Close the acquisition of E*TRADE
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 20 Feb 2020
- Due
- 31 Dec 2020
- Delivered
- 2 Oct 2020
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approval by E*TRADE shareholders, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Morgan Stanley completed the acquisition of E*TRADE on October 2, 2020, which is within the fourth quarter of 2020 deadline.
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A Morgan Stanley 10-K filed 2021-02-26
“On October 2, 2020, we completed the acquisition of E*TRADE.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -0.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (25 Feb 2021 to 2 Mar 2021). What this measures
Checked 1 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 E*TRADE
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: customary closing conditions; regulatory approvals; approval by E*TRADE 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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