Buiness Finance Assignment

MMM041 Business Finance

Assignment 2012/13

|Module Convenor | Dr Jessica Yang |
|Group Members |Zhengyu Lu 21001941 | |
| |Chenyu Wu 21028178 | |
| | | |
|Submission Date | 25th January 2013 |
|Words Count | 1999 |

Apple’s Payout Policy

Table of Content

1. Executive Summary ------------------------------------------------------- 3

2. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------- 4

3. Apple’s previous payout policy and financial strategy ------------------ 5

4. Apple’s current payout policy -------------------------------------------- 5

5. Comparisons against the competition and industry ----------------------- 6

6. Influence of the policy change -------------------------------------------- 7

7. Recommendation and views of institutional investors and financial analysis -------------------------------------------- 8

8. Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------ 8 References ----------------------------------------------------- 10

Apple’s Payout Policy

1. Executive summary

This report is to analysis the change in Apple’s payout policy and, base on theories and comparisons, to indentify whether the new policy is good for the investors. Recommendations will be given at last for helping the investors

References: (Source from: Apple Inc. 2012) [pic] (Figure 2: Apple’s Share Price) (Source from: Yahoo Finance 2012)