Sentence examples for dividend out from inspiring English sources

The Companies Act 2006 states that a company may only pay a cash dividend "out of profits available for the purpose", which is defined as "accumulated profits".

The company has about $12 billion in cash and short-term investments, but there is already a debate about whether it should cut its dividend out of fear that it could run out of money.

Had they paid out less, capital appreciation would, in theory, have been commensurately higher.The main reason why investors are worried is that dividends are a guide to managers' views of when earnings might reach their trough: they do not want to pay the dividend out of borrowing, or worse, cut it again.

They paid a large dividend out to shareholders.

Lucas never took a dividend out of the company and drew just a modest salary.

"Many law firms dividend out all their profits at the end of each year, making it hard to invest in the expensive investment of building software.

"Going through the courts will take a long time," says Georges Berlioz, a lawyer who represents French shareholders, "but no longer than it will take to get any dividends out".

The company's $150 million dividend works out to $0.469 per share.

As a percentage of APL's recent stock price of $34.50, this dividend works out to a yield of approximately 1.57%.

This is what growth companies do with their capital if they don't want to dividend it out or buy back stock.

Commentary from political figures has led to speculation over whether BP will suspend its dividend, pull out of the U.S. or even eventually file for bankruptcy protection.