahmor 761117-04-5189 ZP00580 3. Hazri Zan Abu Kassim ZP00398 4. Fazriman Fazli Othman ZP00665 Date: 10.10.11 INTRODUCTION Dividends and stock repurchases are firm’s payout policy where a firm pay cash to shareholders Dividend Policy Dividend policy is a decision to pay out earnings versus retaining them. Dividend policy issues include
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Summary Background eBay Inc history: September 1995: funded as a sole proprietorship. May 1996: incorporated in California. April 1998: reincorporated in Delaware. September 1998: completion of initial public offering October 2002: acquired PayPal Product Online Auction: Every day‚ 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year‚ millions of people from all over the world go shopping at online auctions. This is not an exaggeration - eBay‚ with a 76% share of the auction site market‚ reports
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0903642 Program: Financial and Economic Sector Policies Course title: International Macroeconomics and Policy Assignment title: Analyzing relationship between inflation rate and per capita GDP growth INTRODUCTION There have been different theories for explaining crucial relationship between inflation and per capita GDP growth. In this paper we will consider the neoclassical model and wage equation. This approach is very useful in terms of flexibility to understand underlying assumptions behind
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Buy-Back of Shares 1. Companies Act‚ 1956: Section 77A of the Companies Act lays down the conditions governing buy-back of shares by a company. Section 77A stipulates that a buy-back can be done only out of free reserves or securities premium account or proceeds of fresh issue of shares or specified securities subject to certain terms and conditions. The conditions to be complied with by the Company for buy-back are: • • Articles of Association (AoA) of the Company provides for buyback of its own
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