Spinoff Spotlight

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PENTAIR PLC $72 (New York symbol PNR; Manufacturing Sector; Shares outstanding: 178.3 million; Market cap: $12.8 billion; Dividend yield 2.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.pentair.com) is a diversified industrial manufacturing company that sells to businesses in the food, water and energy markets. On April 30, 2018, Pentair will spin off its electrical unit as nVent Electric plc. That business makes stainless steel, aluminum and non-metallic covers for electrical equipment. Investors will receive one nVent share (New York symbol NVT) for each Pentair share they hold. They will only be liable for capital gains taxes when they sell their new shares. nVent should have annual sales of about $2.1 billion. Following the spinoff, Pentair will focus on its water-related businesses. They make commercial filtration, purification and desalination systems and have annual revenue of $2.8 billion. As part of the spinoff, nVent plans to borrow $1 billion and transfer the money to Pentair. That will let Pentair pay down its own long-term debt of $1.4 billion. Pentair is still…