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A split share corporation is a corporation that exists for a defined period of time to transform the risk and investment return (capital gains, dividends, and possibly also profits from the writing of covered options) of a basket of shares of conventional dividend-paying corporations into the risk and return of the two or more classes of publicly traded shares in the split share corporation.
Through a merger with a Goldman Sachs-led special purpose acquisition company, GS Acquisition Holdings, Vertiv became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VRT) on February 10, 2020. [16] [17] In 2021, Vertiv acquired E+I Engineering, a global provider of switchgear, busway and modular power solutions, for $1.8 billion. [18]
Exelis Inc., was a global aerospace, defense, information and services company [2] created in October 2011 as a result of the spinoff of ITT Corporation's defense business into an independent, publicly traded company. [3] The company was headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA and was led by CEO and President David F. Melcher.
The company completed a 10-for-1 stock split in June to make shares more affordable. Server manufacturer Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) has been an even bigger beneficiary of the AI boom. Its ...
Both companies split their stock 20-for-1 in 2022, when each traded for more than $2,000 per share. This brought them down to more reasonable levels, at a split-adjusted $100 per share.
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The main effect of stock splits is an increase in the liquidity of a stock: [3] there are more buyers and sellers for 10 shares at $10 than 1 share at $100. Some companies avoid a stock split to obtain the opposite strategy: by refusing to split the stock and keeping the price high, they reduce trading volume.
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