Financial Review: 74
Acquisitions and Divestitures

U.S. GAAP

Acquisition and divestiture amounts for continuing operations reflect those reported on S&P Global’s U.S. GAAP cash flow statement and are not indicative of actual purchase/sale prices due to purchase price adjustments and other timing differences in payments/receipts. Divestiture amounts also include proceeds received from the disposition of property and equipment.

Divisions:

  • Market Intelligence
    (effective 2022, division is a combination of S&P Global’s Market Intelligence and IHS Markit’s Financial Services division and Maritime & Trade business)
  • Ratings
  • Commodity Insights
    (effective 2022, division is a combination of S&P Global Platts and IHS Markit’s Energy & Natural Resources. Division formerly named “Platts” from 2016 to 2022)
  • Mobility
    (effective 2022; formerly IHS Markit’s Transportation division minus the Maritime & Trade business which is now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence)
  • Indices
    The S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture was established in June 2012. Effective 2022, Indices includes certain products from IHS Markit’s Financial Services division
  • Engineering Solutions
    (effective 2022; formerly businesses from IHS Markit. The sale of Engineering Solutions was completed on May 2, 2023)
  • Corporate
 

Acquisitions

Divestitures
2023
As of 6/30/2023
  • ChartIQ
  • TruSight Solutions LLC
  • Peter Lee Associates (acquired by CRISIL) 
  • The TradeNet
  • X Market Scan Information Systems
  • Hum Capital (venture investment)
  • BlueMark (venture investment)
  •  Engineering Solutions
2022

$210 million (net of cash acquired)

  • Private Market Connect LLC
  • Shades of Green
  •  IHS Markit
  • Credora (venture investment)
  • Handshakes (venture investment)
  •  IT Manufactory (venture investment)

$3.5 billion

  • Leveraged Commentary and Data
  • CUSIP Global Services
  • S&P leveraged loan indices 
  •  Base Chemicals business
  •  OPIS
2021

$99 million 

  • The Climate Service, Inc.

$16 million

No material divestitures
2020 $201 million
  • Q4 (minority investment)
  • Greenwich Associates (acquired by CRISIL)
  • SCRIPTS Asia (venture investment)
  • SAM ESG ratings business
 $18 million
  • Investor Relations webhosting business
  • East Windsor facility
2019 $91 million
  • 451 Research, LLC
  • Canadian Enerdata Ltd.
  • Live Rice Index
  • BigOne Lab (venture investment)
  • Green Visor Capital (venture capital commitment)
  • Middlegame Ventures (initial venture capital commitment)
  • LingFeng (initial venture capital commitment)
  • Orion technology center
  • The House Fund (initial venture capital commitment)
 $85 million
  • Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services LLC
  • RigData