Digital Commons @ Georgia Law LLM Theses and Essays Student Works and Organizations 12-1-2001 Corporate Distributions to Shareholders in Delaware and in Israel Anat Urman University of Georgia School of Law Repository Citation Urman, Anat, "Corporate Distributions to Shareholders in Delaware and in Israel" (2001). LLM Theses and Essays. 52. https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/stu_llm/52 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works and Organizations at Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in LLM Theses and Essays by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. Please share how you have benefited from this access For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ANAT URMAN Corporate Distributions To Shareholders In Delaware And In Israel: Cash Dividends And Share Repurchases. (Under the Direction of Professor CHARLES R.T. O’KELLEY) This thesis considers the corporate legal systems of Israel and Delaware as they address the subject of corporate distributions to shareholders. The thesis reviews the significance of cash dividends and the acquisition by corporations of their own stock, in the management and survival of corporations, the effect they have on the disposition of creditors, and the extent to which they are restricted by operation of law. The thesis demonstrates how dividends and share repurchases may translate into a transfer of value from creditors to shareholders. It considers the effectiveness of the legal capital in securing creditors’ interest, and concludes that the legal capital scheme presents no real obstacle to distributions. It is further concluded that despite the recent corporate law reform in Israel, Delaware’s corporate law system continues to surpass Israel in flexibility and broad approach to distributions.