Close the acquisition of the Santoprene TPV elastomers business from ExxonMobil
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 30 Jun 2021
- Due
- 31 Dec 2021
- Delivered
- 1 Dec 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Celanese completed the acquisition of the Santoprene TPV elastomers business from ExxonMobil on December 1, 2021, which is within the fourth quarter of 2021.
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A Celanese 10-K filed 2022-02-10
“On December 1, 2021, we acquired the Santoprene™ thermoplastic vulcanizates ("TPV") elastomers business of Exxon Mobil Corporation ("Santoprene") for a purchase price of $1.15 billion in an all-cash transaction.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +0.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (9 Feb 2022 to 14 Feb 2022). What this measures
Checked 20 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
- Santoprene TPV elastomers business
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: regulatory approvals; carve-out preparations; customary closing conditions
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Counterparty
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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