S&P Global to Merge with IHS Markit; Divestments to News Corp
February 28, 2022
S&P Global and IHS Markit announced and advanced a merger that received final regulatory approvals, with the companies expecting to close on February 28, 2022 and later stating the merger was completed. To address antitrust concerns, they agreed to sell certain IHS Markit businesses to News Corp and discussed additional divestitures as remedies.
- Buyers
- S&P Global, IHS Markit
- Targets
- IHS Markit Oil Price Information Services (OPIS), IHS Markit Coal, Metals and Mining (CMM), IHS Markit PetroChem Wire (PCW), IHS Markit base chemicals business (Market Advisory Service and World Analysis), CUSIP Global Services and Leveraged Commentary and Data (LCD) business (with related family of leveraged loan indices), IHS Markit
- Sellers
- News Corp
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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