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Noble Corporation To Acquire Diamond Offshore Drilling In $15.52/Share Deal; Enhances Dividend Payouts By 25%

Benzinga

NYSE: DO ) shares are trading higher after the company disclosed that it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE ) in a stock-plus-cash transaction. Dividend Boost : Additionally, Noble’s Board of Directors has approved a 25% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.50

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SEC Finalizes New Clawback Rules

Harvard Corporate Governance

16 definition) who received incentive-based compensation during the three fiscal years preceding the date of the restatement. stock splits, stock dividends, etc.). Recap of the Final Rules. The key provisions of the final clawback rules include the following: Covered Group. Applicable to current and former executive officers (Sec.

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Greenlight To Acquire Cannabis Dispensary And Cultivation Facility, Issues Q3 Dividends

Benzinga

Greenlight has executed definitive agreements to acquire an operating adult-use dispensary in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a cultivation facility in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Greenlight has also issued a third seven-figure dividend to its shareholders, following the first-ever issuance of a dividend by an MSO in April of this year.

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Progress Software's Big Bet: Acquires ShareFile For $875M While Hitting Pause On Dividends

Benzinga

The company entered a definitive deal to acquire ShareFile for $875 million, in a combination of cash and an existing revolving credit facility. Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS ) shares are trading lower on Monday.

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Aerospace Company TransDigm Declares Special Cash Dividend; Buys CPI's Electron Device Business For $1.385B Cash

Benzinga

TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Electron Device Business of Communications & Power Industries , a portfolio company of TJC, L.P., for about $1.385 billion in cash.

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The Legal Primacy Norm in Corporate Law

Reynolds Holding

The corporation’s shareholders do not enjoy “primacy” but the opposite: by definition, they rank as the most junior, subordinated claimants on the corporate entity – a fact that matters not only in bankruptcy, but also throughout the corporation’s life as a going concern.

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What Is Cost of Equity?

Andrew Stolz

Definition of the Cost of Equity. Dividend per share . The growth rate of dividends . There are two ways you can calculate the cost of equity, which are the CAPM and the Dividend capitalization model. Dividend capitalization model: Cost of equity = (DPS/CMV) + GRD. The expected return of the market .

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