December 7, 2012
Year-End Dividends, TSR Havoc, and CEO Pay: Isn’t That Special?
– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com
Here is a blog from Fred Whittlesey of Compensation Venture Group about how an increasing number of companies are rushing to declare and pay a “special dividend” prior to the end of 2012 to hedge shareholders against the prospect of a large increase in tax rates in 2013.