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eBay Inc.

Close the sale of a portion of Adevinta stake to Permira

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced
14 Jul 2021
Due
31 Dec 2021
Delivered
18 Nov 2021
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“Company to receive $2.25 billion in cash, sale expected to close by end of year”
  • SourceeBay Inc. Form 8-K press release, 2021-07-14
  • FilingSEC filing index
  • Deadline as statedby end of year
  • Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
  • TypeTransaction
  • Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-EBAY-012659
    Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-EBAY-012659/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

eBay completed the sale of approximately 135 million Adevinta shares to Permira for approximately $2.3 billion on November 18, 2021, meeting the commitment to close by the end of the year.

  • A
    eBay Inc. 10-K filed 2022-02-24 Regulatory filing · published 24 Feb 2022 · retrieved 17 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 0627aa94d1e1
    “on November 18, 2021, eBay completed the sale of approximately 135 million shares of Adevinta to Astinlux Finco S.a.r.l. (“Permira”) for approximately $2.3 billion in cash.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -3.5% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (23 Feb 2022 to 28 Feb 2022). What this measures

Checked 17 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
sale of Adevinta stake
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
Medium
Specificity
High
Conditional
Yes: once regulatory approvals are secured
Depends on
Regulatory

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. 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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