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Non-Tech : SPIN-OFFS "secret hiding places of stock market profits"

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To: Stewart Whitman who wrote (471)5/28/2001 1:44:42 PM
From: Stewart Whitman  Read Replies (3) of 1185
 
A summary of spin-off information gathered thru 05/28/01.

Stew

Spin-offs In Progress:
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Mercury Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MAX) spinning off MercFuel, Inc - 08/01:
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Sulzer Medica (NYSE:SM) spinning off industrial businesses - 08/01:
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) spinning off Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) - Q3 '01:

Aon Corp. (NYSE:AOC) spinning off Combined Specialty Corp. - Late '01:
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Inverness Medical Technology (AMEX:IMA) spinning off women's health, nutritional supplements, clinical diagnostics - Q4 '01:
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Magna International (NYSE:MGA) spinning off interiors/assembly/powertrain segments - ?:

New Announcements:

ESS Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESST) spinning off Vialta - '01:
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Sea Containers (NYSE:SCRA) spinning off Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE:OEH) - '01:
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UtiliCorp United Inc. (NYSE:UCU) spinning off Aquila Energy Corp. (NYSE:ILA) - '01:
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Rockwell International (NYSE:ROK) spinning off Rockwell Collins - 06/01:
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Conexant Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT) spinning off Mindspeed Technologies (NASDAQ:MSPD) - 07/01:
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Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) spinning off Certegy - 07/01:
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AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE) - Summer '01:
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AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off Liberty Media Group (NYSE:LMGA) - Summer '01:
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Kaneb Services, Inc. (NYSE:KAB) spinning off pipeline, terminaling, & product marketing LLC (NYSE:KSL) - Summer '01:
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AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off AT&T Consumer (long-distance tracking stock) - Q3 '01:
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Millipore (NYSE:MIL) spinning off Mykrolis Corp. - Q3 '01:
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FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) spinning off FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) - Late '01:
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Reliant Energy Inc. (NYSE:REI) spinning off Reliant Resources Inc. (NYSE:RRI) - Late '01:
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Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) spinning off Agere Systems Inc. (NYSE:AGRA) - 09/01:
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Thermo Electron (NYSE:TMO) spinning off Viasys Healthcare Inc. - H2 '01:
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MRV Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVC) spinning off Luminent Inc. (NASDAQ:LMNE) - Fall '01:
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Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) spinning off integrated circuits/system software - Fall '01:
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Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE:EMN) spinning off PET Plastics and Acetate Fibers - Q4 '01:
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AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off AT&T Broadband - '02:
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Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Riverstone Networks (NASDAQ:RSTN) - ?:
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U.S. Industries, Inc. (NYSE:USI) spinning off Lighting Corp. of America (NYSE:LXA) - H1 '01:

Unitrin, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) spinning off Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE:CW) - H1 '01:

WorldCom (NASDAQ:WCOM) spinning off MCI (tracking stock) (NASDAQ:MCIT) - H1 '01:

Quantum Corp.'s DLT and Storage Systems Group (NYSE:DSS) spinning off Snap Appliances, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPA) - '01:

Western Resources (NYSE:WR) spinning off Westar Industries (non-utility assets) - '01:

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) spinning off Office-System business - Q3 '01:

Constellation Energy Group (NYSE:CEG) spinning off BGE Corp. - Late '01:
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Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT) spinning off Direct Alliance Corp. (NASDAQ:DACC) - Late '01:

Thermo Electron (NYSE:TMO) spinning off Thermo Fibertek - H2 '01:

Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off 4 businesses - Fall '01:

AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE:ACO) spinning off Nanocor - ?:

Boundless Corp. (AMEX:BND) spinning off Merinta, Inc. - ?:

Cabletron Systems (NASDAQ:CS) spinning off Aprisma Management Technologies - ?:

Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Enterasys Networks - ?:

Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Global Network Technology Services - ?:

Lynch Corp. (AMEX:LGL) spinning off M-tron - ?:

