If a management team wishes to boost the company's stock price, then it should consider paying off all long-term debt as rapidly as possible, keeping the company's dividend payout ratio between 25% and 50%, spending additional money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and maintaining a credit rating that is no less than B+ boosting the company's dividend by $0.50 or more every year, increasing the company's retained earnings, and paying off all long-term debt as rapidly as possible in order to achieve an A+ credit rating pursuing actions to increase earnings per share each year that meet or beat investor expectations, raising the company's dividend each year (by at least $0.10 and preferably $0.25 or more for the increase to have much impact on the stock price), and repurchasing shares of common stock increasing the company's retained earnings each year, keeping the company's credit rating at A (or above), spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibility that are below the industry average, and issuing sufficient shares of common stock to raise the funds to pay off all long-term debt within 2 years increasing its effort to boost its market share of branded footwear in all geographic regions, spending additional money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and keeping the company's image rating above 75. DO00000UUUUUU0000 No Conving, redistributing or website posting is expressly prohibited and constitutes copyright violation Convriat 2019 hv ln-Rus Software Inn