Provenance Record

Well structured (Overview / What We Know / What We Don't Know / Context). Clear sectioning by topic (deal structure, equity, rationale, Ketchum pivot, analyst reaction). Neutral, professional tone. Length appropriate for News (777 words). The 'What We Don't Know' section honestly enumerates open questions (no company confirmation, no exchange ratio, no breakup fees, no regulatory roadmap).

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Content-clean submission with strong cross-source corroboration. Every quantitative claim — $419B enterprise value, $400B headline, $93.36 / $61.73 stock closes, -2.42% / -1.97%, $195B / $54B market caps, 16% / 5.4% YTD, $303B / $111B / $100B / $50B EV/debt splits, 15 GW generation plan, Wells Fargo $66→$68 target, Overweight rating — verified verbatim across multiple snapshots. Both direct quotes (Patterson 'It's a consolidating industry...' and Ketchum's 'all forms of energy' framing) verbatim. The FT/Friday timing, the FERC + DOJ + 'more than a year' approval framing, the Reuters 'AI data centers / industrial reshoring / electrification' demand thesis — all confirmed. Internal cross-reference to 2026-05/12-edgecore-... verified to exist.