RE: RE: dividend1 Oct 2017 16:02
Come on, DL says lots of things, all of which should be taken with a massive pinch of salt. You certainly shouldn’t be basing your investment stratigy on what he says.
Divi’s will be announced end of October after the court hearing, which is a formal must!
A company is not allowed, by law, to pay as much money out in dividends as directors or shareholders may wish. It may only pay out a certain part of the shareholder's equity.
In a company's accounts the shareholder's equity is divided into several categories. These are shown on the balance sheet. It may only pay dividends out of its retained earnings — dividends have to come from profits, repayments of shareholders' capital require a reorganisation.
This provides a limited amount of protection for creditors. They are assured that a company cannot pay dividends that will reduce its capital below a certain level. Of course its capital may nonetheless shrink through losses.
Octagonal Plc (LSE: OCT), the AIM traded financial services group, is pleased to announce that at the Company's AGM held earlier today, all resolutions were passed.
Accordingly, following an application which must be made to the Court, the Capital Reduction can be effected in order to increase the distributable reserves of the Company.
The expected date of the Court hearing to confirm and approve the Capital Reduction
is 27 October 2017, and the expected effective date for the Capital Reduction is 28 October 2017.
As a result of the Capital Reduction, there will be no change to the number of Ordinary Shares in issue, and the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares will remain the same.