Close the acquisition of US Ecology
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 9 Feb 2022
- Due
- 30 Jun 2022
- Delivered
- 2 May 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close by the end of the second quarter”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Republic Services successfully completed the acquisition of US Ecology on May 2, 2022, which is before the stated deadline of the end of the second quarter of 2022.
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A Republic Services 10-Q filed 2022-08-05
“On May 2, 2022, we acquired all outstanding equity of US Ecology, Inc. (US Ecology) in a transaction valued at $2.2 billion.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +1.6% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (4 Aug 2022 to 9 Aug 2022). What this measures
Checked 13 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 US Ecology
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals and approval by holders of a majority of the outstanding
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Shareholder, 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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