Pharmaceutical Company (PC) has made record profits in the last 10 years. For each of the first 9 years, PC has declared dividends. In the 10th year, however, PC decides not to decare dividends and to reinvest that money into new drugs. Harry, a shareholder who relies on the dividends for income, sues the Board of Directors and the Officers for failing to issue a divident in the 10th year. Who wins and why?

As in my consideration the pharmaceutical organization might won the case , as for all the dividend bonds concerned decision are taken by the organizational financial advisor, and it's the responsibility of financial advisor to choose whether to issue the revenue as dividend bonds or to hold them for more investment to generate large revenue. Thus it's the choice of the corporate that whether to issue dividend or not.

sohail09753 sohail09753 · Answer 2 · 2021-12-21T11:54:42+01:00

The dividend is the portion of profit that is paid to the shareholders in respect to the funds invested by them for the long-term. It is paid to the preference shareholders at a fixed rate at the end of each period while it is paid to the equity shareholders based upon the amount of profit.

The case for the dividend is won by the pharmaceutical organization.

The reason is the payment or non-payment of dividend to the shareholders' is a concerned decision that is taken by the board of directors and financial advisors of the organization.

It becomes responsibility of the financial advisor to take advantageous decision for the organization and shareholders, that is the payment of dividend is the current period is feasible or holding them for reinvestment and earning more revenue is feasible.

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