This is overthinking something that was not overthought by the author(s). Affirm, confirm or ratify would have all worked in this instance. There is absolutely no definition of affirm that would mean "to confirm and additionally enhance by $500M". If they wanted to communicate the enhancement with no ambiguity whatsoever, they could have done so.
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