December 19, 2020: IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) and Match Group (MTCH) announced the entry into a definitive agreement providing for the full separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC. The agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of each of IAC and Match Group, and was recommended to the Board of Directors of Match Group by a special committee made up of disinterested directors. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020 and result in IAC and Match Group becoming two independent thriving public companies.

December 15, 2020: IFF (IFF) and DuPont (DD) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of IFF and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction.

December 4, 2019: Verint® Systems (VRNT) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved proceeding with a plan to separate Verint into two independent companies: one of which will consist of its customer engagement business, and one of which will consist of its cyber intelligence business. Verint expects to complete the separation shortly after the end of Verint’s next fiscal year ending January 31, 2021.

November 13, 2019: American Outdoor Brands Corporation (AOBC) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved proceeding with a plan to spin-off its outdoor products and accessories business as a tax-free stock dividend to its stockholders. The proposed transaction, which is expected to be completed in the second half of calendar 2020, would create two independent publicly traded companies: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (which would encompass the firearm business) and American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (which would encompass the outdoor products and accessories business).

November 11, 2019: SunPower (SPWR) announced plans to separate into two independent, complementary, strategically-aligned and publicly-traded companies – SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies. SunPower expects to complete the separation and Maxeon Solar capital injection in the second quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions.

November 7, 2019: Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) announced the completion of its strategic review and its plan to spin-off the company's Global Connect business, creating two independent, publicly traded companies—the Global Media business and the Global Connect business—each of which will have sharper strategic focus and greater opportunity to leverage its unique competitive advantages. Nielsen currently expects the spin-off transaction to be completed in nine to twelve months

October 31, 2019: Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) announced its intention to separate Speedway into an independent, publicly traded company.

July 29, 2019: Mylan (MYL) and Pfizer (PFE) announced a definitive agreement to combine Mylan with Upjohn, Pfizer’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, creating a new global pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the agreement, which is structured as an all-stock, Reverse Morris Trust transaction, each Mylan share would be converted into one share of the new company. Pfizer shareholders would own 57% of the combined new company, and Mylan shareholders would own 43%.

November 12, 2019: Mylan (MYL) and Pfizer (PFE) announced that the name of the new company to be formed by the planned combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a division of Pfizer, will be Viatris.

July 24, 2019: Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) announced its intention to pursue a tax-free spin-off of its Conifer business as a separate, independent publicly traded company. The company expects to complete the spin-off by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

July 15, 2019: Ardagh Group (ARD) announced that it has entered into an agreement to combine its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with the business of Exal Corporation to form Trivium Packaging.

July 15, 2019: Taronis Technologies (TRNX) announced its intention to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary, Taronis Fuels, Inc.

Update(s)

On August 21, 2019, the Company was notified by the Nasdaq Capital Market that the Company needed to revised the record date for the Company’s proposed spin-off of Taronis Fuels, Inc. because Nasdaq is unable to process reverse stock splits while spin-offs are pending. Due to this last-minute request by Nasdaq, the Company has reset the record date for the spin-off of Taronis Fuels to November 5, 2019, which is the date Taronis Fuel’s Form 10 will go effective, assuming it is filed on September 6, 2019.

June 17, 2019: AECOM (ACM) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to pursue a spin-off of the Company’s Management Services segment into a leading, standalone government services company. The transaction is currently expected to be completed in the second half of fiscal 2020.

May 9, 2019: TiVo Corporation (TIVO) reported that the Company’s Board has unanimously approved a plan to separate its Product and IP Licensing businesses.

April 30, 2019: Gardner Denver Holdings (GDI) and Ingersoll-Rand (IR) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Ingersoll Rand will separate its Industrial segment (“Ingersoll Rand Industrial”) by way of a spin-off to Ingersoll Rand’s shareholders and then combine it with Gardner Denver. The transaction will be effected through a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction pursuant to which Ingersoll Rand Industrial is expected to be spun-off to Ingersoll Rand’s shareholders and simultaneously merged with and surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gardner Denver.

July 1, 2019: The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”) for the proposed combination of the Industrial segment of Ingersoll-Rand (IR) with Gardner Denver Holding(GDI) has expired. Expiration of the HSR Act waiting period satisfies one of the conditions to closing of the transaction. The transaction, which is expected to close by early 2020, remains subject to other closing conditions, including approval by Gardner Denver stockholders, other regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

March 1, 2019: Eaton Corp (ETN) said that it would spin-off its lighting business unit, which makes LED lighting and controls. The spin-off, which is aimed at creating an independent, publicly traded company, is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

February 8, 2019: Arconic (ARNC) announced that the portfolio of the company will be separated into Engineered Products & Forgings and Global Rolled Products, with a spin-off of one of the businesses. The Company will also consider the sale of businesses that do not best fit into Engineered Products & Forgings or Global Rolled Products.

