Antitrust regulatory agencies may make their approval of a merger contingent on the willingness of the merger partners to divest certain businesses.
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Empirical studies show that the desire by parent firms to increase strategic focus is an important motive for exiting businesses.
Divestitures, spin-offs, equity carve-outs, split-ups, and bust-ups are commonly used strategies to exit businesses.
The board of directors of a firm approves an exchange offer in which their shareholders are offered stock in one of the firm's subsidiaries in exchange for their holdings of parent company stock. This offer is best described as a
A. Split-up
B. Split-off
C. Equity carve-out
D. Spin-off
E. Tender offer
The board of directors of a large conglomerate has decided that the investment opportunities for the firm are limited and that greater value could be created for the shareholders if the firm were divided into four independent businesses. Following approval by shareholders, the firm executed this strategy which is best described as a
A. Split-up
B. Split-off
C. Spin-off
D. Equity carveout
E. Reverse merger