S&P Global Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Information ServicesCompany

S&P Global has acquired 15 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 13 assets.

S&P Global’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired IHS Markit for $44.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold McGraw-Hill Education to Apollo Global Management for $2.5B. S&P Global has acquired in 6 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (40%) and publishing (20%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity28
    • M&A Buy Activity15
    • M&A Sell Activity13
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 8

S&P Global

S&P Global, Inc.

55 Water Street,
New York, New York 10041
United States,
(212) 438-1000
www.spglobal.com

S&P Global is a financial intelligence company providing the global capital and commodity markets with independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise risk solutions, and analytics. McGraw Hill's iconic brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power and McGraw Hill Construction. S&P Global was founded in 1860 and is based in New York, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 10 1 1 - 1 2 15
vol $2.8B $44.0B $46.8B
Sell (0.8/yr) # 9 1 - 1 1 1 13
vol $4.2B $1.9B $650M $975M $7.7B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. 2023-02-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Camarillo, California · www.marketscan.com
S&P Global - Engineering Solutions 2023-01-17 975M USD Divestiture
New York, New York
TruSight Solutions LLC 2023-01-09 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.trusightsolutions.com
Private Market Connect LLC 2022-08-29 - Stake Purchase
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · www.privatemarketconnect.com
S&P Global, Inc. - Leveraged Commentary and Data (LCD) Business 2022-04-04 650M USD Divestiture
New York, New York
CUSIP Global Services 2021-12-27 1.9B USD Divestiture
New York, New York · www.cusip.com
IHS Markit Ltd. 2020-11-30 44.0B USD Merger
London, United Kingdom · www.ihsmarkit.com
451 Research LLC 2019-12-06 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.451research.com
Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services 2019-03-18 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.spiasllc.com
Kensho Technologies, Inc. 2018-03-06 550M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, Massachusetts · www.kensho.com
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - Standard & Poor's - Mutual Fund Data Business 2007-02-22 2
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P Global Market Intelligence 2004-09-08 5
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com New York, New York · www.spcapitaliq.com
Platts, Inc. 1953-01-01 CBI Research - Energy Conference Business 2004-05-13 9
New York, New York · www.platts.com , United States
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC    - S&P ComStock, Inc. 2003-03-03 1
New York, New York · www.standardandpoors.com , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Services 6 (40%) 46.3B (99%) 3 (23%) 3.7B (48%)
Publishing 3 (20%) 46M (< 1%) 3 (23%) 37M (< 1%)
Business Services 2 (13%) - 2 (15%) 14M (< 1%)
Internet Software and Services 2 (13%) - 1 (8%) -
Software 1 (7%) - 1 (8%) 320M (4%)
Information Technology 1 (7%) 550M (1%) - -
Communications - - 1 (8%) 212M (3%)
Education - - 1 (8%) 2.5B (32%)
Engineering - - 1 (8%) 975M (13%)
Total 15 $46.8B 13 $7.7B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 13 2.8B 12 7.7B
  New York 5 - 8 6.1B
  California 3 - 1 1.1B
  Virginia 1 2.3B - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 550M - -
  New Jersey - - 1 320M
  Minnesota - - 1 -
France 1 - 1 -
United Kingdom 1 44.0B - -
Domestic 13 (87%) 2.8B (6%) 12 (92%) 7.7B (100%)
Cross-border 2 (13%) 44.0B (94%) 1 (8%) -
Total 15 $46.8B 13 $7.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
3
Goldman Sachs
3
Morgan Stanley
2
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
2
Clifford Chance
2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $46.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $550M
< $100M 1 $46M
TOTAL $46.8B
Largest IHS Markit Ltd.
$44.0B (2020-11-30)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $5.5B
$100M to $1B 4 $2.2B
< $100M 2 $51M
TOTAL $7.7B
Largest McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.
$2.5B (2013-03-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
7%
1 (7%)
Strategic(s)
20%
3 (20%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
31%
4 (31%)
Strategic(s)
62%
8 (62%)

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