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      "text": "Third Point has seen countless examples of large conglomerates that struggled until they streamlined their portfolios. We've observed that the best way to achieve long-term success and full value for a company is to: Fully separate businesses with dissimilar capital intensity, cyclicality and customer bases; Properly incentivize leadership at each business; Articulate clear capital allocation priorities for each business",
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      "text": "In our experience, full spin-offs to existing shareholders are the best way to close conglomerate discounts, while selling minority stakes to “spotlight” value has poor results: While the IPO of a subsidiary can achieve some of the stated goals of a spin-off, the parent company may continue to trade at a substantial discount; Selling a minority stake to a 3rd party achieves none of the above objectives, and also fails to solve the conglomerate discount problem.",
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