With its stock in freefall, Mallinckrodt(MNK) announced plans to move forward with a spinoff announced late last year. Mallinckrodt stock, which traded for over $130 per share in March 2015, was $62.58 when we wrote about it in November 2015, and $18.67 when we discussed it in December 2018. In the last 6 months, it has fallen another… 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 »
It may be a new year, but we are reviving our series of popular Odds and Ends pieces. In this end of week edition, we hear from CEOs of spin off related companies. The buck has to stop somewhere so why not hear it straight from the top? The WSJ recently featured a chat with Ed Breen, the… Read More »
Columbia Business School publishes an investment newsletter featuring ideas from students and interviews with asset managers. The Winter 2017 edition of the aptly titled Graham and Doddsville was just published and it features a conversation with the managers (incidentally both alums) of Kingstown Capital, a value oriented, special situations focused fund. The interview includes the G&D standard ‘how did you… Read More »
Shareholders at both Johnson Controls (JCI) and Tyco (TYC) overwhelmingly approved their upcoming merger at their respective special shareholder meetings last week. At JCI, the approval came in the fact of a shareholder lawsuit challenging the company’s executive pay (JCI CEO Alex Molinaroli is making out like a bandit in this deal) and other facets of the deal.… Read More »
After discussing the importance of a spinoff’s tax free nature the other day, of course, there is a big spinoff on the horizon which will be treated as a taxable dividend for shareholders. Due to complications arising from its merger with Tyco (TYC), Johnson Controls’ (JCI) automotive and interior business spinoff will indeed be taxable upon its separation… Read More »
Grab a tissue and say farewell to the Tyco (TYC) name. The former high flying conglomerate has a complicated history full of acquisitions (lots of those), strategy shifts, scandal ($6,000 shower curtains!) and of course, a lot of spinoffs. Current DuPont (DD) CEO Ed Breen smashed the company apart not once, but twice, creating three entities in both… Read More »
The WSJ is reporting that Dow Chemical (DOW) and DuPont (DD) are in advanced merger talks to create a chemical behemoth with leading positions across the chemical spectrum including ag, plastics and a host of other markets. Both companies have been shedding non-core and non-performing assets over the past few years, including some via spinoffs and exchange offers.… Read More »
Mallinckrodt(MNK) began the week trading at $70 per share. Six months ago, it was above $130. Today, after some comments from Andrew Left of Citron Research, it trades at $62.58, having touched as low as $52.01. The drug company was spun off of Covidien in 2013. Covidien, which had spun out of Tyco(TYC), was acquired in 2014 by… Read More »
Merger Mondays are back. The latest mega deal announced is Medtronic’s (MDT) ~$42.9b takeover of device maker Covidien (COV). The deal price represents a ~30% premium and includes $35.19 of cash and 0.956 Medtronic shares. While Medtronic’s management is out touting the numerous cost savings and synergies gained through the deal, the main motivation behind the deal appears to… Read More »
There’s much value to be found in spins, but not every spin is a winner. That’s the reminder from YCharts’ Jeff Bailey, who took a recent look at ADT’s(ADT) “alarming” performance. Despite a strong, post-spinoff start, the company plunged and has underperformed on poor earnings. in October 2012, and after an initial rally ADT shares turned down. Cable… Read More »
Last Friday, Covidien (COV) announced that its Board Of Directors had given final approval for its long-planned spinoff of Mallinckrodt. Shareholders of record of Covidien as of June 19 will receive one share of Mallinckrodt (MNK) on June 28 for every eight shares of Covidien that they own. The company expects that both Covidien and Mallinckrodt will begin… Read More »
Nelson Peltz is a name that comes up not infrequently in the world of spinoffs. We reported in August, that, after protracted discussions, he had gained a board seat at Ingersoll Rand (IR) and was pushing for the company to split into three publicly traded firms. Today, Ingersoll Rand announced that it will be combining its residential and… Read More »
ADT(ADT) is home, even when you’re not, and Fitch thinks they’re reasonably likely to pay back any money you might lend them. The home security giant, which was spun off from Tyco(TYC) on September 28, has strong free cash flow and market share and is easily able to service its significant debt. Said Fitch: ADT’s ratings and Outlook… Read More »
Well, it’s official now as Tyco’s (TYC) shareholders approved the latest dismemberment of the former conglomerate earlier this week. I’m still waiting for a shareholder surprise veto to take place…now that would be something. Anyways…continuing its long history of spins, Tyco will distribute its North American ADT business and its flow control business on September 28th to shareholders… Read More »