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On-Market Share Buy-Backs: Asx Disclsoure, Jason David Mitchell, Holub M.
On-Market Share Buy-Backs: Asx Disclsoure, Jason David Mitchell, Holub M.
Research Collection School Of Accountancy
Our paper investigates the compliance of Australian listed firms with the ASX disclosure rules for on‐market share buy‐backs. We find that firm compliance is reasonable for initial buy‐back announcements, but poor for final buy‐back notices. In the latter instance, the disclosure in the appropriate ASX notice is provided in only 53% of cases. Of significant concern is the even lower degree of final notice compliance (42%) for buy‐backs tagged as having ‘unlimited’ duration. Across our total sample of 807 buy‐backs, an alternative form of disclosure of buy‐back completion is provided in 25% of cases, and no proper notification of either …