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HPE's[4] release is dated 'HOUSTON - July 2, 2025' and says HPE 'today announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Juniper Networks'; the 8-K confirms 'On July 2, 2025, ... completed the transactions'. No closing time is given, so it is an all-day date.
Network World's timeline: 'July 2, 2025: HPE[1][4] finalizes Juniper acquisition, forms new AI-centric networking unit', combining Juniper and Aruba into HPE Networking; the 28 June settlement and the 30 January DOJ suit.
DOJ's Federal Register response sets out the settlement the close rested on: HPE[1][4] and Juniper were the second- and third-largest US enterprise-grade WLAN providers behind Cisco; HPE must divest Instant On and auction non-exclusive licences to the AI Ops for Mist source code.
Transcript of HPE's[1] investor webcast on the close: Antonio Neri says HPE 'achieved a significant milestone with a successful closing of our acquisition on Juniper Networks' the week before; Rami Rahim joins as head of HPE Networking; a three-year combined outlook deferred to the 15 October analyst meeting.
HPE's[1][4] 8-K, Item 2.01: 'On July 2, 2025, ... completed the transactions contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger'; $40.00 a share, about $13.4 billion aggregate consideration and how it was funded; Item 8.01 on the DOJ settlement (Instant On divestiture, Mist AIOps source-code licence auction).
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