De-merger

What Does De-merger Mean?
A corporate strategy to sell off subsidiaries or divisions of a company.

Investopedia explains De-merger
For example, in 2001 British Telecom did a de-merger of its mobile phone arm, BT Wireless, in an attempt to boost the performance of its stock. British Telecom took this action because it was struggling under high debt levels from the wireless venture.

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