- a variation of divestiture.
divestment
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When adjusted for a divestment gain last year and offsetting a stake sale in Indian joint ventures, shareholders’ core net income—also 2.6 billion euros for the quarter—had 10% underlying growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“However, we believe the asset’s modest scale and Sandfire’s more attractive development opportunities increase the likelihood of divestment which has the potential to monetize strategic importance not reflected in our valuation,” analyst Mitch Ryan says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
One of the investment bank’s analysts writes in a note that the divestment will allow the dual-listed breath-tech maker to sharpen its focus and to reallocate capital toward faster-growing core growth areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The divestment monetizes a mature asset and funds shareholder returns that should help support ResMed’s share price, Jellinek tells clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It has been pretended, indeed, that the engagement of a citizen in an enterprise of this nature, was a divestment of the character of citizen, and a transfer of jurisdiction over him to another sovereign.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
