Tag Archives: Wabtec GE Merger

Corporate Spinoff Roundup – February 2019

Feedback was overwhelmingly positive to last month’s piece so we are going to make it a monthly ‘thing’. As a reminder, although we update our tables as new information is released, we recognize that not everyone is constantly hitting refresh in order to see when a distribution date might get posted (please do so in the future though).… Read More »

Post GE Transportation Merger, Wabtec To Join S&P 500, Barron’s Is A Fan, But Could Labor Unrest Derail Wabtec Stock?

There’s a lot of news to report as GE(GE) completes its spinoff of GE Transportation on Monday, February 25 and merges it with Wabtec(WAB) immediately thereafter.  As we theorized last week, the bulked-up Wabtec will be added to the S&P 500, replacing Goodyear Tire(GT). Goodyear will take Wabtec’s place in the S&P MidCap 400, making this a neat… Read More »

GE Transportation Spinoff And Merger With Wabtec Set, GE Shareholders Won’t See Much In Their Portfolios

GE (GE) is set to close the restructured merger agreement for its transportation business with Wabtec (WAB) on February 25th. As a result, the 25th will also be the distribution date for GE’s transportation business spin off which will be immediately merged into Wabtec. The end result will be a more vertically integrated freight car business that is… Read More »