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Carve-out
The separation of a business unit from its parent into a standalone company, usually sold to private equity or a strategic buyer. It requires disentangling shared fabs, IT, IP and customer contracts under transition service agreements.
- Also known as
- Divestiture, Spin-off
- Type
- Business
- Domain
- Business & Market, Corporate finance
Notes
Nexperia from NXP, Ampleon from NXP and Intel's NAND sale to SK hynix are well-known semiconductor carve-outs.
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