International Flavors & Fragrances
Complete the divestiture of the Microbial Control business
Delivered after the deadline (31 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 9 Feb 2022
- Due
- 31 May 2022
- Delivered
- 1 Jul 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The Company's full year guidance reflects the expected Microbial Control divestiture, which is anticipated to be complete at the end of May 2022.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company announced the divestiture would be complete by the end of May 2022, but the transaction actually closed on July 1, 2022.
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A International Flavors & Fragrances 10-Q filed 2022-08-08
“The Company completed the divestiture of the Microbial Control business unit on July 1, 2022.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -4.5% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (5 Aug 2022 to 10 Aug 2022). What this measures
Checked 18 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.
- Deadline drift +31 days
- 2 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 9 Feb 2022
Deadline 31 May 2022 (“at the end of May 2022”) · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 9 May 2022
Deadline 1 Jul 2022 (“on July 1, 2022”) · wording expected
“the expected Microbial Control divestiture, which is anticipated to be complete on July 1, 2022”
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
- Complete
- Deliverable
- Microbial Control divestiture
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to regulatory approval
- Depends on
- Regulatory, 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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