Close the acquisition of the Mobility & Materials business from DuPont

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 18 Feb 2022
Due: 31 Dec 2022
Delivered: 1 Nov 2022

Deadline
Met
Late
Not met
Today

What the company said

“The transaction is expected to close around the end of 2022.”

SourceCelanese Form 8-K press release, 2022-02-18
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedaround the end of 2022
Deadline used31 Dec 2022, the last day of the stated period
TypeTransaction
Permanent referenceKI-C-2022-CE-017410
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2022-CE-017410/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Celanese successfully completed the acquisition of the Mobility & Materials business from DuPont on November 1, 2022, which is within the expected timeframe of the end of 2022.

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Celanese 10-K filed 2023-02-24 Regulatory filing · published 24 Feb 2023 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 5bba7d9da149
“On November 1, 2022, we acquired a majority of the Mobility & Materials business (the "M&M Business") of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +2.4% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (23 Feb 2023 to 28 Feb 2023). What this measures

Checked 20 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Language weakened: expected → aspirational
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 18 Feb 2022

Deadline 31 Dec 2022 (“around the end of 2022”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 28 Jul 2022

Deadline 31 Dec 2022 (“fourth quarter of 2022”) · wording aspirational

“close of the DuPont M&M acquisition targeted for the fourth quarter of 2022”
Source for this version

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: DuPont's Mobility & Materials business
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High
Conditional: Yes: subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions
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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