Apple Announces Plan for What It Will Do With $100 Billion
Company will start distributing dividends and buying back shares in the second half of this year.
Apple late yesterday evening announced a 9 a.m. conference call to discuss what it plans to do with its massive cash balance. However, it seems the company just couldn't wait to reveal its plans, as a press release was published this morning detailing the company's intent to launch and dividends and share repurchasing program this summer.
Apple said that it will initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share in Q4 FY2012, which begins on July 1, 2012. When FY 2013 begins in September, Apple will begin a $10 billion repurchasing program that is to be executed over three years. Apple says the program's goal is to neutralize the impact of dilution from future employee equity grants and employee stock purchase programs.
"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," said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “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."
This is an announcement that Apple shareholders have been waiting a long time to hear. It might not be quite as exciting as a fistful of juicy acquisitions, but it's still an interesting move from the Apple camp. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said the Cupertino-based company plans to spend $45 billion of domestic cash in the first three years of the programs. "We are extremely confident in our future and see tremendous opportunities ahead," he said.

LOL, looks like Tim Cook is keeping most of it for his bonus. Just look at that smile.
Nope. It doesn't pay dividends, so......no.
Yet Intel has 7 of its 12 (soon to be 8 of 13) FABs here in the US. Only the CPUs packaging happens in another country but they still provide thousands of high paying jobs to engineers, FAB employees and more.
Its not as bad as people make it sound. Apple just wants to maximize profits instead.
Or they could create manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Yet they still choose maximum profit margins instead of creating jobs for a country that needs it...
No Philanthropy?
Same old Apple..
Or they could create manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Yet they still choose maximum profit margins instead of creating jobs for a country that needs it...
LOL, looks like Tim Cook is keeping most of it for his bonus. Just look at that smile.
Nope. It doesn't pay dividends, so......no.
Now now...
Apple is providing a 10 year old with a job with a job and pays him a salary of $2 a week.
It's not just that, but the cost to manufacture something electronic in America makes it prohibitive. You could sell it for the same price but the profit margin would be nil.
Yet Intel has 7 of its 12 (soon to be 8 of 13) FABs here in the US. Only the CPUs packaging happens in another country but they still provide thousands of high paying jobs to engineers, FAB employees and more.
Its not as bad as people make it sound. Apple just wants to maximize profits instead.
LOL, true, true.
Why doesn't Apple spend the money on building a plant in the US and give Americans some jobs. They are the ones buy the products.
that is not true at all. the difference is instead of apple making 50 billion, it would only make 30 billion...
out sourcing isnt about cost, but about the 1% getting even more rich