Список проголосовавших за комментарий "Philips first revealed its intention to offload the lighting unit in Sep 2014. The IPO brings to an end the 18-month long, unproductive search by Philips for a buyer for its lighting division.<br/> <br/> <p>Philips had argued that the lighting business, which accounted for about a third of group sales but only a quarter of profits, needed independence to invest in developing and marketing programmable lighting systems and related services to corporate customers.</p><p>«The challenges facing Lighting are becoming clearer, but not easier,» wrote Jefferies analysts ahead of the listing.</p><p>«The dominant profit producer, lamps, is in structural decline, LED lamps are inherently more competitive» while home systems are still too small to matter, the analysts said.</p>"