Provide a brief profile of the firm including the primary businesses/industry of the firm.
Provide an overview of the industry. Address issues such as whether the firm is considered as being in a growth industry or mature industry.
Describe the role/impact your firm has on the industry.
Discuss the payout strategy selected by your firm.
What did the firm announce?
Why did the firm make the announcement?
Based on your study of dividends and other payouts does the strategy make sense?
What signals is management sending with the announcement?
Do you agree with the decision?
As a shareholder would you be pleased with the announcement? Why or why not?
Include the announcement in your paper.
