Close the acquisition of DELCORA
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 11 Jan 2021
- Due
- 30 Jun 2021
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“Anticipated Closing on Acquisition of DELCORA Q2 2021”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The acquisition of DELCORA was not completed by the Q2 2021 deadline; filings from late 2021 indicate the transaction was still subject to ongoing legal appeals.
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A Essential Utilities, Inc. 10-Q filed 2021-11-05
“Delaware County appealed this decision to Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, where this case is continuing. A three-judge panel heard oral arguments on October 18, 2021; a decision is expected in the next several months.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +0.4% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (4 Nov 2021 to 9 Nov 2021). What this measures
Checked 24 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
- DELCORA acquisition
- Where
- Pennsylvania
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to regulatory approval
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Court
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.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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