Close the acquisition of BD surgical instrumentation assets
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 1 Aug 2023
- Due
- 31 Aug 2023
- Delivered
- 2 Aug 2023
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“STERIS now anticipates that the Transaction will close in early August.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Multiple later filings state STERIS purchased the BD surgical instrumentation assets on August 2, 2023, within the August 2023 deadline.
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A Steris 10-Q filed 2023-11-07
“On August 2, 2023, we purchased the surgical instrumentation, laparoscopic instrumentation and sterilization container assets from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX).” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Steris 10-Q filed 2024-08-08
“The transaction was completed on August 2, 2023, and the acquired assets from BD were integrated into our Healthcare segment.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -7.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (6 Nov 2023 to 9 Nov 2023). What this measures
Checked 10 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
- BD surgical instrumentation assets acquisition
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- Medium
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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