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by MiroF 2254 days ago
> Companies that pay dividends or make share buy-backs are more vulnerable in a crisis

All public companies are anticipated to pay dividends or buy-back at some point in time, it's what underlies stock pricing.

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And they can definitely still do that. AFTER they've paid back the state aid they received.
I don't think we disagree? Just disagreeing that there are two types of public companies, "those that do or will pay dividends" and "those that don't" since the latter group doesn't actually exist.
> All public companies are anticipated to pay dividends or buy-back at some point in time, it's what underlies stock pricing.

I don't know the specifics of the Danish case, but in other places, they're not saying you should never do these things - only that you don't do it for a fixed period of time if you want bailout money.