Confluent's acquisition by IBM confirmed, initiating major post-merger integration and restructuring.

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    "excerpts": "As previously disclosed, on December 7, 2025, Confluent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Confluent”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (“IBM”), and Corvo Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM (“Sub”), providing for the merger of Sub with and into Confluent (the “Merger”), with Confluent continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM.",
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