Close the acquisition of Comerica Incorporated
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 6 Oct 2025
- Due
- 31 Mar 2026
- Delivered
- 1 Feb 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is anticipated to close at the end of the first quarter of 2026.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The filings state the Comerica merger closed on February 1, 2026, ahead of the stated end-of-Q1 2026 target.
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A Fifth Third Bancorp 8-K filed 2026-04-17
“On February 1, 2026, Fifth Third completed the acquisition of Comerica Incorporated in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $12.7 billion.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Fifth Third Bancorp 10-Q filed 2026-05-05
“On February 1, 2026, Fifth Third Bancorp closed the merger with Comerica Incorporated (“Comerica”) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $12.7 billion.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Fifth Third Bancorp 10-Q filed 2026-08-04
“On February 1, 2026, Fifth Third Bancorp closed the merger with Comerica Incorporated (“Comerica”) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $12.7 billion.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (16 Apr 2026 to 21 Apr 2026). What this measures
Checked 11 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 Comerica Incorporated
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to shareholder approvals for both Fifth Third and Comerica; customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions
- 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, 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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