| Book Edition | 15th Edition |
| Author(s) | Brigham |
| ISBN | 9781337395250 |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning |
| Subject | Finance |
KEY TERMS
Define each of the following terms:
a. Target payout ratio; optimal dividend policy
b. Dividend irrelevance theory; bird-in-the-hand fallacy
c. Information content (signaling) hypothesis; clienteles; clientele effect
d. Catering theory; residual dividend model
e. Low-regular-dividend-plus-extras
f. Declaration date; holder-of-record date; ex-dividend date; payment date
g. Dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP)
h. Stock split; stock dividend
i. Stock repurchase
Congress felt there was a need for additional investor protections against inaccurate information from companies.
In 2002, Congress passed this act to protect shareholders, employees and the public from accounting errors and fraudulent financial practices. There were 3 key provisions:
The Sarbanes-Oxley act, passed by Congress in 2002, is intended to improve the accuracy of information which is made public by both board members and shareholders of public companies.
