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Apple在CEO Time Cook以及CFO Peter Oppenheimer的電擊發表下,宣布了Apple的450億配息與股票回購計畫。
根據官方新聞稿,Apple將在財政年度2012年的第四季(2012年七月一日)開始每季每股配息2.65美元。
此外,Apple董事會也通過了100億美金的股票回購計畫。該計畫於2013年財政年度開始(2012年九月三十日),此計畫預計執行至少三年,主要目的是在稀釋未來Apple員工的股票獎勵與選擇權所帶來的影響。
根據Apple CEO Tim Cook……
“We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure. You'll see more of all of these in the future, Even with these investments, we can maintain a war chest for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to run our business. So we are going to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program.”
我們已經將部分的現金投資在研發、收購、建立新的零售店、對供應鏈的戰略性預先投資,以及基礎設施的建設等,在未來各位也會在這些方面看到更多的投資。即使將資金投注在這些方面,我們依然保有足夠的戰爭基金來應對戰略性機會,以及充足的現金來運行我們的業務。因此,我們將開始啟動配息與股票回購計畫。
此外,根據Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer……
“Combining dividends, share repurchases, and cash used to net-share-settle vesting RSUs, we anticipate utilizing approximately $45 billion of domestic cash in the first three years of our programs. We are extremely confident in our future and see tremendous opportunities ahead.”
結合配息、股票回購以及用於限制性股票的現金,我們希望在我們計畫的前三年利用約450億的國內現金。我們對於未來非常地有信心,並且已經提前預見了巨大的機會。
簡單來說,就是一面給股東糖吃,一面回購股票讓股東乖乖閉嘴坐著看好戲?
via Apple – Press Info – Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program