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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On March 21, 2022, the Company announced that it has delivered a notice of full redemption (the “Notice”) to the trustee of the Company’s 5.000% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), 4.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “4.750% 2025 Notes”) and 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “4.000% 2025 Notes”, and together with the 2022 Notes and the 4.750% 2025 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notice calls for the redemption of all of the outstanding Notes (the “Redemption”) on April 20, 2022 (the “Redemption Date”). As of March 21, 2022, $52,054,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes, $246,981,000 aggregate principal amount of the 4.750% 2025 Notes and $286,674,000 aggregate principal amount of the 4.000% 2025 Notes was outstanding, following the Company’s previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding $734,098,000 aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes, $795,818,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% 2025 Notes and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% 2025 Notes, in each case, made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated March 4, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase”). On March 21, 2022, following the expiration of the Early Tender Time (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), the Company accepted for purchase and settled Notes in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.6 million. A copy of the Company’s press release regarding the redemption of the Notes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press releases attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an offer to purchase the Notes.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| (99.1) | Press Release, dated March 21, 2022. | |
| (104) | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| S&P Global Inc. | ||
| /s/ Alma Rosa Montanez | ||
| By: | Alma Rosa Montanez | |
| Assistant Corporate Secretary & Chief Corporate Counsel | ||
Dated: March 21, 2022
