RE: Portillion Bid29 Mar 2023 16:28
itsawrap.........info on capital reduction
The most common objective is the payment of dividends. Capital reduction allows the elimination of accumulated losses, which would otherwise prevent the payment of dividends, to create distributable reserves. Indeed, since a company may only pay dividends out of profits available for that purpose, accumulated losses may have a negative effect on a company's retained profit and loss reserves and may prevent the payment of dividends to shareholders. Clearing these losses with a capital reduction may be the appropriate route if the value of the company's assets has fallen, if an acquisition has proved unsuccessful or if the company has experienced a prolonged period of trading losses.