Close the divestiture of assets to GFL Environmental
Delivered after the deadline (30 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 24 Jun 2020
- Due
- 30 Sep 2020
- Delivered
- 30 Oct 2020
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“This divestiture transaction is also expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2020”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The divestiture transaction with GFL Environmental was expected to close by September 30, 2020, but it was not consummated until October 30, 2020, following the closing of the Advanced Disposal acquisition.
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A Waste Management 10-Q filed 2020-11-02
“The transaction closed on October 30, 2020” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Waste Management 10-Q filed 2020-11-02
“Immediately following the Merger Agreement closing on October 30, 2020, the transactions contemplated by the Divestiture Agreement were consummated” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (30 Oct 2020 to 4 Nov 2020). What this measures
Checked 13 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
- Divestiture of assets to GFL Environmental
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: regulatory approval; closing of Waste Management’s acquisition of Advanced Disposal
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Partner
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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