verb
- past tense and past participle of demerge; separated a company or organization into independent parts
Usage: business; corporate finance
Examples
- The telecommunications giant demerged its mobile division last year.
- After the company demerged, shareholders received stock in both entities.
- The board voted to have the retail operations demerged from the parent company.
- Once demerged, each business unit operated independently.
- The pharmaceutical company successfully demerged its consumer health division.
- Investors were pleased when the conglomerate demerged its underperforming subsidiaries.