Close the acquisition of DS Smith
Delivered after the deadline (31 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 16 Apr 2024
- Due
- 31 Dec 2024
- Delivered
- 31 Jan 2025
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The Combination is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2024.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
International Paper announced the acquisition of DS Smith would close by the fourth quarter of 2024, but the transaction actually closed on January 31, 2025.
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A International Paper 10-K filed 2025-02-21
“The business combination closed on January 31, 2025.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.1% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (20 Feb 2025 to 25 Feb 2025). What this measures
Checked 18 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 DS Smith
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to IP and DS Smith shareholder approval; customary closing conditions; receipt of regulatory clearances
- 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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