Close the acquisition of Advanced Disposal
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 15 Apr 2019
- Due
- 31 Mar 2020
- Checked
- 13 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close by the first quarter of 2020”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company failed to close the acquisition by the first quarter of 2020, subsequently extending the expected closing date to the third quarter of 2020.
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A Waste Management 8-K filed 2020-06-24
“The Advanced Disposal acquisition, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2020” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (23 Jun 2020 to 26 Jun 2020). What this measures
Checked 13 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.
- Deadline drift +183 days
- 2 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 15 Apr 2019
Deadline 31 Mar 2020 (“by the first quarter of 2020”) · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 24 Jun 2020
Deadline 30 Sep 2020 (“by the end of the third quarter of 2020”) · wording expected
“The Advanced Disposal acquisition, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2020”
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Acquisition of Advanced Disposal
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approval by a majority of the holders of Advanced Disposal’s out
- 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.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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