Divestiture Can Be Accomplished by

Multiple Choice

Divestiture can be accomplished by

A) selling a business outright.
B) spinning the unwanted business off as a managerially and financially independent company by selling shares to the investing public via an initial public offering of stock.
C) spinning the unwanted business off as a managerially and financially independent company by distributing shares in the new company to existing shareholders of the parent company.
D) All of these.
E) None of these-the best and quickest ways to divest a business are either to close it down or else just walk away and give the keys to creditors.