Spin-offs Completed:
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New:

05/14/01 (NASDAQ:ROXI) Roxio, Inc. - (NASDAQ:ADPT) Adaptec, Inc.
04/02/01 (NYSE:ARB) Arbitron Inc. - (NYSE:CEN) Ceridian Corp.
03/30/01 (NYSE:RMG) Rainbow Media Group (tracking st - (NYSE:CVC) Cablevision Systems Corp.
03/28/01 (NYSE:FLO) Flowers' Foods Inc. - (NYSE:FLO) Flowers Industries
03/01/01 (AMEX:MPX) Marine Products Corp. - (NYSE:RES) RPC, Inc.

Old:

04/30/01 (NASDAQ:STLW) Stratos Lightwave, Inc. - (NASDAQ:METHA) Methode Electronics, Inc.
04/24/01 (NYSE:WCG) Williams Communications Group In - (NYSE:WMB) Williams Cos. Inc.
04/04/01 (NYSE:COH) Coach, Inc. - (NYSE:SLE) Sara Lee Corp.
04/03/01 (NYSE:MIR) Mirant Corp. - (NYSE:SO) Southern Co.
03/06/01 (AMEX:PRW) PracticeWorks - (NASDAQ:VWKS) VitalWorks
02/08/01 (NASDAQ:MCDTA) McData Corp. - (NYSE:EMC) EMC Corp.
02/07/01 (NYSE:AMX) America Movil - (NYSE:TMX) Telmex
02/01/01 (NYSE:GPN) Global Payments Inc. - (NYSE:NDC) National Data Corp.
01/02/01 (NASDAQ:EFDS) eFunds Corp. - (NYSE:DLX) Deluxe Corp.
01/02/01 (NASDAQ:ACLS) Axcelis Technologies, Inc. - (NYSE:ETN) Eaton Corp.

12/22/00 (NYSE:FLR) Fluor Corp. - (NYSE:MEE) A. T. Massey Coal Co.
12/18/00 (NASDAQ:CESI) Catalytica Energy Systems - (NASDAQ:CTAL) Catalytica, Inc.
12/15/00 (NYSE:AET) Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. - (NYSE:AET) Aetna
12/12/00 (NYSE:SYD) Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. - (NYSE:AOT) Apogent Technologies
11/14/00 (NYSE:SYT) Syngenta AG - (NYSE:AZN) AstraZeneca PLC
10/10/00 (NYSE:FLA) Florida East Coast Industries, I - (NYSE:JOE) The St. Joe Company
10/03/00 (NYSE:DNB) Dun & Bradstreet Corp. - (NYSE:MCO) Moody's Corp.
10/02/00 (NASDAQ:CCMP) Cabot Microelectronics Corp. - (NYSE:CBT) Cabot Corp.
10/02/00 (NASDAQ:RETK) Retek Inc. - (NASDAQ:HNCS) HNC Software Inc.
10/02/00 (NYSE:AV) Avaya Inc. - (NYSE:LU) Lucent Technologies
09/01/00 (NASDAQ:SNVT) Synavant Inc. - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health
08/21/00 (NYSE:KME) Key3Media - (NYSE:ZD) Ziff-Davis Inc.
08/18/00 (NASDAQ:MTROA) Metro International S.A. - (NASDAQ:MTGNY) Modern Times Group MTG AB
08/01/00 (NYSE:APW) APW Ltd. - (NYSE:ATU) Actuant Corp.
07/28/00 (NASDAQ:PALM) Palm Inc. - (NASDAQ:COMS) 3Com Corp.
07/13/00 (NYSE:SV) Stilwell Financial - (NYSE:KSU) Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
07/10/00 (NASDAQ:SERA) SeraNova - (NASDAQ:ITIG) Intelligroup, Inc.
07/06/00 (NASDAQ:PFSW) PFSweb Inc. - (NASDAQ:DZTK) Daisytek
06/30/00 (NASDAQ:ANCX) ANC Rental Corp. - (NYSE:AN) AutoNation, Inc.
06/30/00 (NASDAQ:TIGA) Tioga Technologies Ltd. - (NASDAQ:ORCT) Orckit
06/29/00 (NYSE:VC) Visteon Corp. - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co
06/21/00 (NASDAQ:MIPSB) MIPS Technologies - (NYSE:SGI) Silicon Graphics
06/02/00 (NYSE:A) Agilent Technologies - (NYSE:HWP) Hewlett-Packard
05/05/00 (NYSE:NT) Nortel Networks - (NYSE:BCE) BCE
05/03/00 (NASDAQ:CUBE) C-Cube Microsystems - (NASDAQ:HLIT) Harmonic
04/17/00 (NYSE:GRP) Grant Prideco - (NYSE:WFT) Weatherford International, Inc.
04/14/00 (NASDAQ:GSOL) Global Sources - (NYSE:FA) Fairchild Corp.
04/03/00 (NYSE:EW) Edwards Lifesciences - (NYSE:BAX) Baxter International Inc.
04/01/00 (NASDAQ:TRBC) Three Rivers Bancorp, Inc. - (NASDAQ:UBAN) USBANCORP, Inc.
03/31/00 (NYSE:ENR) Energizer Holdings, Inc. - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina Company
03/30/00 (NYSE:ACI) Arch Coal, Inc. - (NYSE:ASH) Ashland Inc.
03/27/00 (AMEX:IPK) Imperial Parking - (NYSE:FUR) First Union Real Estate
03/16/00 (NYSE:TSG) Sabre Holdings Corp. - (NYSE:AMR) AMR Corp.
03/10/00 (NASDAQ:MIEC) MI Entertainment Corp. - (NYSE:MGA) Magna International
02/16/00 (NASDAQ:ELOY) eLoyalty - (NASDAQ:TSCC) Technology Solutions Company

