Indeed, [5] Bates et al. (2009) and [14] Denis and Sibilkov (2009) have shown that the US firms hold too much cash because of agency problems. Though our empirical findings are similar to those documented for the developed countries such as the US but these results also reveal that the ownership structure found in the listed non-financial firms in Australia contrast strongly with those found in the largest firms in the US. These results imply though high ownership concentration is an effective control device but it is not a driver of firm value maximization. As our results shows that, for firms with relatively high control-ownership structures, market discounts the extra AUD$1 in cash holdings. Even in the long-run, when closely held firms accumulate more cash than required due to lack of access to capital markets and higher agency costs of equity, the impact of extra dollar on firm market valuation is negative. Our main contribution to the literature lies in a robust estimation of a positive relationship between cash holdings and firm value.