On the day it finalizes its spinoff of GE Transportation and merges it with Wabtec(WAB), GE(GE) announces an even larger divestiture, selling off its Biopharma unit to Danaher(DHR) for $21 billion in cash. Danaher will also take on $400 million in pension liabilities. GE CEO Larry Culp, former CEO of Danaher has taken another major step in shrinking… Read More »
As we mentioned when Danaher(DHR) completed its spinoff of Fortive(FTV) in 2016, it has been one of the best performing stocks in history. Founded by Steven and Mitchell Rales, Danaher Corporation(DHR) is one of the most successful business stories of the last three decades. One of just 44 companies with a cumulative total return of greater than 10,000% over… Read More »
July 4th week is a good time to catch up on some recent spinoff transactions. Last week Hertz (HTZ) completed the separation of its equipment rental business Herc Holdings (HRI). This one was a bit tricky mechanically and here is how the transaction went down: To effect the separation as part of a tax-free spinoff, Hertz Global Holdings stockholders as of… Read More »