Close the proposed merger with IHS Markit, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions
Delivered by the deadline
AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.
- Announced
- 22 Oct 2021
- Due
- 31 Mar 2022
- Delivered
- 28 Feb 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“S&P Global and IHS Markit now anticipate closing the proposed merger in the first quarter of 2022, subject to all regulatory approvals and the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
A later 10-Q states the merger with IHS Markit was completed on February 28, 2022, before the end of the first quarter 2022 deadline.
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A S&P Global 10-Q filed 2023-04-27
“On February 28, 2022, we completed the merger with IHS Markit Ltd (“IHS Markit”), and as a result, IHS Markit and its subsidiaries became wholly owned consolidated subsidiaries of S&P Global” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +3.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (26 Apr 2023 to 1 May 2023). What this measures
Checked 11 Oct 2026.
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
- Merger with IHS Markit
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Low
- Specificity
- Medium
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to all regulatory approvals; satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Government, Counterparty
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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