S&P Global Announces Expiration and Final Results of Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for IHS Markit Notes

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S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) announced the expiration of its Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for IHS Markit Notes as of February 28, 2022. An aggregate of $4.473 billion in IHS Markit Notes was tendered. Holders of these notes will receive $1,000 of S&P Global Notes for every $1,000 of IHS Markit Notes validly tendered. The merger with IHS Markit was completed on the same day, triggering the Amendments to remove restrictive covenants in the indentures. Settlement is expected on March 2, 2022.

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• Successful tender of $4.473 billion IHS Markit Notes shows strong investor interest.
• Completion of the merger with IHS Markit facilitates strategic growth.
• Amendments eliminate restrictive covenants, enhancing operational flexibility.

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• None.

NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) ("S&P Global" or the "Company") announced today the expiration and final results of the (i) offers to exchange (collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and all outstanding notes of certain series (the "IHS Markit Notes") issued by IHS Markit Ltd. (NYSE:INFO) ("IHS Markit") for up to $4,642,848,000 aggregate principal amount of new notes to be issued by the Company (the "S&P Global Notes") and cash and (ii) solicitations of consents (collectively, the "Consent Solicitations") to adopt the Amendments (as defined below) in each of the indentures (collectively, the "IHS Markit Indentures") governing the IHS Markit Notes, commenced by S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, on November 16, 2021.  The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 28, 2022 (the "Expiration Date").

As of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of $4.473 billion principal amount of IHS Markit Notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as set forth in the table below:

			IHS Markit Notes Tendered as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 28, 2022
Title of Series of IHS Markit Notes	CUSIP/ISIN No.	Principal Amount Outstanding	Principal Amount	Percentage
5.000% Senior Notes due 2022	44962L AA5 / G47567 AA3 / US44962LAA52 / USG47567AA30	$742,848,000	$734,098,000	98.82%
4.125% Senior Notes due 2023	44962L AG2 / US44962LAG23	$500,000,000	$462,292,000	92.46%
3.625% Senior Notes due 2024	44962L AH0 / US44962LAH06	$400,000,000	$353,197,000	88.30%
4.750% Senior Notes due 2025	44962L AB3 / G47567 AB1 / G47567 AC9 / US44962LAB36 / USG47567AB13 / USG47567AC95	$800,000,000	$795,818,000	99.48%
4.000% Senior Notes due 2026	44962L AC1 / G47567 AD7 / US44962LAC19 / USG47567AD78	$500,000,000	$497,157,000	99.43%
4.750% Senior Notes due 2028	44962L AF4 / US44962LAF40	$750,000,000	$700,697,000	93.43%
4.250% Senior Notes due 2029	44962L AJ6 / US44962LAJ61	$950,000,000	$930,164,000	97.91%

For each $1,000 principal amount of IHS Markit Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, eligible holders of IHS Markit Notes are eligible to receive $1,000 principal amount of such series of S&P Global Notes. For each $1,000 principal amount of IHS Markit Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to November 30, 2021 (the "Early Participation Date"), eligible holders of such IHS Markit Notes are also eligible to receive a consent payment of $1.00 in cash.

As previously announced, on the Early Participation Date, the requisite number of consents were received and IHS Markit executed supplemental indentures to the IHS Markit Indentures, eliminating substantially all restrictive covenants and certain events of default and other provisions in each of the IHS Markit Indentures (the "Amendments"). The Amendments will become operative upon the settlement date of the Exchange Offers.

The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were made pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the confidential offering memorandum and consent solicitation statement dated November 16, 2021, as amended by the press release dated January 27, 2022 (as so amended, the "Offering Memorandum"), and were conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the merger between the Company and IHS Markit, which was completed on February 28, 2022. As of the Expiration Date, all conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were satisfied. The settlement date of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations is expected to occur on March 2, 2022.

Each new series of S&P Global Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and interest payment dates as the corresponding series of IHS Markit Notes for which they were offered in exchange. No accrued and unpaid interest is payable upon acceptance of any IHS Markit Notes in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. However, the first interest payment on any S&P Global Notes will include the accrued and unpaid interest on the IHS Markit Notes tendered in exchange therefor so that a tendering eligible holder will receive the same interest payment it would have received had its IHS Markit Notes not been tendered in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.