February 4, 2019: Ecolab (ECL) announced that it plans to spin off its Upstream energy businesses as a standalone publicly-traded company. Ecolab currently expects that the transaction will be completed by mid-year 2020.

January 7, 2019: MYnd Analytics (MYND) intends to transfer all of its assets (including cash and its equity interest in Arcadian Telepsychiatry Services, LLC) and liabilities into its wholly-owned subsidiary, MYnd Analytics California, and to distribute the shares of MYnd Analytics California to MYnd Analytics’ shareholders as of a record date prior to the merger, which will be set prior to the merger effective time.

December 13, 2018: General Electric (GE) announced plans to spin off its GE Digital business and establish an independent internet of things company, built around several GE Digital technologies.

December 6, 2019: Mallinckrodt (MNK) announced plans to spin off a new company consisting of Mallinckrodt’s Specialty Generics/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (Specialty Generics) business and AMITIZA® (lubiprostone) to Mallinckrodt shareholders, subject to final Board approval.

November 27, 2018: DPW Holdings (DPW) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the officers of DPW to pursue a spinoff of DPW’s wholly-owned subsidiary Super Crypto Mining, Inc.

November 27, 2018: Capital Product Partners (CPLP) and DSS Holdings have entered into a definitive transaction agreement pursuant to which CPLP has agreed to spin off its crude and product tanker business into a separate publicly listed company, which will merge with DSS’ businesses and operations in a share-for-share transaction. The new company, to be called Diamond S Shipping Inc.

March 8, 2019: Capital Product Partners (CPLP) announced that its Board of Directors has established March 19, 2019 as the record date for the previously announced spin-off of its crude and product tanker business into a separate publicly listed company, Diamond S Shipping (“DSSI”).

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

Update(s)

September 16, 2019: Carrier appointed Tim McLevish as chief financial officer as it prepares to become a public company after completing its separation from United Technologies Corp (UTX).

November 7, 2018: Zayo Group Holdings (ZAYO) announced it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one to focus on providing core communications infrastructure and another to leverage infrastructure to provide solutions for a broad set of enterprise customers.

November 7, 2018: Zayo Group Holdings (ZAYO) announced it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one to focus on providing core communications infrastructure and another to leverage infrastructure to provide solutions for a broad set of enterprise customers.

October 23, 2018: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that its Board of Directors preliminarily has approved a plan to create a vertically integrated film production, marketing and exhibition company. To do this, HMNY would create a new subsidiary named MoviePass Entertainment Holdings Inc. that would take ownership of the shares of MoviePass Inc. and other film related assets held by HMNY.

January 17, 2019: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that MoviePass Entertainment Holdings Inc. , a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of HMNY that would take ownership of the shares of MoviePass Inc. and other film related assets held by HMNY, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed distribution by HMNY of a minority of the shares of MoviePass Entertainment common stock held by HMNY as a dividend to stockholders of HMNY as of a record date that is yet to be determined.

August 9, 2018: Perrigo Company (PRGO) announced that its Board of Directors approved a plan to separate the Company's Prescription Pharmaceuticals (Rx) business following the Company's previously announced strategic portfolio review.

June 26, 2018: GE (GE) announced the results of its strategic review. GE will focus on Aviation, Power and Renewable Energy, creating a simpler, stronger, leading high-tech Industrial company. In addition to the pending combination of its Transportation business with Wabtec, GE plans to separate GE Healthcare into a standalone company, pursue an orderly separation from BHGE over the next two to three years, make its corporate structure leaner and substantially reduce debt. GE’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the plans announced today.

April 10, 2018: Tenneco (TEN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul. Federal-Mogul is being acquired from Icahn Enterprises L.P. for a total consideration of $5.4 billion to be funded through cash, Tenneco equity and assumption of debt. Tenneco also announced its intention to separate the combined businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to shareholders that will establish an aftermarket & ride performance company and a powertrain technology company. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and other customary closing conditions, with the separation occurring in the second half of 2019.

