Close the acquisition of Avast plc
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 4 Aug 2022
- Due
- 15 Oct 2022
- Delivered
- 12 Sep 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The merger is anticipated to close between mid-September to early-October.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Gen Digital completed the acquisition of Avast plc on September 12, 2022, which falls within the anticipated timeframe.
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A Gen Digital 10-Q filed 2023-08-04
“On September 12, 2022, we completed our acquisition of Avast, plc (Avast).” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +8.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (3 Aug 2023 to 8 Aug 2023). What this measures
Checked 6 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 Avast plc
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- Medium
- Conditional
- Yes: final CMA approval; mutually agreed upon operational considerations; customary closing requirements; U.K. court approval
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Court, 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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