Documents relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were only distributed to eligible holders of IHS Markit Notes who completed and returned an eligibility certificate confirming that they are either a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A or not a "U.S. person" and outside the United States under Regulation S for purposes of applicable securities laws. The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are described in the Offering Memorandum.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders or consents with respect to, any security. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were made solely pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as are permitted under applicable law.

The S&P Global Notes offered in the Exchange Offers have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Therefore, the S&P Global Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws.

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Forward-Looking Statements:

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about future business and operating results, the industry and markets in which S&P Global and IHS Markit operate and beliefs of and assumptions made by the Company's management and IHS Markit management, involve uncertainties that could significantly affect the financial or operating results of the Company, IHS Markit or the combined company. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "will," "should," "may," "projects," "could," "would," "target," "estimates" or variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature, but not all forward-looking statements include such identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, projections of earnings, statements of plans for future operations or expected revenues, statements about the benefits of the merger, including future financial and operating results and cost and revenue synergies, the combined company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to creating value for shareholders, benefits of the merger to shareholders, employees, customers and other constituents of the combined company, the outcome of contingencies, future actions by regulators, changes in business strategies and methods of generating revenue, the development and performance of each company's services and products, integrating our companies, cost savings, the expected timetable for completing the merger, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate and our respective effective tax rates, cost structure, dividend policy, cash flows or liquidity — are forward-looking statements.

These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. We can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. For example, these forward-looking statements could be affected by factors including, without limitation, risks associated with: (i) uncertainty relating to the impact of the integration of the businesses of the Company and IHS Markit, including potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the integration and increased cyber risks during the integration; (ii) the ability of the Company to successfully integrate IHS Markit's operations and retain and hire key personnel; (iii) the ability of the Company to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations, including with respect to IHS Markit's business and to realize expected synergies; (iv) business disruption following the transaction with IHS Markit; (v) economic, financial, political and regulatory conditions, in the United States and elsewhere, and other factors that contribute to uncertainty and volatility, including the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, natural and man-made disasters, civil unrest, pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 and its variants (the "COVID-19 pandemic")), geopolitical uncertainty, and conditions that may result from legislative, regulatory, trade and policy changes associated with the current U.S. administration; (vi) the ability of the Company to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problem due to a hurricane, flood, earthquake, terrorist attack, war, pandemic, security breach, cyber-attack, data breach, power loss, telecommunications failure or other natural or man-made event, including the ability to function remotely during long-term disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic; (vii) the impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including the COVID-19 pandemic) and epidemics and any related company or governmental policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or governmental policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets, including any quarantine, "shelter in place," "stay at home," workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down or similar actions and policies; (viii) the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries; (ix) changes in debt and equity markets, including credit quality and spreads; (x) demand for investment products that track indices and assessments, and trading volumes of certain exchange-traded derivatives; (xi) changes in financial markets, capital, credit and commodities markets and interest rates; (xii) the possibility that the integration of IHS Markit may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; (xiii) the parties' ability to meet expectations regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the proposed transaction; (xiv) the outcome of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations; and (xv) those additional risks and factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company and IHS Markit from time to time, including those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in their respective most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. While the list of factors presented here is considered representative, this list should not be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Consequences of material differences in results as compared with those anticipated in the forward-looking statements could include, among other things, business disruption, operational problems, financial loss, legal liability to third parties and similar risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's or IHS Markit's consolidated financial condition, results of operations, credit rating or liquidity. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, each of the Company and IHS Markit disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this communication or to otherwise update any of the above-referenced factors.

 

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FAQ

What are the final results of S&P Global's Exchange Offers for IHS Markit Notes?

As of February 28, 2022, S&P Global received $4.473 billion in validly tendered IHS Markit Notes.

When was the merger between S&P Global and IHS Markit completed?

The merger was completed on February 28, 2022.

What will holders of IHS Markit Notes receive after the exchange?

Holders will receive $1,000 principal amount of S&P Global Notes for each $1,000 of IHS Markit Notes validly tendered.

When is the settlement date for the Exchange Offers?

The settlement date is expected to occur on March 2, 2022.

What changes were made to the indentures for IHS Markit Notes?

The Amendments eliminated substantially all restrictive covenants and certain events of default.