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a.A divestiture by a corporation of a division or subsidiary by issuing to stockholders shares in a new company set up to continue the operations of the division or subsidiary.
b.The new company formed by such a divestiture.
2.Something, such as a product, that is derived from something larger and more or less unrelated; a byproduct.
3.Something derived from an earlier work, such as a television show starring a character who had a popular minor role in another show.
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Home > Library > Business & Finance > Investment DictionaryThe creation of an independent company through the sale or distribution of new shares of an existing business/division of a parent company. A spinoff is a type of divestiture.
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Financial & Investment Dictionary: Spin-Off
Top Home > Library > Business & Finance > Finance and Investment DictionaryForm of corporate Divestiture that results in a subsidiary or division becoming an independent company. In a traditional spin-off, shares in the new entity are distributed to the parent corporation's shareholders of record on a Pro Rata basis. Spin-offs can also be accomplished through a Leveraged Buyout by the subsidiary or division's management, or through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Marketing Dictionary: spinoff
Top Home > Library > Business & Finance > Marketing DictionaryTelevision program derived from situations or characters in another television program. For example, the show Frasier was derived from characters who first appeared on the show Cheers.
Accounting Dictionary: Spinoff
Top Home > Library > Business & Finance > Accounting DictionaryType of corporate reorganization in which the original corporation transfers some of its assets to a newly formed corporation. In exchange for the assets, the original corporation receives all of the new corporation's capital stock, which it then distributes to its shareholders as a property dividend.
Thesaurus: spinoff
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Something derived from another: byproduct, derivation, derivative, descendant, offshoot, outgrowth. See kin.
Wikipedia: Spin-off
Top Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia Look up spin-off or spinoff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Spin-off may refer to:
Corporate spin-off, a type of corporate transaction forming a new company or entity
Government spin-off, civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research
Research spin-off, a company founded on the findings of a member or by members of a research group at a university
Spin-Off (game show), a 1975 American game show
Spin-Off (online magazine), an online magazine about making yarn by hand
Spin-off (media), the process of deriving new radio programs, television programs, video games, or novels from already existing ones
Spin-off (religion), a newly formed organization which results from the division of a previously existing religious group
Spin-off product, a new product which uses the brand name of another product which already has a well-developed image
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Offshoot (disambiguation)
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