EMI Group plc Annual Report 2003 This report is produced using paper made from 100% recycled content. Such a high percentage is unusual for company reports. The board used for the dividers and the cover is 50% recycled stock and 50% fibre which has not been bleached using chlorine‚ and has been awarded the Nordic Swan eco-label. EMI Group Annual Report 2003 1 2 4 5 9 17 25 31 37 40 41 44 Contents Overview New Formats – New Revenue Streams Financial Summary Chairman’s
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GROUP PLC FEDERICO NOBILI History of EMI ▪ In 1897 Emile Berliner‚ inventor of the gramophone‚ co-founded the UK Gramophone Company in London ▪ In 1931 the merger between the Gramophone Company and Columbia Records formed the Electric and Music Industries Ltd ▪ In 1955 EMI entered the American market acquiring Capitol Records‚ the leading American record label ▪ In 1971 the company changed its name in EMI Ltd ▪ In 1980 EMI merged with Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd‚ to form Thorn EMI ▪ In 1992
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1.0 INTRODUCTION EMI Group plc In early spring 2007‚ Martin Stewart as chief financial officer (CFO) for global music giant EMI‚ he’s knew most of the news that would break at the company’s April 18 earnings announcement. Annual underlying revenue for the company was down 16% to GBP 1.8 billion (British pounds). Earnings per share (EPS) have also dropped from 10.9 pence (p) in 2006 to -36.3p in FY2007. The performance reflected the global decline in music industry revenues‚ as well as the extraordinary
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Dividend Policy at FPL Group FPL Group Overview: The FPL Group was Florida’s largest electric utility group and the fourth largest in America. The FPL Group had annual revenues of exceeding $5 billion. Florida Power & Light Company‚ the main subsidiary of the FPL Group had 3.9 million customer accounts and covered a service area that included six of America’s ten fastest growing metropolitan areas. a. Summarize the key elements of FPL’s financial policy and compare it with other relevant
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Subject: Dividend Policy at FPL Group‚ Inc. Problem: Should FPL cut dividend? And should Stark revise her investment recommendation? Options: 1) Keep dividend per share growth at 1.65% 2) Dividend per share grows at 1% 3) Keep dividend per share constant at $2.46 4) Cut dividend by 30% and repurchase 10 million shares each year after the cut Recommendations: We recommend FPL to cut dividend by 30% in order to free up more cash to facilitate its growth and fight the upcoming competitions
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Dividend Policy Dividend policy Executive summary Once a company makes a profit‚ they must decide on what to do with those profits. They could continue to retain the profits within the company‚ or they could pay out the profits to the owners of the firm in the form of dividends. Once the company decides on whether to pay dividends‚ they may establish a somewhat permanent dividend policy‚ which may in turn affect investors and perceptions of the company in the financial
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Running Head: DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY: DOES DIVIDEND Dividends and Dividend Policy: Does Dividend Policy Matter Ronald Jones University of Phoenix August 21‚ 2011 Dividends and Dividend Policy: Does Dividend Policy Matter According to Investor Dictionary‚ corporate finance is the specific area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make‚ and the tools and analysis used to make the decisions. It may be divided as a whole between long term‚ capital
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THE EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON THE MARKET PRICE OF SHARES IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY OF FIFTEEN QUOTED COMPANIES By Dr. J. J. Adefila Department of Accountancy‚ University of Maiduguri‚ Dr. J. A. Oladipo and J.O Adeoti‚ Both of the Department of Business Administration‚ University of Ilorin ABSTRACT The issue of how much a company should pay its stockholders‚ as dividend is one that has been of concern to managers for a long time. The optimal dividend policy of a firm may be defined as the best
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Overview FPL Group‚ Inc. is Florida’s largest electric utility company. In 1925‚ through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies‚ they formed Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L). FP&L grew steadily over the next 50 years until rising fuel costs‚ operating issues‚ and construction costs began to decrease profitability. In the mid-1980s‚ FPL diversified with four major acquisitions - Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company‚ Telesat Cablevision‚ Inc.‚ CBR Information Group Inc.‚ and Turner
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ABSTRACT The dividend Decision is one of the core elements of modern corporate financial management. A reasonable dividend Decision will help the company in the capital markets and establish a good corporate image for the company’s long-term development and create favorable conditions for the listed company’s financial decision-making‚ dividend Decision has a positive significance. Appropriate dividend distribution Decision can not only set a good corporate image‚ but also to build the confidence
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