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《Corporate Finance 哈佛商学院案例 Harvard Business Case》.pdf
Harvard Business School 9-200-069
Rev. May 3, 2001
Debt Policy at UST Inc.
In December 1998, UST Inc.’s board of directors approved a plan to borrow up to $1 billion
over five years to accelerate its stock buyback program.1 For UST Inc., the leading producer of moist
smokeless tobacco products and a company widely known for its conservative debt policy and high
dividend payout (uninterrupted cash dividends since 1912), this announcement generated
considerable attention on Wall Street. Investors eagerly awaited the subsequent actions of Vincent
Gierer, Jr., UST’s Chairman and CEO.
In 1997, UST had suspended its stock repurchase program, approved in 1996, because of
legislative and legal issues confronting the tobacco industry.2 In November 1998, the company
signed the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement resolving its potential state Medicaid
liability and reinstated its repurchase program.3 Management believed that this agreement
represented significant progress with respect to the legal and legislative matters confronting the
company, permitting UST to proceed with its business strategy and potential recapitalization.
The Smokeless Tobacco Market
The U.S. smokeless tobacco industry generated $2 billion of retail revenue in 1998 with
approximately 5 million consumers of moist smokeless tobacco and 7 million consumers of chewing
tobacco including loose leaf, twist, plug and dry. Moist smokeless tobacco
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