April 10, 2018: Tenneco (TEN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul. Federal-Mogul is being acquired from Icahn Enterprises L.P. for a total consideration of $5.4 billion to be funded through cash, Tenneco equity and assumption of debt. Tenneco also announced its intention to separate the combined businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to shareholders that will establish an aftermarket & ride performance company and a powertrain technology company. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and other customary closing conditions, with the separation occurring in the second half of 2019.

February 15, 2019: Tenneco (TEN) announced that DRiV Incorporated will be the name of the future publicly traded Aftermarket and Ride Performance company that will launch in the second half of this year, following Tenneco’s separation into two independent companies.

March 15, 2018: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zone Technologies, Inc. (“Zone”). Following the spin-off, Zone would become an independent publicly traded company that HMNY expects to also be listed on Nasdaq.

February 26, 2018: Deutsche Bank (DB) is poised to take the most tangible step so far in its reorganization with the stock market spinoff of its DWS fund management group as early as next month.

February 20, 2018: The Board of Directors of Long Blockchain (LBCC) has approved it’s Management’s intentions to pursue a spin-off of the Company’s existing beverage subsidiary, Long Island Brand Beverages, LLC (“LIBB”).  The Company aims to structure and complete the proposed spin-off during the second quarter of 2018, with the intention to maintain a public listing for the beverage business.

September 20, 2019: Long Blockchain (LBCC) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its wholly-owned beverage subsidiary, Long Island Brand Beverages LLC (“LIBB”), to ECC Ventures 2 Corp.

February 8, 2018: DryShips (DRYS), a diversified owner of ocean going cargo vessels, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gas Ships Limited Inc., ("Gas Ships Limited") has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.  The filing relates to the Company's spin off of its gas carrier business from the Company. In the spin-off, DryShips will distribute to holders of its common stock 49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Gas Ships Limited's common stock.  Following the spin-off, Gas Ships Limited will be a publicly-traded company, and DryShips will retain a 51% ownership interest in Gas Ships Limited.

December 27, 2017: Workhorse Group (WKHS), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric mobility solutions to the transportation sector, announced its intention to spin off its aviation division, which includes its SureFlyTM personal helicopter, into a separate publicly traded company named SureFly, Inc.

On December 21, 2017, Array BioPharma (ARRY) contributed certain rights and assets related to its ARRY-797 drug program, including all patents, patent applications and other intellectual property rights, pre-clinical and clinical data, regulatory submissions, inventory, contracts, equipment and books and records related to its ARRY-797 drug program (the “797 Assets”), to Yarra Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Array (“Yarra”).

September 25, 2017: Pfizer (PFE) announced that it will spin off four experimental drugs that it had decided to shelve into a new company, called SpringWorks Therapeutics that will eventually go public, to give them a better chance to get developed with the backing of outside investors including Bain Capital.

September 3, 2019: SpringWorks Therapeutics plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol SWTX. J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Cowen are the joint bookrunners on the deal. It is expected to price on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

September 11, 2015: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has approved the spin-off of its sports and entertainment businesses from its media business. Upon completion of the transaction, MSG will be a standalone media company and will change its name to MSG Networks Inc. and the newly formed sports and entertainment company will be called The Madison Square Garden Company ("Madison Square Garden Company").

June 27, 2018: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to explore a possible spin-off that would separate its sports businesses from its entertainment businesses, creating two distinct publicly traded companies.

October 4, 2018: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that it has made important progress towards the potential spin-off of its sports business by filing a confidential initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

November 7, 2019: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved pursuing a revised plan for the proposed separation of its sports and entertainment businesses. The Company is now pursuing a spin-off of its entertainment businesses into a separately traded public company and, as part of this revised structure, the entertainment company would not retain an equity interest in the sports company. The proposed transaction is still expected to be completed during the first quarter of calendar 2020, subject to certain conditions.

December 3, 2019: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that it has filed a confidential initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the proposed spin-off of its entertainment business. The filing represents a significant milestone with regard to completing the transaction, which the Company continues to expect will take place in the first quarter of calendar 2020, subject to certain conditions.

This is a partial spinoff.

August 7, 2017: Payment of the cash dividend and the distribution of shares are expected to be on or about August 31, 2017 to shareholders of record August 14, 2017. (NAT) will distribute one (NAO) share per 24.4 NAT shares. NAT will not distribute fractional NAO shares. Fractional shares will be compensated by a cash dividend based on the NAO closing price on July 20, 2017, which was $1.22.

