Delays could be on the horizon for CBS’ (CBS) upcoming North & South American outdoor advertising spinoff. The IRS has apparently formed an ‘internal working group’ to study its current standards of what type of companies can qualify for REIT status. The news came out late last week when both Lamar Advertising (LAMR) and data storage company Equinix Inc… Read More »
Last May, we wrote about a strategic review at Dole Food Co(DOLE) that we thought might lead to a spinoff. We haven’t followed up until now and there’s been lots of activity, none of it involving a spinoff, culminating in an offer this morning by Chairman and CEO David H. Murdock to purchase the 60% of the company… Read More »
Barron’s had a couple of pieces on spinoffs a couple of weeks ago, one of which focused on Leucadia’s (LUK) recent spinoff of the Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), its small winery business. For a ‘refresher’ on the transaction, check out our earlier coverage here and here. The company is listed on the OTC Pink Sheets and currently trading at… Read More »
Updated 06/04/13 16:43 That didn’t take too long to decide. During its latest conference call, Pfizer (PFE) indicated it was still mulling its options for how to deal with its remaining ~80% stake in Zoetis (ZTS), its former animal-health business whose IPO was earlier this year. The company had been considering a spinoff, but in the end it… Read More »
Ceasars Entertainment (CZR) is certainly getting creative in order to deal with its massive debt pile. As this piece notes, the company has already refinanced some debt, pushed back maturities and even attempted to redefine its leverage ratios. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been enough ‘relief’, so the company’s announced a new plan to issue subscription rights to shareholders. The rights would… 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 »
In October, when Dean Foods(DF) sold a stake in WhiteWave(WWAV) in an IPO, the company disclosed that it planned to spin off its remaining stake. Six months later, the company has set Thursday, May 23 as the distribution date for most of that stake. For each share of Dean Foods they own, shareholders will receive 0.25544448 shares of… Read More »
Newcastle Investment Corp (NCT) recently completed the spinoff of New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ) on May 15th. The spinoff, first announced in January, created two separate REITs, with NRZ focused on the residential side and NCT playing in the commercial space. More specifically, NCT invests in two areas: Real Estate & Other Debt and Senior Housing (literally housing… Read More »
IDT appears to be making progress on the spin off of its intangible assets as the company recently announced that Straight Path Communications Inc (SPCI) had filed a Form 10 with the SEC . While a distribution date has yet to be announced, IDT shareholders (both Class A & B) are expected to receive 1 share of SPCI for… Read More »
Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital has a long history of real estate success. Nearly two decades ago, he built Starwood Hotels(HOT) from scratch into one of the world’s largest hotel companies. More recently, as Chairman and CEO of Starwood Propert Trust(STWD) he has assembled the country’s largest commercial mortgage REIT. The firm has financed some of the most… Read More »
Canadian Tire Corporation(CTC-A) announced plans yesterday to spin off its real estate as a REIT. The company anticipates selling 10-20% of the new REIT in an IPO this fall, and retaining the rest. The new REIT will have approximately 18 million square feet of real estate valued at approximately C$3.5 billion. The company has no announced plans to… Read More »
Spinoff talk has surrounded Pfizer (PFE) for some time now following a business unit review a couple of years ago. That ultimately led to the sale of its nutritional unit and the successful IPO of ~20% of its animal health business, Zoetis (ZTS) earlier this year. Investors have been hoping for something bigger though, especially following the successful… Read More »
It’s official folks. Valero (VLO) completed the spinoff of CST Brands (CST) and the company began trading today as an independent entity on the NYSE. The new company operates in the US & Canada as an independent retailer of fuel and convenience merchandise while Valero is now a “more-focused refining, wholesale marketing, and alternative fuels company.” The Motley Fool’s Jim Royal is… Read More »
Well that didn’t take long to get back on track. After shareholders overwhelmingly approved Siemens’ (SI) Osram lighting spinoff, the transaction was quickly derailed by a lawsuit. A small group of shareholders claimed the meeting was invalid due to acoustics issues, a charge which Siemens considered ‘without merit’. A Munich judge agreed with the company and tossed the complaint stating the… Read More »
News of Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management ridding itself of all Kraft related positions turned out to be off…very off. In an amended Q4 13F filing released last week, the hedge fund revealed a large stake of over 19 million shares (a bit more than $600m worth) in Kraft’s international snacks spinoff Mondelez International (MDLZ). There was still… Read More »