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In practice that's often not how that works, though. I had a company I have shares in that split in two and they gave me a choice, either convert my shares to
by throwaway2016a 9y ago
In practice that's often not how that works, though.
I had a company I have shares in that split in two and they gave me a choice, either convert my shares to the new company or keep them in the existing company. I didn't automatically get shares in the new company and if I opted too I would have lost the shares in the original company.
- abduhl 9y agoWhat company was this? I have literally never heard of a spin off that did not result in a stockholder getting ownership of the parent and spin off, or the stockholder retaining ownership of one company and being paid out for the value of their ownership in the other company. Was this a publicly traded company?
- kgwgk 9y agoIt's not the most usual mechanism, but it exists: http://www.spinoffresearch.com/spin-off-mechanics/split-offs http://www.spinoffresearch.com/spin-off-mechanics/split-offs Edit: usually (always?) the exchange is preceded by a partial IPO (or a stake in a quoted company exists for some reason) and they are distributing the remaining shares.
- throwaway2016a 9y agoPfizer, although I only owned a few shares so I didn't follow up. Doing some quick searches it seems the spin-off might have been halted.