Sentences with phrase «return capital to shareholders by»

«Until recently EIIB was constrained in its ability to return capital to shareholders by the lack of distributable reserves.

While none can completely escape the issue of market timing, they can certainly address the most critical aspect: ensuring that share buybacks do indeed return capital to shareholders by reducing share count.

Not exact matches

Although the impact of deregulation can be difficult to quantify, one study by Bloomberg Intelligence suggests that the Treasury Department's plan to ease regulation could free up a combined $ 124 billion of capital to return to shareholders.1

This firm aligns executives» and shareholders» interests by tying compensation to economic earnings and has increased its return on invested capital (ROIC) for five straight years.

A shareholder proposal by Carl Icahn of a non-binding advisory resolution that the Company commit to completing not less than $ 50 billion of share repurchases during its 2014 fiscal year (and increase the authorization under its capital return program accordingly)(Proposal No. 10); and

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

We have increased our dividends by 100 % over the last 3 years, which speaks to the consistent cash flow we generate and our intent to return more capital to shareholders through dividends.

They have a high return on capital, consistently good returns, and they're run by leaders who want to create long - term value for shareholders while also treating their stakeholders right.»

GE, in a move to become a pure play industrial company, is exiting the financial services business by selling the bulk of the assets contained in its GE Capital unit and returning most of the proceeds from that disposition to shareholders in the form of a $ 50 billion share buyback.

If you have an ownership stake in a fantastic business with great returns on capital, a strong competitive position that makes it difficult to unseat in its given sector or industry, and a board of directors that is shareholder - friendly, it shouldn't cause you any particular distress to watch your holdings decline by 50 percent or more on paper.

«This quarter, we increased tangible book value per share by 11 percent while returning nearly $ 2.2 billion in capital to common shareholders.»

Add in that Amazon is diluting shareholders by one percent in the last twelve months, versus Macy's which is returning capital through dividends and share repurchases at a rate of twelve percent, and you get a complete picture of why Macy's looks attractive to a value investor.

The funds generated by these actions would help to support efforts to return about $ 90 billion in capital to shareholders by 2018.

If shareholders approve the sale of the stake to TCCC, CCA expects returns in Indonesia to cover cost of capital by 2020.

This agreement is an important part of positioning RiceBran Technologies to focus on creating shareholder value by pursuing long - term opportunities to expand our core ingredients business that will improve our margins and EBITDA and generate positive returns on capital.»

Reflecting a strong capacity for internal capital generation, the Group's Shareholders» Fund grew by 8 percent to N483.1 billion, whilst it delivered an annualized 18.2 % return on average equity (RoAE) and an Interim Dividend of N0.20 per Share.

We aim to generate value for our shareholders by delivering sustainable returns in the form of a regular, reliable and growing dividend, share repurchases, and long - term capital appreciation.

He also sees opportunities in these sectors for capital allocation that can enhance shareholder returns, either by using excess free cash flow to buy back stock, or acquire competitors and operate the combined company more efficiently.

Well, except I'm not at all happy to see the board opting for a B Share return of capital, rather than a share buyback / tender — supposedly favoured by major shareholders, though I struggle to understand who would turn down an opportunity to enhance NAV?!

On July 13 Ambassador Group announced a plan to cease operations by year - end and liquidate the business, returning capital to shareholders.

Any unusual transactions wd stand out like a sore thumb... The investment objective's v clear also — return capital to shareholders — any departure from that wd immediately be called out by shareholders (and prob.

In my opinion, however, ADGF's share underperformance is due primarily to the ongoing dilution described above as well as shareholder value destruction caused by generating returns below the company's cost of capital.

The aim of the investment management / research team is to invest in companies which on average have high return on capital invested, are not excessively leveraged, are run by competent and minority shareholder friendly managers and are available at reasonably attractive valuations.

Fortunately, when it comes to my disclosed Donegal Investment Group (DCP: ID) holding, it recently realised a major asset, with the valuation of its other major asset to be determined by year - end (thereby triggering a disposal), and management committed to returning capital to shareholders via share buybacks.

Outerwall has historically produced high returns on capital, and it's a business that doesn't need much tangible capital to produce huge amounts of cash flow (an attractive business), but it has been run similar to companies that get purchased by private equity firms — leverage up the balance sheet, issue a dividend (or buyout some shareholders), thus keeping very little equity «at risk».