UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 28, 2022

 

S&P Global Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

New York		1-1023		13-1026995
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 438-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol		Name of Exchange on which registered
Common stock (par value $1.00 per share)		SPGI		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 25, 2022, S&P Global Inc. (the “Company”), Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (the “Guarantor”), the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), entered into Amendment No. 1 and Increasing Lender Supplement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which that certain Five-Year Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of April 26, 2021, among the Company, the Guarantor, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, was amended to, among other things, provide for an additional $500.0 million of lender commitments, which represents an increase in the aggregate principal amount of lender commitments available under the Credit Agreement from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:

 

(10.1)		Amendment No. 1 and Increasing Lender Supplement, dated as of February 25, 2022, among S&P Global Inc., Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
(104)		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: February 28, 2022