Close the all-stock merger with IHS Markit Ltd

Delivered after the deadline (59 days after the deadline)

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Announced: 30 Nov 2020
Due: 31 Dec 2021
Delivered: 28 Feb 2022

Deadline
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What the company said

“The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021, subject to, among other things, the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods”

SourceS&P Global Form 8-K press release, 2020-11-30
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin the second half of 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeTransaction
Permanent referenceKI-C-2020-SPGI-007088
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2020-SPGI-007088/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The merger with IHS Markit closed on February 28, 2022, after the second-half 2021 deadline, per later 10-Q filings.

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S&P Global 10-Q filed 2022-05-04 Regulatory filing · published 4 May 2022 · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 0884801ca511
“On February 28, 2022, we completed the merger with IHS Markit in an all-stock transaction.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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S&P Global 10-Q filed 2022-10-28 Regulatory filing · published 28 Oct 2022 · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 89f71f9c3aec
“On February 28, 2022, we completed the merger with IHS Markit by acquiring 100% of the IHS Markit common stock” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -2.6% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (3 May 2022 to 6 May 2022). What this measures

Checked 11 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 30 Nov 2020

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in the second half of 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 16 Dec 2020

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in the second half of 2021”) · wording firm

“The combination remains on track to close in the second half of 2021, subject to, among other things, the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods”
Source for this version
Version 3 · stated 26 Oct 2021

Deadline 31 Mar 2022 (“during the first quarter of 2022”) · wording expected

“Based on the regulatory feedback and these divestitures, we now anticipate closing during the first quarter of 2022.”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Merger
Indicative materiality: Transformational rules
Action: Close
Deliverable: All-stock merger with IHS Markit Ltd.
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: Medium
Conditional: Yes: subject to expiration or termination of applicable antitrust waiting periods; other antitrust and regulatory approvals; approval of shareholders of both companies; other customary closing conditions
Depends on: Regulatory, Government, Shareholder

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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