Varian Announces Successful Separation of Imaging Components Business – Varex Imaging

Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced it has successfully completed the separation of its Imaging Components Business, which is now established as Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ: VREX). The transaction was completed via a distribution of Varex stock to Varian stockholders of record on January 20, 2017.

Under the terms of the separation, Varian stockholders received 0.4 shares of Varex for every one share of Varian they held as of the record date of January 20, 2017.  Varex shares were distributed at 12:01 PT on January 28, 2017 in a distribution that is intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Varian has approximately 94 million shares outstanding and Varex has approximately 38 million shares outstanding.  In connection with the separation, Varian received a $200 million cash payment from Varex.

“We are very pleased that we were able to complete this successful separation and create two strong independent companies,” said Dow Wilson, CEO of Varian Medical Systems. “Varian is now focused exclusively on expanding its position as the leader in systems and software for the treatment of cancer. As a cancer-fighting company we are increasing our efforts to make the treatment of cancer more effective, affordable and accessible for patients around the world.”

Varex is focused on being a high-volume manufacturer of X-ray tubes, flat panel detectors and high-voltage connectors as well as a supplier of imaging software and specialized accelerators for high-energy x-ray imaging.

Posted January 30, 2017