KONG DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY AC4331 Corporate Financial Policy Dividend Policy – Class Exercise Question 1 Purcell Farms Inc. has the following data, and it follows the residual dividend model. Currently, it finances with 15% debt. Some Purcell family members would like for the dividend payout ratio to be increased. If Purcell increased its debt ratio, which the firm's treasurer thinks is feasible, by how much could the dividend payout ratio be increased, holding other things constant?
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3: Linear Technologies Payout Policy, Tax Considerations, Cash Retention and Information Asymmetry Christopher Mafi 22996 Karl Bokvist 23020 Oscar Bjurviken 23082 Edwin Olsson 23106 Executive Summary Linear Technologies has throughout the years experienced high growth in both revenue, net income and in cash. Despite declining sales, margins have remained high and Linear by comparison to other companies has the financial possibility to increase its dividend to higher levels than what it
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Dividend Policy at FPL 1. What are the major uses and sources of funds for FPL? • Major Uses – Operating expenses – Capital and nuclear fuel expenditures o In 1994, FPL budgeted $6.6 billion in expansion cap ex over the next five years in order to meet projected demand. Projects included building a new transmission line, refurbishing the oldest generating plant, improving operating efficiency at all plants, and buying a majority share in a coal burning plant owned by
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Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. Executive Summary Florida Power & Light Company was formed in 1925 through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies. After enjoying steady growth until the 1970s, FPL began experiencing operating problems and reduced profitability due to factors like rising fuel costs and construction over-runs. To address these problems, Chairman Marshall McDonald decided to diversify into higher growth businesses and guided FPL to make four major acquisitions-
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governance, dividend payout policy, and the interrelation between dividends, R&D, and capital investment Klaus Gugler * Department of Economics, University of Vienna, WP No. 9803, Br€nnerstrasse 72, 1210 Vienna, Austria u Received 12 October 2000; accepted 5 November 2001 Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between dividends and the ownership and control structure of the firm. For a panel of Austrian firms over the 1991/99 period, we find that statecontrolled firms engage in dividend smoothing
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FIN 751 – CORPORATE FINANCIAL POLICY & STRATEGY, FALL 2013 INSTRUCTOR: TOM BARKLEY CASE #1 – “Dividend Policy at Linear Technology” Written reports are to be no more than five typed pages (based on a 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins all around). The assignments are due at the beginning of class on Thursday, September 26, 2013. This case is designed to provide an introduction to payout policy and Modigliani and Miller’s dividend irrelevance proof. Consideration
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Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny* January 1999 Abstract This paper outlines and tests two agency models of dividends. According to the “outcome” model, dividends are the result of effective pressure by minority shareholders to force corporate insiders to disgorge cash. According to the “substitute” model, insiders interested in issuing equity in the future choose to pay dividends to establish a
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Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny* January 1999 Abstract This paper outlines and tests two agency models of dividends. According to the “outcome” model, dividends are the result of effective pressure by minority shareholders to force corporate insiders to disgorge cash. According to the “substitute” model, insiders interested in issuing equity in the future choose to pay dividends to establish a
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Term Papers and Free Essays Browse Essays 1. What are the primary business risks associated with UST Inc.? What are the attributes of UST Inc.? Evaluate from the viewpoint of a bondholder. (Your answer should be more qualitative than quantitative!) The following factors weave into the risks and attributes of the company from the creditors’ point of view: A. UST had seven pending health related lawsuits at the end of 1998. The outcomes of these suits are uncertain. Despite
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Retained Earnings or Cash Dividends? From the firm’s perspective, net income can be retained and reinvested or else paid out as cash dividends. The opportunity cost of one alternative is the other alternative. We already saw this when covering the cost of capital. Remember the cost associated with retained earnings (internal equity)? It was the going rate of return on the firm’s stock, since that is what we expect that the stockholders could earn if they were paid cash dividends that they would reinvest
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