Siemens explores separation for $15 billion healthcare division

Siemens CFO Ralf Thomas expressed the company's continued interest in splitting off Siemens Healthineers, its healthcare division. He said Siemens is exploring three potential paths: a spinoff, an initial public offering or a reverse merger with a public company.

“We're not in a hurry. We don't need to react very quickly,” he said, according to Reuters. “We don't believe that the market environment is going to completely flip overnight. That's why we don't feel under pressure.”

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