Close the merger with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 17 Dec 2019
Due: 31 Mar 2021
Delivered: 1 Feb 2021

Deadline
Met
Late
Not met
Today

What the company said

“The parties target closing the deal by the end of the first quarter of 2021.”

SourceInternational Flavors & Fragrances Form 8-K press release, 2019-12-17
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedby the end of the first quarter of 2021
Deadline used31 Mar 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeTransaction
Permanent referenceKI-C-2019-IFF-014929
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2019-IFF-014929/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

International Flavors & Fragrances completed the merger with DuPont's Nutrition & Biosciences business on February 1, 2021, which was prior to the target deadline of March 31, 2021.

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International Flavors & Fragrances 10-Q filed 2021-05-10 Regulatory filing · published 10 May 2021 · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 341575cb62f9
“On February 1, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed the combination (the "Merger") of IFF and DuPont de Numerous, Inc (“DuPont”) nutrition and biosciences business” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -3.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (7 May 2021 to 12 May 2021). What this measures

Checked 18 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

1 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 17 Dec 2019

Deadline 31 Mar 2021 (“by the end of the first quarter of 2021”)
Version 2 · stated 9 Nov 2020

Deadline 31 Mar 2021 (“in the first quarter of 2021”) · wording expected

“we continue to expect to complete the merger in the first quarter of 2021.”
Source for this version
Version 3 · stated 11 Jan 2021

Deadline 1 Feb 2021 (“on February 1, 2021”) · wording expected

“IFF expects to close the transaction on February 1, 2021.”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Merger
Indicative materiality: Transformational rules
Action: Close
Deliverable: Merger with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High
Conditional: Yes: subject to approval by IFF shareholders and other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals
Depends on: Regulatory, Shareholder

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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