Another month is almost in the books so lets recap the recent spinoff activity and also take a look at what spinoffs the next month will bring: Spinoffs Completed Prior Month Not a ton of activity this past month on the spinoff front: May 22nd – VF Corp (VFC) completed the spin off of its jeans business as… Read More »
The upcoming spinoff of Corteva Agrisciences on June 1st is the final step of DowDupont’s (DWDP) breakup. You may have heard us talk about it once or twice or…it’s not important. As a reminder though, Corteva will trade under the ticker ‘CTVA’ and DWDP shareholders should receive 1 share of CTVA stock for every 3 DWDP shares owned.… Read More »
Kontoor Brands(KTB) may be on its own now, but it has its parent’s jeans. VF Corp(VFC) completed the spinoff of its jeans business on Wednesday, May 22, after the close. Kontoor, which includes brands such as Wrangler, Lee and Rock & Republic, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 today. VF shareholders received one share of Kontoor… Read More »
Orion Group Holdings(ORN) is a specialty construction company operating on Marine projects. Of late, its stock has taken a beating, and it is now too small for the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. On Friday, it will be removed from the Index, to be replaced by the newly spun off denim company Kontoor Brands(KTB). VF Corp(VFC) will complete its… Read More »
Let’s kick off the week with another edition of the always eclectic Spinoff Odds and Ends: 1) Thyssenkrupp Update We provided an update on thyssenkrupp’s (TKAMY) new ‘strategic direction’ last week. The JV with Tata Steel is out and the elevator business spinoff was scrapped for an IPO instead. Just a few days later though, the story seems… Read More »
The beginning of the New Year is often a time of hope. A fresh start. A clean slate. A new beginning. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always go as planned and the first quarter of 2019 was particularly rough on commodity giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Profit plunged over 40% due to a confluence of events including the ongoing trade… Read More »
We discussed one scrapped spinoff earlier this week – Brunswick’s Life Fitness – but, alas, it wasn’t an isolated incident. In this edition of Odds & Ends we catch you up on the latest in abandoned spin plans: 1. Thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Spinoff thyssenkrupp (TKAMY) shocked the markets with a stunning strategic about face ‘reset’ last week. Seven months… Read More »
Brunswick (BC) announced earlier this week that private equity firm KPS Capital Partners will acquire its fitness business for $490m in cash, ending the unit’s planned spinoff. Brunswick paid over $300m for the business back in 1997, but sales have been declining over the past few years. Brunswick CEO David Foulkes noted that ‘with the sale of the… Read More »
Months after the spinoff of its transportation unit and its subsequent merger with Wabtec(WAB), GE(GE) has sold 25.2 million shares of Wabtec stock in a public offering at $73.50 per share. The offering had originally been set at 12.5 million to 14.375 million shares but was quickly upsized, presumably due to robust interest. GE continues to own around… Read More »
It seem like just last month that DowDuPont(DWDP) completed the spinoff of Dow(DOW). As was planned from the moment Dow and DuPont merged just a few short years ago, DowDuPont has one more spinoff to complete before it changes its name back to DuPont(or DuPont de Nemours, Inc., to be precise), and its ticker back to DD. DowDuPont’s… Read More »
Lets kick off the week with a new edition of odds and ends catching up on some old items: Disney (DIS) acquired 21st Century Fox last month, but a new, slimmed down Fox Corporation (FOX) was spun off just prior to the deal closing. The new Fox is still controlled by the Murdoch family, but it is a… Read More »
That’s what it’s all about. How do you sell off part of your business and not pay taxes? The answer, of course, is a reverse Morris Trust transaction. Ingersoll-Rand(IR) is an Ireland-based industrial conglomerate with a $30 billion market cap and 49,000 employees. Ingersoll Rand is no stranger to these pages, having spun off its security business as… Read More »
Until this week, VF Corporation’s (VFC) upcoming Kontoor Brand’s spinoff only had the vague timetable of ‘sometime in May’. Finally, we have some closure and some concrete details on the jeanswear company’s upcoming independence. The board of directors has now formally approved the spinoff which will take place after the close on May 22nd with shareholders expected to… Read More »