12/31/99 (NASDAQ:CRTK) CoorsTek - (NYSE:GPK) Graphic Packaging International Corp.
12/31/99 (NYSE:RIG) Transocean Sedco Forex - (NYSE:SLB) Schlumberger
12/16/99 (NYSE:HBP) Huttig Building Products - (NYSE:CR) Crane Co.
11/30/99 (NYSE:TDY) Teledyne Technologies - (NYSE:ATI) Allegheny Technologies
11/30/99 (NYSE:PIK) Water Pik Technologies - (NYSE:ATI) Allegheny Technologies
11/05/99 (NYSE:LR) Lanier Worldwide, Inc. - (NYSE:HRS) Harris Corp.
11/05/99 (NYSE:PTV) Pactiv - (NYSE:TEN) Tenneco Automotive
10/25/99 (NYSE:CZ) Celanese AG - Hoechst AG
10/22/99 (NYSE:NMGA) The Neiman Marcus Group - (NYSE:H) Harcourt General, Inc.
10/18/99 (NYSE:CIR) CIRCOR International, Inc. - (NYSE:WTS) Watts
10/12/99 (NYSE:SNH) Senior Housing Properties Trust - (NYSE:HRP) HRPT
10/04/99 (NYSE:OMN) OMNOVA Solutions Inc. - (NYSE:GY) GenCorp
09/28/99 (NASDAQ:VTIV) Ventiv Health, Inc. - (NYSE:SNC) Snyder Communications, Inc.
09/10/99 (NYSE:CJR) Corus Entertainment - (NYSE:SJR) Shaw Communications Inc.
09/01/99 (AMEX:LIC) Lynch Interactive Corp. - (AMEX:LGL) Lynch Corp.
08/24/99 (NYSE:TOO) Too, Inc. (girl's clothing chain - (NYSE:LTD) The Limited
08/08/99 (NASDAQ:SWIM) Anthony & Sylvan Pools - ESSEF
07/26/99 (NYSE:ITB) Gartner Group, Inc. - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health
06/18/99 (NASDAQ:IHCO) Interstate Hotels Corporation - Patriot American Hospitality
06/14/99 (NYSE:RJR) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings I - (NYSE:NGH) Nabisco Group Holdings
06/07/99 uBid, Inc. - (NASDAQ:MALL) Creative Computers, Inc.
05/28/99 (NYSE:DPH) Delphi Automotive - (NYSE:GM) General Motors Corp.
05/12/99 (NASDAQ:LPNT) LifePoint Hospitals - (NYSE:HCA) Columbia/HCA
05/12/99 (NASDAQ:TRIH) Triad Hospitals - (NYSE:HCA) Columbia/HCA
05/03/99 (NASDAQ:VSTR) VoiceStream Wireless - (NASDAQ:WWCA) Western Wireless
04/30/99 (NYSE:GK) GenTek - (NYSE:GCG) General Chemical
04/27/99 (NYSE:ITG) Investment Technology Group - (NYSE:JEF) Jefferies Group
04/06/99 (AMEX:EVRC) Evercel - (NASDAQ:FCEL) FuelCell
04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VARI) Varian Inc. - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems
04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VSEA) Varian Semiconductor Equipment A - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems
03/19/99 (NYSE:PTZ) Pulitzer Publishing - (NYSE:HTV) Hearst Argyle Television
02/08/99 (NASDAQ:ARJ) Arch Chemicals - (NYSE:OLN) Olin
01/20/99 (NASDAQ:MMTM) Momentum - (NASDAQ:PSFT) Peoplesoft
01/04/99 (NYSE:PHCC) Priority Healthcare - (NYSE:BDY) Bindley Western
01/04/99 (NYSE:CVG) Convergys - Cincinnati Bell
01/04/99 (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment - (NYSE:HLT) Hilton Hotels
01/04/99 (NASDAQ:LACO) Lakes Gaming - (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment
01/04/99 PennzEnergy - (NYSE:PZL) Pennzoil Quaker State
01/04/99 (NASDAQ:CNXT) Conexant - (NYSE:ROK) Rockwell International

