Close the merger with WPX Energy

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 28 Sep 2020
Due: 31 Mar 2021
Delivered: 7 Jan 2021

Deadline
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Today

What the company said

“The transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021”

SourceDevon Energy Form 8-K press release, 2020-09-28
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin the first quarter of 2021
Deadline used31 Mar 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeTransaction
Permanent referenceKI-C-2020-DVN-008817
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2020-DVN-008817/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Devon Energy completed its merger with WPX Energy on January 7, 2021, which is within the first quarter of 2021.

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Devon Energy 10-Q filed 2021-05-05 Regulatory filing · published 5 May 2021 · retrieved 13 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint ac3fd6f5a902
“On January 7, 2021, Devon and WPX completed an all-stock merger of equals.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +10.2% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (4 May 2021 to 7 May 2021). 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 +1917 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 28 Sep 2020

Deadline 31 Mar 2021 (“in the first quarter of 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 2 Feb 2026

Deadline 30 Jun 2026 (“in the second quarter of 2026”) · wording expected

“The transaction, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026”
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 WPX Energy
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High
Conditional: Yes: subject to customary closing conditions; approvals by Devon and WPX shareholders
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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