December 19, 2020: IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) and Match Group (MTCH) announced the entry into a definitive agreement providing for the full separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC. The agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of each of IAC and Match Group, and was recommended to the Board of Directors of Match Group by a special committee made up of disinterested directors. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020 and result in IAC and Match Group becoming two independent thriving public companies.

December 15, 2020: IFF (IFF) and DuPont (DD) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of IFF and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction.

December 4, 2019: Verint® Systems (VRNT) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved proceeding with a plan to separate Verint into two independent companies: one of which will consist of its customer engagement business, and one of which will consist of its cyber intelligence business. Verint expects to complete the separation shortly after the end of Verint’s next fiscal year ending January 31, 2021.

November 13, 2019: American Outdoor Brands Corporation (AOBC) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved proceeding with a plan to spin-off its outdoor products and accessories business as a tax-free stock dividend to its stockholders. The proposed transaction, which is expected to be completed in the second half of calendar 2020, would create two independent publicly traded companies: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (which would encompass the firearm business) and American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (which would encompass the outdoor products and accessories business).

November 11, 2019: SunPower (SPWR) announced plans to separate into two independent, complementary, strategically-aligned and publicly-traded companies – SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies. SunPower expects to complete the separation and Maxeon Solar capital injection in the second quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions.

November 7, 2019: Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) announced the completion of its strategic review and its plan to spin-off the company's Global Connect business, creating two independent, publicly traded companies—the Global Media business and the Global Connect business—each of which will have sharper strategic focus and greater opportunity to leverage its unique competitive advantages. Nielsen currently expects the spin-off transaction to be completed in nine to twelve months

October 31, 2019: Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) announced its intention to separate Speedway into an independent, publicly traded company.

July 29, 2019: Mylan (MYL) and Pfizer (PFE) announced a definitive agreement to combine Mylan with Upjohn, Pfizer’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, creating a new global pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the agreement, which is structured as an all-stock, Reverse Morris Trust transaction, each Mylan share would be converted into one share of the new company. Pfizer shareholders would own 57% of the combined new company, and Mylan shareholders would own 43%.

November 12, 2019: Mylan (MYL) and Pfizer (PFE) announced that the name of the new company to be formed by the planned combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a division of Pfizer, will be Viatris.

July 24, 2019: Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) announced its intention to pursue a tax-free spin-off of its Conifer business as a separate, independent publicly traded company. The company expects to complete the spin-off by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

July 15, 2019: Ardagh Group (ARD) announced that it has entered into an agreement to combine its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with the business of Exal Corporation to form Trivium Packaging.

July 15, 2019: Taronis Technologies (TRNX) announced its intention to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary, Taronis Fuels, Inc.

Update(s)

On August 21, 2019, the Company was notified by the Nasdaq Capital Market that the Company needed to revised the record date for the Company’s proposed spin-off of Taronis Fuels, Inc. because Nasdaq is unable to process reverse stock splits while spin-offs are pending. Due to this last-minute request by Nasdaq, the Company has reset the record date for the spin-off of Taronis Fuels to November 5, 2019, which is the date Taronis Fuel’s Form 10 will go effective, assuming it is filed on September 6, 2019.

June 17, 2019: AECOM (ACM) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to pursue a spin-off of the Company’s Management Services segment into a leading, standalone government services company. The transaction is currently expected to be completed in the second half of fiscal 2020.

May 9, 2019: TiVo Corporation (TIVO) reported that the Company’s Board has unanimously approved a plan to separate its Product and IP Licensing businesses.

April 30, 2019: Gardner Denver Holdings (GDI) and Ingersoll-Rand (IR) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Ingersoll Rand will separate its Industrial segment (“Ingersoll Rand Industrial”) by way of a spin-off to Ingersoll Rand’s shareholders and then combine it with Gardner Denver. The transaction will be effected through a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction pursuant to which Ingersoll Rand Industrial is expected to be spun-off to Ingersoll Rand’s shareholders and simultaneously merged with and surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gardner Denver.

July 1, 2019: The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”) for the proposed combination of the Industrial segment of Ingersoll-Rand (IR) with Gardner Denver Holding(GDI) has expired. Expiration of the HSR Act waiting period satisfies one of the conditions to closing of the transaction. The transaction, which is expected to close by early 2020, remains subject to other closing conditions, including approval by Gardner Denver stockholders, other regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

March 1, 2019: Eaton Corp (ETN) said that it would spin-off its lighting business unit, which makes LED lighting and controls. The spin-off, which is aimed at creating an independent, publicly traded company, is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

February 8, 2019: Arconic (ARNC) announced that the portfolio of the company will be separated into Engineered Products & Forgings and Global Rolled Products, with a spin-off of one of the businesses. The Company will also consider the sale of businesses that do not best fit into Engineered Products & Forgings or Global Rolled Products.

