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Old 22nd Nov 2006, 21:41
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Originally Posted by Not Long Now
And if it's not a silly question, why is a not for profit company paying dividends to it's shareholders instead of re-investing the money in itself?
It isn't a "silly" question, in fact it is one that a good few of us asked and have yet to be given a satisfactory answer to.

The only thing that has come close to an explanation that I've heard was that the "not for profit" was not specified in the legislation. Funny that...
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