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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 November 12, 2021, S&P Global Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), and IHS Markit Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (“IHS Markit”), issued a joint press release announcing that they have reached a proposed agreement with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice that permits the Company’s pending merger with IHS Markit to proceed subject to, among other things, the previously announced divestiture of IHS Markit’s Oil Price Information Services, Coal, Metals and Mining, and PetroChem Wire businesses.
A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Joint Press Release, dated November 12, 2021 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) | |
SIGNATURE
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. | ||||||
| Date: November 15, 2021 | /s/ Alma Rosa Montanez | |||||
| By: Alma Rosa Montanez | ||||||
| Assistant Corporate Secretary & Chief Corporate Counsel | ||||||
