• We fulfilled our commitment to shareholders to divest our downstream business by creating a new company.
• Where our competitive position is weak, we have continued to divest assets to help fund more profitable ventures elsewhere.
• performance reports which may signal that it is time to divest rather than invest
• The string of divestments is part of the holding company's effort to lighten its debt load.
• The divestiture of AT&T in 1984 opened up the US telecommunications equipment market.
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The divestment of the US unit will remove a loss and help cut interest payable.
Generally you'd just say that you are selling an asset. The term divestment is more appropriate however in the following contexts:
1) A change in corporate strategy - a firm might say that they are divesting a particular subsidiary to focus on their core business.
2) Social goals - there are many political reasons why investors might reduce investments. A notable example was the withdrawal of American firms from South Africa during apartheid.
вилучення інвестицій; відділення активів; розукрупнення; вилучення капіталу; скорочення вкладень
= divestiture