Short Attention Spin- Shire To Consider Spinning Off Neurological Division

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Shire Pharmaceuticals (SHPG) announced last week that it will be “assessing strategic options” for its Neuroscience franchise. The move would allow the company to focus its efforts on its rare diseases division. From the company’s Q2 statement: With the acquisition and integration of Baxalta, Shire has solidified its leadership position in rare diseases with an unparalleled inline portfolio, innovative… Read More »

MetLife(MET) Completes Brighthouse(BHF) Spinoff, Boots AutoNation From S&P 500

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After a long gestational period, MetLife (MET) finally completed the spinoff of its life insurance & annuity business, Brighthouse Financial (BHF) this week. MetLife shareholders as of July 19th should have received 1 share of BHF for every 11 MET shares owned. Brighthouse trades on the NASDAQ and was also added to the S&P 500 Index, replacing auto dealer… Read More »

Do You Like Sunsets, Coastal Living And Golf? Time, Inc. Has Some Magazines It Would Like To Sell

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Four months after its failed sale process, Time Warner(TWX) spinoff Time, Inc.(TIME) is pursuing the part of its strategy described as “selective portfolio rationalization”. Bloomberg reports that CEO Rich Battista stated in an interview that these “wonderful brands” need a new home so that Time can invest elsewhere. In the interview, Battista called the three publications “wonderful brands”… Read More »

Dollars From Donuts- Is There Enough Upside In Offer for Rightside?

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Privately held Donuts Inc is acquiring Rightside Group (NAME) for $10.60 per share or approximately $213m in cash. With the deal signed, the company will now control top level domains such as ‘.sale’ and ‘.dance’ in addition to its portfolio of names like ‘.movie’ and ‘.group’. Personally, I am puzzled that a company named Donuts has nothing to do… Read More »

Spinoff Odds & Ends: M&A For South32 , IRS To Issue Some Private Letter Rulings

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It’s Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend which means it’s a perfect time for some Spinoff Odds & Ends: Thanks to Paul Singer’s Elliott Advisors there is a lot of drama swirling around BHP Billiton (BHP) (we will get to that shortly hopefully), but Bloomberg’s Gadfly checks in South32 (SOUHY), the mining giant’s 2015 spinoff. That mishmash of unloved… Read More »

Oil Change- Ashland(ASH) Distributes Remaining Shares Of Valvoline(VVV) To Shareholders

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Although Valvoline’s (VVV) IPO was last September, it was still majority owned by its parent company, Ashland Global Holdings (ASH). Not anymore though. The specialty chemical manufacturer completed Step 2 of its Valvoline spinoff on May 12th by distributing its remaining stake in the company to shareholders. Ashland shareholders as of May 5th, should have received 2.745338 shares of Valvoline… Read More »

There’s Something About A Powertrain That’s Magic- Delphi(DLPH) To Spin Off Powertrain Business

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In case you haven’t noticed, the automotive space is undergoing a few changes. New players are muscling in and the entire supply chain – from the OEMs all the way down to the Tier 3s – are under siege. As a result, everyone is scrambling to secure their part in the automobile of the future which many expect… Read More »

Actelion Spinoff To Be Called Idorsia, But How Easy Will It Be To Get A Reservation?

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In American Psycho, Christian Bale’s character Patrick Bateman famously struggles to get a table at New York restaurant Dorsia. Hopefully brokers will be more accommodating to investors looking to get their hands on stock in Idorsia, which is to be spun out of Actelion (ALIOY) in the second quarter of 2017. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced a deal… Read More »

Not Even Time Enough For Love- Meredith(MDP) Runs With The Pamplona Bulls In Pursuit Of Time, Inc.

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Time, Inc.’s(TIME) brief interlude as a public company following its 2014 spinoff from Time Warner(TWX) appears to be coming to a close. Rumors about Meredith(MDP) interest in some or all of Time have been rampant for years.  Speculation that  a sale was near increased dramatically with reports last November that a group led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr. had… Read More »

Pipeline Spinoff In the Spinoff Pipeline?- Potential PetroChina(PTR) Pipeline Spinoff Has Analysts Abuzz

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With oil prices remaining in the doldrums, what are oil & gas companies supposed to do to keep share prices up? Some companies have been pursuing asset sales while others are actually expanding into ‘hot’ shale geographies. Investors in PetroChina (PTR), China’s largest oil & gas company, aren’t focused on M&A to boost the struggling company though. Instead… Read More »