I'm the shareholders' friend, says Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder as he pays special dividend

By Eli Greenblat
Updated August 20 2014 - 10:13pm, first published 9:59pm

Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder has painted himself as the ‘'shareholders’ friend'’ after thrusting a further $1.1 billion in special dividends into investors’ pockets, while also vowing he won't pay silly prices for a bolt-on acquisition with the piles of cash still sitting on the conglomerate’s balance sheet.

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