divestitures
Shedding owned assets
Divestitures are acts of selling off or disposing of assets, subsidiaries, or business units.
Companies pursue divestitures to raise capital, shed unprofitable operations, or satisfy antitrust regulators: The merger was approved on condition of divestitures in three regional markets.
The singular divestiture is more common; the plural appears when multiple sales occur.
Derived work from original
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
conglomerate · buyouts · liquidation · carve-out · sell-off · demerger · unbundling · breakup
Exchange for payment
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- buyerOne who acquires things
- dealAgreement or distribution
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
negotiation · bid · contract · valuation · proceeds · acquirer · closing · due diligence
Property one owns
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- portfolioCollected works or assets
shares · property · real estate · patents · trademarks · intellectual property · bonds · stocks
Against corporate market dominance
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- FTCCommerce regulatory agency
competition · consent decree · remedies · enforcement · mandate · regulators · clearance · review
Rearranging an existing framework
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- realignmentAdjusting relative positions
- focusConcentrated attention point
exit · streamlining · rebalancing · value creation · capital allocation · prioritization · repositioning · concentration
spinoff
Derived work from original
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
subsidiaries · conglomerate · buyouts · liquidation · carve-out · sell-off · demerger · unbundling · breakup · separation
sale
Exchange for payment
purchase · negotiation · bid · contract · valuation · proceeds · acquirer · closing · due diligence · tender offer
holdings
Property one owns
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
portfolio · shares · property · real estate · patents · trademarks · intellectual property · bonds · stocks · interests
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- approvalFavorable opinion given
FTC · competition · consent decree · remedies · enforcement · mandate · regulators · clearance · review · ruling
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- realignmentAdjusting relative positions
focus · exit · streamlining · rebalancing · value creation · capital allocation · prioritization · repositioning · concentration · simplification
- corporate strategymergers, acquisitions, synergies, synergy, takeovers
- strategic managementstrategic planning, strategic objectives, strategic management, corporate strategy, business strategy
- restructuringrestructuring, reorganization, consolidation, turnaround, Chapter 11
- antitrustantitrust, price fixing, cartel, collusion, antitrust laws
divestituresacquisitions
Things newly gained
purchases · buyouts · takeovers · investments · procurements
divestituresmergers
Corporate consolidations
consolidations · integrations · conglomerations · amalgamations · combinations