February 4, 2019: Ecolab (ECL) announced that it plans to spin off its Upstream energy businesses as a standalone publicly-traded company. Ecolab currently expects that the transaction will be completed by mid-year 2020.

January 7, 2019: MYnd Analytics (MYND) intends to transfer all of its assets (including cash and its equity interest in Arcadian Telepsychiatry Services, LLC) and liabilities into its wholly-owned subsidiary, MYnd Analytics California, and to distribute the shares of MYnd Analytics California to MYnd Analytics’ shareholders as of a record date prior to the merger, which will be set prior to the merger effective time.

December 13, 2018: General Electric (GE) announced plans to spin off its GE Digital business and establish an independent internet of things company, built around several GE Digital technologies.

December 6, 2019: Mallinckrodt (MNK) announced plans to spin off a new company consisting of Mallinckrodt’s Specialty Generics/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (Specialty Generics) business and AMITIZA® (lubiprostone) to Mallinckrodt shareholders, subject to final Board approval.

November 27, 2018: DPW Holdings (DPW) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the officers of DPW to pursue a spinoff of DPW’s wholly-owned subsidiary Super Crypto Mining, Inc.

November 27, 2018: Capital Product Partners (CPLP) and DSS Holdings have entered into a definitive transaction agreement pursuant to which CPLP has agreed to spin off its crude and product tanker business into a separate publicly listed company, which will merge with DSS’ businesses and operations in a share-for-share transaction. The new company, to be called Diamond S Shipping Inc.

March 8, 2019: Capital Product Partners (CPLP) announced that its Board of Directors has established March 19, 2019 as the record date for the previously announced spin-off of its crude and product tanker business into a separate publicly listed company, Diamond S Shipping (“DSSI”).

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

November 26, 2018: United Technologies (UTX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (COL) and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global, industry-leading companies.

Update(s)

September 16, 2019: Carrier appointed Tim McLevish as chief financial officer as it prepares to become a public company after completing its separation from United Technologies Corp (UTX).

November 7, 2018: Zayo Group Holdings (ZAYO) announced it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one to focus on providing core communications infrastructure and another to leverage infrastructure to provide solutions for a broad set of enterprise customers.

November 7, 2018: Zayo Group Holdings (ZAYO) announced it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one to focus on providing core communications infrastructure and another to leverage infrastructure to provide solutions for a broad set of enterprise customers.

October 23, 2018: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that its Board of Directors preliminarily has approved a plan to create a vertically integrated film production, marketing and exhibition company. To do this, HMNY would create a new subsidiary named MoviePass Entertainment Holdings Inc. that would take ownership of the shares of MoviePass Inc. and other film related assets held by HMNY.

January 17, 2019: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that MoviePass Entertainment Holdings Inc. , a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of HMNY that would take ownership of the shares of MoviePass Inc. and other film related assets held by HMNY, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed distribution by HMNY of a minority of the shares of MoviePass Entertainment common stock held by HMNY as a dividend to stockholders of HMNY as of a record date that is yet to be determined.

August 9, 2018: Perrigo Company (PRGO) announced that its Board of Directors approved a plan to separate the Company's Prescription Pharmaceuticals (Rx) business following the Company's previously announced strategic portfolio review.

June 26, 2018: GE (GE) announced the results of its strategic review. GE will focus on Aviation, Power and Renewable Energy, creating a simpler, stronger, leading high-tech Industrial company. In addition to the pending combination of its Transportation business with Wabtec, GE plans to separate GE Healthcare into a standalone company, pursue an orderly separation from BHGE over the next two to three years, make its corporate structure leaner and substantially reduce debt. GE’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the plans announced today.

April 10, 2018: Tenneco (TEN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul. Federal-Mogul is being acquired from Icahn Enterprises L.P. for a total consideration of $5.4 billion to be funded through cash, Tenneco equity and assumption of debt. Tenneco also announced its intention to separate the combined businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to shareholders that will establish an aftermarket & ride performance company and a powertrain technology company. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and other customary closing conditions, with the separation occurring in the second half of 2019.

