Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) and Foot Locker (FL) announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on August 25, 2025 in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Foot Locker by Dicks’S Sporting Goods. Following the expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act, all required regulatory approvals to complete the Merger have been received. As was also previously disclosed, Foot Locker shareholders approved the Merger at the Foot Locker special meeting held on August 22, 2025. The Merger is expected to close on September 8, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of remaining customary closing conditions.
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