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Sailing Alone! Kimberly-Clark Completes Spinoff Of Halyard Health

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) officially completed the spinoff of its health care business, Halyard Health (HYH). The new company began trading ‘regular way’ on the NYSE today under the ticker ‘HYH’ and Kimberly-Clark shareholders as of the date of record should have received 1 HYH share for every 8 KMB shares owned. While the parent company’s press release was pretty muted,… Read More »

Hold On To That Kleenex – Kimberly-Clark To Spin Off Health Care Business

If Kimberly-Clark (KMB) ever misses its health care division in the midst of its breakup, it will still have lots of Kleenex to cry into. The manufacturer of Huggies diapers announced last week that it planned to spin off its health care division to shareholders. Like many of the companies we discuss, Kimberly-Clark is something of a serial… Read More »