Finance

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|Linear Technology |

|Dividend Policy |

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Instructor – Prof. A. Kanagaraj

Date – 01 March 2010

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|C Sesha Saila Prabhakar |

|2009PGP065D |

|Section D |

Contents

Executive Summary 3

Case Background 4

Problem Statement 4

Alternatives 4

Detailed Analysis 5

Conclusion 8

Executive Summary

The case presents a decision to be made by the management of the company Linear Technology about their dividend policy. The company went public in the year 1986 and is the seventh largest company by market capitalization in the SOX. The company split its stock four times since going public. Linear declared its first dividend on October 13, 1992. The...