What this is
Whether The Pokémon Company International's purchase of Excell Brands has been reported as completed: no closing notice found, February to 29 October 2026.
How it’s built
- Ran three searches (for the deal completing, for the company closing it, and on its press site): they found only the 18–19 February announcement and re-reports.
- Bulbapedia's page on Excell gives no closing status.
What we assumed
- A closing would usually be announced.Not necessarily: a private company's deal can close quietly, so 'not closed on the record' is the right wording.
Sanity check
Either way it has no effect on the year to February 2026. One aggregator says 'has acquired', but it is a rewrite of the announcement, not news of a closing.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
it was announced that The Pokémon Company International had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Excell Brands
Where it’s used
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