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Thursday, 10/24/2013 11:45:19 PM

Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:45:19 PM

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A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out or a starburst, refers to a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" sections of itself as a separate business.

The common definition of a spin-off is when a division of a company or organization becomes an independent business. The "spun off" company takes assets, intellectual property, technology, or existing products from the parent organization. Shareholders of the parent company receive equivalent shares in the new company in order to compensate for the loss of equity in the original stocks; thus, at the moment of spinning off, the ownership of the original and spun off companies are identical. However, shareholders may then buy and sell stocks from either company independently; this potentially makes investment in the companies more attractive, as potential share purchasers can invest in only the portion of the business they think will have the most growth.

Many times the management team of the new company are from the same parent organization. Often, a spin-off offers the opportunity for a division to be backed by the company but not be affected by the parent company's image or history, giving potential to take existing ideas that had been languishing in an old environment and help them grow in a new environment.

-From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_spin-off

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