Spin-Off

A type of corporate action in which an existing publicly-traded company sells a segment of its assets, or distributes new shares, with the purpose of forming an independent company. Spinoffs are often executed using a rights issue, when new shares are first offered to existing shareholders. If shares in the new independent company remain unclaimed after the rights issue, the company may then choose to offer them to the public.

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