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For example, when Agilent Technologies was spun off from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 1999, the stockholders of HP received Agilent stock. A company not considered a spin-off in the SEC's definition (but considered by the SEC as a technology transfer or licensing of technology to the new company) may also be called a spin-off in common usage.
The three types of corporate divisions are commonly known as spin-offs, split-offs and split-ups. The spin-off involves a distribution of property to shareholders without the surrender of any stock, which thus resembles a dividend. The split-off resembles a redemption because the shareholders have relinquished stock of the distributing corporation.
The parent company completes a spin-off of a subsidiary to the parent company's shareholders. Under Internal Revenue Code section 355, this could be tax-free if certain criteria are met. The former subsidiary (now owned by the parent company's shareholders, but separate from the parent company) then merges with a target company to create a ...
A stock spin-off takes place when a public company divests itself of one (or several) of its units, which becomes a separate compa. Spin-off stocks have been in the limelight in recent weeks. For ...
Equity carve-out (ECO), also known as a split-off IPO or a partial spin-off, is a type of corporate reorganization, in which a company creates a new subsidiary and subsequently IPOs it, while retaining management control. [1] [2] Only part of the shares are offered to the public, so the parent company retains an equity stake in the subsidiary ...
The newly spun-off Biohaven Ltd. (BHVN) advances a portfolio of non-CGRP pipelines targeting neurological and neuropsychiatric indications. Biohaven (BHVN) Stock Up on Spin-Off Transaction ...
The terms "demerger", "spin-off" and "spin-out" are sometimes used to indicate a situation where one company splits into two, generating a second company which may or may not become separately listed on a stock exchange.
Comcast said in late October that it had begun to explore spinning off its cable TV networks into a separate business, sending the stock up more than 3% the same day, Yahoo Finance’s Alexandra ...