Close the merger with IHS Markit, expected in the first quarter of 2022
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 16 Nov 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 continue to expect the merger to close in the first quarter of 2022.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The merger with IHS Markit closed on February 28, 2022, before the end of the first quarter 2022 deadline, as stated in later filings.
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A S&P Global 10-Q filed 2022-05-04
“On February 28, 2022, we completed the merger with IHS Markit Ltd. ("IHS Markit") by acquiring 100% of the IHS Markit common stock” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A S&P Global 8-K filed 2022-04-04
“S&P Global and IHS Markit completed their merger on February 28, 2022.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.1% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (1 Apr 2022 to 6 Apr 2022). 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 the receipt of remaining regulatory approvals; satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions; DOJ agreement remains subject to court approval
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Government, Court
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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