Close the acquisition of Eaton Vance
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 8 Oct 2020
- Due
- 30 Jun 2021
- Delivered
- 1 Mar 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Morgan Stanley completed the acquisition of Eaton Vance on March 1, 2021, which is within the expected timeframe of the second quarter of 2021.
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A Morgan Stanley 10-K filed 2022-02-24
“On March 1, 2021, we completed the acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (“Eaton Vance”)” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -6.5% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (23 Feb 2022 to 28 Feb 2022). What this measures
Checked 2 Oct 2026.
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 Eaton Vance
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: customary closing conditions
- 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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