Contents Introduction 2 Theories and Determinants of Dividend Policy (Section 1) 2 Tax and Clienteles Theory 2 Free cash flow and the Agency Theory 3 Growth and The Lifecycle theory 4 Firm size 5 Information Asymmetry and Signaling theory 5 Risk and the Bird in hand theory 7 Profitability 8 Conclusion 9 Analysis of Apple and Dell Dividend Policy (Section 2) 9 Apple Inc. 9 Dell Inc. 11 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Introduction In a private firm‚ after a period of business activity the owner of the
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AN EXAMPLE OF DIVIDEND POLICY IRRELEVANCE An example provides insight into the dividend irrelevance proposition. Suppose that now is time 0‚ and one year from now is time 1. Carter Company just paid its time 0 dividend (assume dividends are paid once per year)‚ and plans to publicly announce its dividend policy for the next year. It is considering the following two policies (all dollar amounts in $millions). Policy I: At time 1‚ dividends = $110‚ new share sales = 0‚ treasury stock purchases
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Introduction In this paper the impact of dividend policy of the companies on the firm’s share prices is analysed and different views in the context of the semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis are contrasted. The overview of the traditional and most recent empirical investigations of the stock market reaction to the dividend announcements is provided and different findings are discussed and compared. Three companies have been selected from the FTSE All share price index. These
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Coca-Cola Dividend Policy The definition of dividend is as follows: A dividend is the distribution or sharing of parts of profits to a company ’s shareholders. Now the question is why do companies pay dividends to it s shareholders? Because it’s the shareholders that are the real owners of the corporation and one would not own a piece of anything unless it would make money for them. So in turn a company wants to pay dividends to keep the shareholders happy and show that they are being profitable
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INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDEND POLICY The income taxes of stockholders should affect the dividend policy of a firm. To help you understand these tax implications‚ we shall first examine the importance of tax deferral and then show the impact of having two different tax rates‚ one for ordinary income and one for capital gains. Rational stockholders should value a stock based on the after-tax returns they expect to receive from owning it. The tax status of the return depends on the form in which it is
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Dividend Policy at Linear Technology Of the 16 companies on the SOX index‚ six paid dividends and Linear Technology is one of them started at the second quarter in 1993 which is 5.3 million in total. However‚ in the case‚ according to Coghlan‚ “The quarterly dividend was initially set at $0.05 per share. This amounted to $8.3 million‚ or 15% of FY 1994 earnings.” And their most recent dividend in 2002(cause in the exhibit2‚ there’s only threes quarter’s data in 2003‚ so that’s why I choose 2002
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SERVICE SECTOR MANAGEMENT | ICICI BANK AND AXIS BANK | WHAT IS A BANK? A banker or bank is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money. In other words‚ an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs ABOUT The Banking sector in India has always been one of the most preferred avenues of employment. In the current decade‚ this has emerged as a resurgent sector in the Indian economy
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Dissertation AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE (A report submitted towards the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the two years full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management.) DECLARATION I‚ student of Post Graduate Diploma in Management from hereby declare that I have completed dissertation on “IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE ” a part of the course requirement. I further declare that the information presented in this project
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A SUMMER TRAINING REPORT On COMPARISON BETWEEN ICICI BANK & HDFC BANK SUBMITTED TO PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY JALANDHAR In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of Degree of Master of Business Administration SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO: ROHIT MR. ROSHAN KUMAR
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IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON THE MAXIMIZATION OF SHAREHOLDERS WEALTH. BY LASISI TIRIMISIYU KUNLE REG NO: U08AC1128 Being A Research Project Submitted To The Department Of Accounting‚ Faculty Of Administration‚ Ahmadu Bello University Zaria‚ In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc) In Accounting DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA JULY‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background
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