Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-1 Chapter Nineteen Dividends and Dividend Policy

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Cash Dividends and Dividend Payment 19.2 Does Dividend Policy Matter? 19.3 Real-world Factors Favouring a Low Payout 19.4 Real-world Factors Favouring a High Payout 19.5 A Resolution of Real-world Factors? 19.6 Establishing a Dividend Policy 19.7 Share Repurchase: An Alternative to Cash Dividends 19.8 Share Dividends and Share Splits 19.9 Employee Share Ownership Plans Summary and Conclusions Chapter Organisation

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-3 Chapter Objectives Know the different forms of dividends and the appropriate dividend payment terminology. Outline the arguments supporting the case for dividend irrelevance. Discuss factors favouring a low or a high payout. Explain the residual dividend policy. Illustrate the situation of share repurchases vs paying a cash dividend. Understand both bonus issues and share splits. Outline the various employee share ownership plans.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-4 Types of Dividends A dividend is a payment made out of a firm’s earnings to its owners (shareholders). Dividends are usually paid in the form of cash. Types of cash dividends include: – regular cash dividends – extra dividends – special dividends – liquidating dividends. Share dividends are also paid, and share repurchases are a dividend alternative.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-5 Procedure for Dividend Payment

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-6 Procedure for Dividend Payment Declaration date: the board of directors declares a payment of dividends. Ex-dividend date: if you buy the share on or after this date the seller is entitled to keep the dividend. Under ASX rules, shares are traded ex-dividend on and after the seventh business day before the record date. Record date: declared dividends are distributable to shareholders of record on a specific date. Payment date: the dividend cheques are mailed to shareholders of record.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-7 The Ex-date Price Drop Ex date Price =$10 Price =$9 -t... –2 – t 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 = $0Price = $10 On ex date (Time 0)Dividend = $1Price = $9

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-8 Do Dividends Matter? Yes: the value of a share is based on the present value of expected future dividends. No: the value of a share is not affected by a switch in dividend policy.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright 19-9 Does Dividend Policy Matter? Dividend policy versus cash dividends An illustration of dividend irrelevance  Original dividends 012 $1000 If R E = 20%: P 0 = $1000/1.2 + $1000/1.2 2 = $

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Does Dividend Policy Matter? 012 $ –240 $1200 $760 Assume an additional $200 of dividends is offered, financed by an issue of debt or shares. New dividend plan: P 0 = $1200/1.2 + $760/1.2 2 = $

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Dividend Policy Irrelevance Any increase in dividends at one point is offset exactly by a decrease somewhere else. An alternative explanation is home-made dividends. Individual investors can undo corporate dividend policy by reinvesting dividends or selling shares. Companies may help with creating home-made dividends by offering shareholders automatic dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs).

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Dividends and the Real World A low payout is better if one considers: Taxes: Optimal dividend policy is determined by various shareholder situations. Some shareholders prefer high franked dividends, others prefer the company to pay no dividend and retain the funds for reinvestment (tax on dividend income vs capital gains tax). Flotation costs: Higher dividend payouts may require a new share issue, which could be expensive and decrease the value of the firm. Dividend restrictions: Debt contracts might limit the percentage of income that can be paid out as dividends.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Dividends and the Real World A high payout is better if one considers: Desire for current income instead of capital gain. Uncertainty resolution: ‘bird-in-hand’ story. Tax benefits: There are some investors who do receive favourable tax treatment from holding high dividends (e.g. corporate investors). Legal benefits.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Examples of Imputed Tax Credits

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright To Date … Based on the home-made dividend argument, dividend policy is irrelevant. Because of high taxation of some individual investors, a high- dividend policy may be best. Because of new issue costs, a low-dividend policy is best.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Dividends and Signals Changes in dividends convey information – 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. – The information content makes it difficult to interpret the effect of the dividend policy of the firm.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Clientele Effect Shares attract particular groups based on dividend yield and the resulting tax effects. Some investors prefer low dividend payouts and will buy shares in those companies that offer low dividend payouts. Some investors prefer high dividend payouts and will buy shares in those companies that offer high dividend payouts.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Residual Dividend Policy Issue costs eliminate any indifference between financing by internal capital and new shares. Dividends are paid only if profits are not completely used for investment purposes. Desired debt-to-equity ratio is maintained.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Residual Dividend Policy

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Relationship Between Dividends and Investment Dividends New investment

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Key Concepts in Dividend Policy Dividend stability—dividends are only increased if the increase is sustainable. Dividend streaming—shareholders can choose different dividend schemes to suit their tax position (franked vs unfranked dividends) Special dividends—‘one-off’’ extra dividends. Dividend reinvestment schemes—company reinvests individuals’ dividends into fully paid shares of the company. Avoids transactions costs and need for prospectus, and shares are usually offered at a discount.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Australian Equity Raisings 2001 Source: Australian Stock Exchange

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Share Repurchases Company buys back its own shares. Similar to a cash dividend in that it returns cash from the firm to the shareholders. This is another argument for dividend policy irrelevance in the absence of taxes or other imperfections.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Share Repurchases Equal access purchase Offer made by company to all shareholders to purchase shares in the same proportion as their holdings. On-market purchase Purchase by a company of its own shares on the open market. Employee share purchase Repurchase shares from employees that were issued under employee incentive scheme. Selective purchase Repurchase of shares from specific shareholders. Odd-lot purchase Repurchase of small parcels of shares.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Cash Dividend versus Share Repurchase Assume no taxes, commissions or other market imperfections. Consider a firm with shares outstanding, net profit of $ and the following balance sheet.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Cash Dividend versus Share Repurchase (continued) Price per share is $20 ($ /50 000). EPS = $2.00 ($ /50 000). PE ratio = 10. The firm is considering either: – Paying a $1 per share cash dividend. OR – Repurchasing 2500 shares at $20 a share.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Cash Dividend versus Share Repurchase (continued) Price per share is $19.00 ($ /50 000). EPS = $2.00 ($ /50 000). PE ratio = 10. Cash Dividend Option Cash$50 000$0$0Debt Other Assets Equity Total$ Total

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Cash Dividend versus Share Repurchase (continued) Price per share is $20.00 ($ /47 500). EPS = $2.10 ($ /47 500). PE ratio = 9.5. Share Repurchase Option Cash$50 000$0$0Debt Other Assets Equity Total$ Total

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Share Dividends and Share Splits Bonus shares and share splits: involve issuing new shares on a pro-rata basis to the current shareholders do not change the firm’s assets, earnings, risk assumed and investors’ percentage of ownership in the company increase the number of shares outstanding reduce the value per share A common explanation is to adjust the share price to a ‘more desirable trading range’.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Reverse Splits The firm reduces the number of shares outstanding. Reasoning: – reduction in transaction costs – increase in share marketability (trading range) – regain respectability.

Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3e Ross, Thompson, Christensen, Westerfield and Jordan Slides prepared by Sue Wright Share Ownership Plans Encourage the financial participation of employees in the company, including: – fully paid shares – partly paid shares – special classes of shares – options – phantom or shadow shares – employee share trusts.