Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2022
S&P Global Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
1-1023
13-1026995
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
55 Water Street, New York, New York10041
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 438-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of Exchange on which registered
Common stock (par value $1.00 per share)
SPGI
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 13, 2022, S&P Global Inc. (the “Company”) entered into supplemental confirmations (and, in the case of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citibank”), a master confirmation) with each of Citibank , Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman”) and Mizuho Markets Americas LLC (“Mizuho”) to repurchase an aggregate of $1.5 billion of the Company’s common stock (the “Accelerated Share Repurchase”). The supplemental confirmations between the Company and each of the Goldman and Mizuho were entered into pursuant to master confirmations between the same parties dated March 1, 2022. The Accelerated Share Repurchase is in addition to the repurchase previously disclosed by the Company on March 2, 2022. Both the Accelerated Share Repurchase and the March 2, 2022 repurchase are part of the Company's previously announced $12 billion share repurchase program intended to be completed in 2022.
Under the terms of the supplemental confirmations and the related master confirmations (together, the “ASR Agreements”), at inception, the Company will make a payment of approximately $500 million to each of Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Mizuho, and the Company will receive an initial share delivery of approximately 3.79 million shares of the Company’s common stock in the aggregate from Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Mizuho. The exact number of shares of the Company’s common stock that the Company will repurchase under the ASR Agreements will be based generally on the average of the daily volume-weighted average prices of the Company's common stock during the calculation period for each ASR Agreement, less a discount, and subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of each ASR Agreement. At final settlement of the ASR Agreements, under certain circumstances, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and/or Mizuho may be required to deliver additional shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company, or, under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to make a cash payment or deliver shares of the Company's common stock to Citibank, Goldman Sachs and/or Mizuho. Final settlement of the ASR Agreements is expected to occur during the third quarter of 2022.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
