Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

JULY 31, 2023

Travis Harms provides an insightful examination into the important topic of dividend policy in family businesses. He breaks it down into four types of dividend policies, highlighting the balance between shareholder certainty and.

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE: ACI ) had a lawsuit filed against it by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson to stop the grocery chain from paying shareholder dividends.

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Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

JANUARY 9, 2023

One early finding is that investors clearly distinguished between companies that pay dividends and those that don’t. Across the size spectrum, investors favored dividend-paying stocks in 2022, as illustrated in Table 1. While it was a down year across the board.

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In a new paper, we use agency theory to explore the effect of board independence on dividend policy. Dividends serve as a governance mechanism to mitigate agency conflicts, reducing free cash flows, which managers may exploit for personal gain rather than using them to maximize shareholder wealth.

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 3, 2023

When I started offering financial modeling training , I never expected to get questions about a methodology like the Dividend Discount Model (DDM). Otherwise, the written version follows: Why Use a Dividend Discount Model? The main argument in favor of the DDM is that it best represents what happens in real life when you buy a stock.

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Farrel Fritz

MARCH 6, 2023

De facto dividend. Disguised dividend. Constructive dividend. The tax laws thus provide no small incentive for owners of closely held companies to pay themselves, shall we say, generous compensation in lieu of declaring and paying dividends.

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Benzinga

AUGUST 21, 2023

Greenlight has also issued a third seven-figure dividend to its shareholders, following the first-ever issuance of a dividend by an MSO in April of this year. In 2023, Greenlight has returned consecutive dividends that amount to over 13% of. of cultivation and manufacturing space in 6 states.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Circuit panel summarily refused Tuesday to impose an emergency pause on Albertsons' planned $4 billion dividend to shareholders ahead of its merger with Kroger, dealing one more blow to the attorneys general of D.C., California and Illinois.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 12, 2022

federal judge on Monday refused to prevent Albertsons from paying a $4 billion dividend that attorneys general from the District of Columbia, California and Illinois say will have an anti-competitive effect ahead of the grocery chain's merger with Kroger — and the states immediately asked to stay the ruling while they appeal.

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Equilest

MAY 10, 2023

To dive deeper into the impact of dividend payout ratios on business valuation, continue reading below When investors look to invest in a company, one of the key metrics they use to evaluate the company's value is the dividend payout ratio.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 16, 2022

California and Illinois "substitute their judgment" in place of the companies' boards' and block Albertsons from paying a $4 billion dividend to shareholders ahead of its merger with its supermarket rival. Circuit not to let the attorneys general of D.C.,

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 7, 2023

on Tuesday announced that it will pay investors a special cash dividend if they approve its proposed $7.3 Canadian machine auctioneer Ritchie Bros. billion merger with online automobile buying company IAA Inc.

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Machen McChesney

JUNE 14, 2022

There’s a valuable tax deduction available to a C corporation when it receives dividends. The “dividends-received deduction” is designed to reduce or eliminate an extra level of tax on dividends received by a corporation. As a result, a corporation will typically be taxed at a lower rate on dividends than on capital gains.

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Machen McChesney

JUNE 14, 2022

There’s a valuable tax deduction available to a C corporation when it receives dividends. The “dividends-received deduction” is designed to reduce or eliminate an extra level of tax on dividends received by a corporation. As a result, a corporation will typically be taxed at a lower rate on dividends than on capital gains.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Special dividend estimated to be $1.5118 per share Payment of special dividend conditioned upon closing of merger, which is subject to stockholder approval BOSTON, Oct. The special dividend, which the Company estimates will be $1.5118 per share of Talaris common stock, will be payable in cash.

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Business Wire M&A

MAY 9, 2023

(NYSE: BRMK) (“Broadmark” or the “Company”), a specialty real estate finance company, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.035 per share of common stock for May 2023. The dividend will be payable on May 30, 2023 to stockholders of record as of May 24, 2023.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Data leaders should consider seven actions to enable companies to scale their generative AI ambitions.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 29, 2023

An update is provided on several matters of importance for Shareholders including the acquisition, an associated dividend for ILUS Shareholders, merger agreement negotiations, subsidiaries, and financing. The company has signed contracts to acquire the controlling interest of an OTC listed SEC Reporting company.

