Close the acquisition of Cognate BioServices
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 17 Feb 2021
- Due
- 31 Mar 2021
- Delivered
- 29 Mar 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory requirements and customary closing conditions.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company's later 10-Q filings state it acquired Cognate BioServices on March 29, 2021, before the end-of-Q1 2021 deadline.
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A Charles River Laboratories 10-Q filed 2021-05-04
“On March 29, 2021 (second fiscal quarter of 2021), the Company acquired Cognate BioServices, Inc. (Cognate BioServices) for approximately $875 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Charles River Laboratories 10-Q filed 2021-08-04
“Beginning on March 29, 2021, Cognate has been included in the operating results of the Company.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +1.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (3 May 2021 to 6 May 2021). What this measures
Checked 10 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 Cognate BioServices
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to regulatory requirements; customary closing conditions
- Depends on
- Regulatory
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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