12/29/98 (NYSE:CLJ) Crestline Capital - (NASDAQ:HMT) Host Marriott
12/16/98 (NASDAQ:HIFN) Hi/FN - (NASDAQ:PRVO) Previo Inc.
11/16/98 (NYSE:BRP) Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:EMT) Embratel - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TSU) Tele Celular Sul - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TRO) Tele Centro Oeste Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TBE) Tele Leste Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TND) Tele Nordeste Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TCN) Tele Norte Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TNE) Tele Norte Leste - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TSD) Tele Sudeste Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TMB) Telemig Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TCP) Telesp Celular - Telebras
11/16/98 (NYSE:TSP) Telesp Participacoes - Telebras
11/06/98 (NYSE:WDR) Waddell & Reed Financial - (NYSE:TMK) Torchmark
10/29/98 (NASDAQ:BVRS) BVR Systems - (NASDAQ:BVRT) BVR Technologies
10/16/98 (NASDAQ:MRYP) Merry Land Properties - Merry Land & Investment
09/28/98 (NYSE:MXT) Metris Companies - Fingerhut Companies
09/28/98 (NASDAQ:AMZ) American Medical Security - (NYSE:UWZ) United Wisconsin
09/24/98 (NASDAQ:LWIN) Leap Wireless International - (NASDAQ:QCOM) Qualcomm
09/15/98 (NYSE:IFS) Insignia Financial Group - (NYSE:AIV) Apartment Investment & Management
09/03/98 Cellular Communications of Puert - (NASDAQ:COMM) CoreComm
09/01/98 (NASDAQ:PPCO) Penwest Pharmaceuticals - (NASDAQ:PENX) Penford
08/19/98 (NASDAQ:CSON) Cohesion Technologies - Collagen Aesthetics
08/10/98 (NYSE:PME) Penton Media - Pittway
08/06/98 Bristol Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:FCH) FelCor Lodging Trust
08/03/98 (NYSE:MMH) MeriStar Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:MHX) MeriStar Hotels
07/02/98 (NASDAQ:JPSP) JPS Packaging - Sealright
07/01/98 Nielsen Media Research - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health
06/29/98 (NYSE:TP) TNT Post Group - (NYSE:KPN) Royal PTT Nederland
06/23/98 (AMEX:AWX) Avalon Holdings - (NYSE:AW) Allied Waste
06/22/98 (NYSE:RHD) R.H. Donnelly - (NYSE:DNB) Dun & Bradstreet
06/18/98 Chicago Title Corp. - (NYSE:Y) Alleghany Corp.
06/18/98 (NASDAQ:MTLX) Marine Transport Corp. - (NYSE:OMM) OMI Corp.
06/16/98 (NASDAQ:CCHE) Clinichem - (NASDAQ:BCHE) Biochem Pharma
06/15/98 (NASDAQ:HGPI) Horizon Group Properties - (NYSE:PRT) Prime Retail
06/10/98 (NASDAQ:AZTC) Aztec Technology Partners - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products
06/10/98 (NASDAQ:FLYR) Navigant International - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products
06/10/98 (NASDAQ:SCHS) School Specialty - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products
06/10/98 (NASDAQ:WORK) Workflow Management - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products
05/13/98 (NYSE:OTL) Octel - (NYSE:GLK) Great Lakes Chemical
05/01/98 Vencor - (NYSE:VTR) Ventas
04/07/98 (NYSE:AFS) Associates First Capital - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co
04/06/98 (NASDAQ:SONO) SonoSite - ATL Ultrasound
04/01/98 (NYSE:LVLT) Level 3 Communications - Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.
03/31/98 (NYSE:MWY) Midway Games - (NYSE:WMS) WMS Industries
03/27/98 (NYSE:SDH) Sodexho Marriott Services - (NYSE:MAR) Marriott International
03/27/98 (NYSE:AGX) Agribrands International - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina
03/13/98 Bolle - Lumen Technologies
03/10/98 (NYSE:VL) Vlasic - (NYSE:CPB) Campbell Soup

