ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC
CompletedFormerly ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC
Spin-offSpun off from SmithKline
The two companies
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- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
- Exchange
- —
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Record date
- June 14, 2002
- Distribution date
- —
- Ratio
- 1:4.5
- Parent sector
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Form
- 10-12B/A
- Filed
- May 24, 2002
Spin-off signals
score 0/4 favorable · factors, not advice- Focus-increasingNo — both Healthcare
Spin-offs into a different sector than the parent (pure-plays) have historically outperformed diversifying ones.
- Tax-basis reportNone found
A Form 8937 (basis allocation) accompanies tax-free §355 spin-offs — favorable for taxable holders.
- Insider buying (post-spin)None recorded
Officers/directors buying their own newly independent shares (Form 4) has historically preceded outperformance.
- Time since spin-off24.0 years
Studies find the spin-off return premium concentrates in roughly the first one to three years.
Factors the spin-off research literature (Greenblatt; Cusatis-Miles-Woolridge; Desai-Jain) associates with outcomes — computed from this company's own SEC filings, shown as factors, not a recommendation. The premium is debated and not guaranteed. How we compute these ↗
Filings & documents
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