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Andrew Stolz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Massive dividend yield secured by strong cash generation. Cash machine ensures consistent massive dividend yield. It consistently delivered strong FCFF that were more than sufficient to cover high dividends. The FCF yield shows ROEC’s dividend-paying potential. Highlights: End markets mature, no opportunities to grow.

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Chris Mercer

AUGUST 1, 2022

This eleventh post in the Deja Vu series involving restricted stock studies addresses an issue that is rarely mentioned in the context of the studies – of the impact of dividends on restricted stock discounts (RSDs). Of these 244 transactions, only 24 involved companies that paid dividends, or less than 10% of the transactions.

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Law 360 M&A

JULY 22, 2024

A private equity seller of a solar panel fintech lender that Fifth Third Bank bought in 2022 has sued the bank in New York federal court to free up $20 million in indemnity escrow funds that it alleges the bank has tried improperly to withhold over state investigations tied to the fintech.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 2, 2023

dividend payments held back from the company's $21 billion merger agreement with Analog Devices Inc. The Delaware Chancery Court shot down a stockholder suit Tuesday seeking to recover $500 million in Maxim Integrated Products Inc. in 2020 to cover tax liabilities that didn't materialize.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Albertsons on Monday sought to persuade Washington's Supreme Court to reject the state's emergency bid to block the grocery chain's $4 billion shareholder dividend ahead of its merger with Kroger, arguing that the relief the state seeks was "unprecedented" and without legal basis.

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Business Wire M&A

MARCH 13, 2023

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 26, 2023

told a Delaware vice chancellor Thursday that liability protections in Maxim Integrated Products' bylaws shield directors from a suit claiming they failed to pursue $500 million in dividends held back from the deal price for an evaporated tax risk in a $21 billion merger with ADI in 2021. An attorney for Analog Devices Inc.

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Benzinga

JULY 25, 2024

Declaration of Quarterly Dividend The Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 For the three months ended June 30, 2024, net charge-offs totaled $1.3 million, or an annualized 4 basis points of average loans. million, or $0.11 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $32.1

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Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Once capital is infused, bank managers may have an ex post incentive to avoid making dividend payments on the preferred stock purchased by the government. more…)

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Business Wire M&A

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.

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Benzinga

APRIL 26, 2023

Net Interest and Dividend Income Tax equivalent net interest income of $11.3 See SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION – Net Interest and Dividend Income on page 9 of this release for additional details. million, were partially offset by common stock dividends paid of $0.9 Non-Interest Income Non-interest income of $2.7

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Benzinga

JUNE 24, 2022

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement in respect of the Arrangement, the quarterly dividend of US$0.17 The dividend record date of June 15, 2022 remains unchanged.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 10, 2024

Payouts to shareholders including CEO Mathias Döpfner and US firm KKR threaten to heighten tensions with editorial staff

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 16, 2023

Prior to the initial rules issued in 1982 that allowed for buybacks, companies largely had to be dependent upon dividends to allocate excess cash.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 12, 2024

BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK ) reported Q4 FY23 revenue growth of 7% Y/Y to $4.631 billion, marginally above the consensus of $4.627 billion. Investment advisory, administration fees, and securities lending revenues increased to $3.61 billion from $3.40

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT ) reported fourth-quarter FY24 net sales growth of 5.7% year-over-year to $173.39 billion, beating the consensus of $170.71 Adjusted EPS was $1.80, beating the consensus of $1.65. The stock price gained after the results. Net sales from Walmart U.S. increased 3.4% was up 2.0%.

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Benzinga

JULY 17, 2024

Dallas, Texas, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kronos Worldwide, Inc. NYSE: KRO ) made the following announcements today: Acquisition of Remaining Joint Venture Interest in LPC Effective July 16, 2024, Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Kronos") has acquired the 50% joint venture interest in Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P. ("LPC")

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 19, 2024

‘Dividend recapitalisations’ hit record rate as private equity owners take advantage of easy credit conditions

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 5, 2023

When done right, director-shareholder engagement can pay dividends for both the investor and the company. This post is based on their PwC memorandum. We identify the key steps for directors—and investors—to get the most out of these exchanges.

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