Spin-offs Considered:
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New:

Lynch Interactive Corp. (AMEX:LIC) considering spin-off of spectrum & emerging technologies:
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Metromedia International Group, Inc (AMEX:MMG) considering spin-off of Russian and eastern European telephony assets:
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Ambassadors International, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMIE) considering spin-off of Ambassadors Education Group, Inc.:
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New Announcements:

GM (NYSE:GM) considering spin-off of Hughes Electronics Corp. (tracking stock) (NYSE:GMH):
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ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:ICN) considering spin-off of Biotech and International Divisions:
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Old:

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) considering spin-off of Burger King:

Plains Resources (AMEX:PLX) considering spin-off of Energy-related segments:

MRV Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVC) considering spin-off of Optical Access Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXS):

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) considering spin-off of high-growth businesses:

Pharmacia (NYSE:PHA) considering spin-off of Monsanto (NYSE:MON):

FleetBoston Financial (NYSE:FBF) considering spin-off of Robertson Stephens:

Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) considering spin-off of Propel Inc. (NASDAQ:PRPL):

ECI Telecom Ltd. (NASDAQ:ECIL) considering spin-off of individual high growth public companies:

British Telecommunications PLC (NYSE:BTY) considering spin-off of UK network business:

GM (NYSE:GM) considering spin-off of OnStar (tracking stock):

Home Properties (NYSE:HME) considering spin-off of Conifer Realty Corp.:

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) considering spin-off of RoadOne (towing and recovery business):

Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. (NYSE:DPH) considering spin-off of high-tech (e.g. multimedia):

Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) considering spin-off of mixed-use main street retail assets:

Odetics (NASDAQ:ODETA) considering spin-off of Iteris:
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