Catching up on some news, Tessera Technologies (TSRA) announced in early April that it has hired GCA Savvian Advisors to explore strategic options for its imaging and optics business, including potentially spinning off the division. In the company’s words, the unit provides “cost-effective, high-quality camera functionality in consumer electronic products through technologies that include Extended Depth of Field… Read More »
Amazing just how quickly plans can change. Just a few months after announcing a grand restructuring plan including two spinoffs, French retailer Carrefour (CRERY) has shelved plans to spin off 25% of its property unit. Carrefour’s stock price has suffered since the spin announcements and the moves were generally derided by analysts and investors as not creating much… Read More »
The energy and E&P business has been no stranger to spinoffs and over the past few years numerous companies have pursued this strategy to unlock shareholder value. So it was no big surprise when in February Williams Companies (WMB) announced plans to split itself into two. To be fair, another reason the announcement wasn’t much of a surprise… Read More »