Restructuring

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Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of partially dismantling or otherwise reorganizing a company (law) for the purpose of making it more efficient and therefore more profitable. It generally involves selling off portions of the company and making severe staff reductions.

Restructuring is often done as part of a bankruptcy or of a takeover by another firm, particularly a leveraged buyout by a private equity firm. It may also be done by a new CEO hired specifically to make the difficult and controversial decisions required to save or reposition the company.

Characteristics The selling-off of portions of the company, such as a division that is no longer profitable or which has distracted management from its core business, can greatly improve the company's balance sheet. Staff reductions are often accomplished partly through the selling or closing of unprofitable portions of the company and partly by consolidating or outsourcing parts of the company that perform redundant functions (such as payroll, human resources, and training) left over from old acquisitions that were never fully integrated into the parent organization.

Other characteristics of restructuring can include:

Changes in corporate management (usually with golden parachutes)
Retention of corporate management sometimes "stay bonus" payments or equity grants
Sale of underutilized assets, such as patents or brands
Outsourcing of operations such as payroll and technical support to a more efficient third party
Moving of operations such as manufacturing to lower-cost locations
Reorganization of functions such as sales, marketing, and distribution
Renegotiation of labor contracts to reduce overhead
Refinancing of corporate debt to reduce interest payments
A major public relations campaign to reposition the company with consumers
Forfeiture of all or part of the ownership share by pre restructuring stock holders (if the remainder represents only a fraction of the original firm, it is termed a stub (stock)).

Results A company that has been restructured effectively will generally be leaner, more efficient, better organized, and better focused on its core business. If the restructured company was a leverage acquisition, the parent company will likely resell it at a profit when the restructuring has proven successful.

References

Infoworld - "HP to slash 14,500 jobs in major restructuring move"
CBC News - "Stelco unveils restructuring plan"
Adelphia corporate restructuring
Zalis is involved in: Critical growth crisis (merger, acquisition…) Turnaround and restructuring situation
Web site of the TRACE Project, a large scale European trade union project that has created a mass of resources, training materials, etc about restructuring
Web site of the MIRE Project (Monitoring Innovative Restructuring in Europe) including thematic analysis and 30 case studies
Interenet Bankruptcy Library