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Published: 2021-10-19 08:58:35 ET
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8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2021

 

 

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)

   (Commission
File Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

55 Water Street
New York, New York		   10041
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(212) 438-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Title of Each Class

  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  

Exchange

Common Stock (par value $1.00 par value)   SPGI   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On October 19, 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 regarding an announcement by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) about the Company’s pending merger with IHS Markit and the formal submission by the Company and IHS Markit of their remedy proposals to the CMA.

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.

 

Exhibit
Number

   

Description

99.1    Joint Press Release, dated October 19, 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: October 19, 2021    

/s/ Alma Rosa Montanez

    By: Alma Rosa Montanez
    Assistant Corporate Secretary &
    Chief Corporate Counsel