April 10, 2018: Tenneco (TEN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul. Federal-Mogul is being acquired from Icahn Enterprises L.P. for a total consideration of $5.4 billion to be funded through cash, Tenneco equity and assumption of debt. Tenneco also announced its intention to separate the combined businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to shareholders that will establish an aftermarket & ride performance company and a powertrain technology company. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and other customary closing conditions, with the separation occurring in the second half of 2019.

February 15, 2019: Tenneco (TEN) announced that DRiV Incorporated will be the name of the future publicly traded Aftermarket and Ride Performance company that will launch in the second half of this year, following Tenneco’s separation into two independent companies.

March 15, 2018: Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zone Technologies, Inc. (“Zone”). Following the spin-off, Zone would become an independent publicly traded company that HMNY expects to also be listed on Nasdaq.

February 26, 2018: Deutsche Bank (DB) is poised to take the most tangible step so far in its reorganization with the stock market spinoff of its DWS fund management group as early as next month.

February 20, 2018: The Board of Directors of Long Blockchain (LBCC) has approved it’s Management’s intentions to pursue a spin-off of the Company’s existing beverage subsidiary, Long Island Brand Beverages, LLC (“LIBB”).  The Company aims to structure and complete the proposed spin-off during the second quarter of 2018, with the intention to maintain a public listing for the beverage business.

September 20, 2019: Long Blockchain (LBCC) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its wholly-owned beverage subsidiary, Long Island Brand Beverages LLC (“LIBB”), to ECC Ventures 2 Corp.

February 8, 2018: DryShips (DRYS), a diversified owner of ocean going cargo vessels, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gas Ships Limited Inc., ("Gas Ships Limited") has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.  The filing relates to the Company's spin off of its gas carrier business from the Company. In the spin-off, DryShips will distribute to holders of its common stock 49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Gas Ships Limited's common stock.  Following the spin-off, Gas Ships Limited will be a publicly-traded company, and DryShips will retain a 51% ownership interest in Gas Ships Limited.

December 27, 2017: Workhorse Group (WKHS), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric mobility solutions to the transportation sector, announced its intention to spin off its aviation division, which includes its SureFlyTM personal helicopter, into a separate publicly traded company named SureFly, Inc.

On December 21, 2017, Array BioPharma (ARRY) contributed certain rights and assets related to its ARRY-797 drug program, including all patents, patent applications and other intellectual property rights, pre-clinical and clinical data, regulatory submissions, inventory, contracts, equipment and books and records related to its ARRY-797 drug program (the “797 Assets”), to Yarra Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Array (“Yarra”).

September 25, 2017: Pfizer (PFE) announced that it will spin off four experimental drugs that it had decided to shelve into a new company, called SpringWorks Therapeutics that will eventually go public, to give them a better chance to get developed with the backing of outside investors including Bain Capital.

September 3, 2019: SpringWorks Therapeutics plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol SWTX. J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Cowen are the joint bookrunners on the deal. It is expected to price on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

September 11, 2015: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has approved the spin-off of its sports and entertainment businesses from its media business. Upon completion of the transaction, MSG will be a standalone media company and will change its name to MSG Networks Inc. and the newly formed sports and entertainment company will be called The Madison Square Garden Company ("Madison Square Garden Company").

June 27, 2018: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to explore a possible spin-off that would separate its sports businesses from its entertainment businesses, creating two distinct publicly traded companies.

October 4, 2018: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that it has made important progress towards the potential spin-off of its sports business by filing a confidential initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

November 7, 2019: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved pursuing a revised plan for the proposed separation of its sports and entertainment businesses. The Company is now pursuing a spin-off of its entertainment businesses into a separately traded public company and, as part of this revised structure, the entertainment company would not retain an equity interest in the sports company. The proposed transaction is still expected to be completed during the first quarter of calendar 2020, subject to certain conditions.

December 3, 2019: The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced that it has filed a confidential initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the proposed spin-off of its entertainment business. The filing represents a significant milestone with regard to completing the transaction, which the Company continues to expect will take place in the first quarter of calendar 2020, subject to certain conditions.

This is a partial spinoff.

August 7, 2017: Payment of the cash dividend and the distribution of shares are expected to be on or about August 31, 2017 to shareholders of record August 14, 2017. (NAT) will distribute one (NAO) share per 24.4 NAT shares. NAT will not distribute fractional NAO shares. Fractional shares will be compensated by a cash dividend based on the NAO closing price on July 20, 2017, which was $1.22.