We investigate whether divestitures are associated with changes in operating performance. We evaluate the total operating performance of a pro-forma combination of seller and buyer firm in each divestiture and of the seller and buyer firms separately. We control for industry performance,...

This paper uses an event study approach to examine the performance improvements accruing to those UK firms making assets sales in a single divestiture. It is found that a divestiture announcement leads to an increase in shareholders' wealth of between 0.81% and 1.04% depending on the expected...