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Chapter Organisation
19.1
19.2
19.3
19.4
19.5
19.6
19.7
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Chapter Objectives
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Types of Dividends
A dividend is a payment made out of a firms
Days
Thursday,
January
15
Wednesday,
January
28
Friday,
January
30
Monday,
February
16
Declaration
date
Ex-dividend
date
Record
date
Payment
date
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distributable
to
are
to
cheques
mailed
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. . .
+1
+2 . . . t
Price =$10
Price =$9
The share price will fall by the amount of the dividend on the ex
date (Time 0). If the dividend is $1 per share, the price will be
equal to $10 1 = $9 on the ex date.
Before ex date (Time 1)
Dividend = $0
Price = $10
On ex date (Time 0)
Dividend = $1
Price = $9
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Do Dividends Matter?
Yes: the value of a share is based on the present
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Original dividends
0
$1000
$1000
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$1000
$1000
+200
240
$1200
$760
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Legal benefits.
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To Date
Because of high taxation of some individual investors, a highdividend policy may be best.
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Dividend increases:
Management believes it can be sustained.
Expectation of higher future dividends, increasing
present value.
Signal of a healthy, growing firm.
Dividend decreases:
Management believes it can no longer sustain the
current level of dividends.
Expectation of lower dividends indefinitely; decreasing
present value.
Signal of a firm that is having financial difficulties.
Clientele Effect
Shares attract particular groups based on dividend
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(1)
After-tax
earnings
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
(2)
New
investment
3 000
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
0
(3)
Additional
debt
1 000
667
500
333
167
0
(4)
(5)
(6)
Retained Additional
earnings
shares
Dividends
1 000
1 000
0
1 000
333
0
1 000
0
0
667
0
333
333
0
667
0
0
1 000
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999
666
333
0
-333
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
New investment
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Share Repurchases
Company buys back its own shares.
Similar to a cash dividend in that it returns cash
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Share Repurchases
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$ 100 000
900 000
$1 000 000
0
1 000 000
$1 000 000
Debt
Equity
Total
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PE ratio = 10.
50 000
900 000
$ 950 000
0 Debt
950 000 Equity
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50 000
900 000
$ 950 000
0 Debt
950 000 Equity
PE ratio = 9.5.
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Reverse Splits
Reasoning:
reduction in transaction costs
increase in share marketability (trading range)
regain respectability.
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company, including:
fully paid shares
partly paid shares
special classes of shares
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