Exhibit 99.2
IHS Markit Ltd. Q4 Issuer Solutions Newsletter, posted internally on December 9, 2020
All,
2020 has been a year unlike any other, and the 4th quarter was truly transformational. We delivered record sales, we made tremendous strides in our business transformation, and of course—on the very last day of our fiscal year—we announced the merger of IHS Markit and S&P Global!
I hope you are as excited as I am about the announced merger and the significant potential for growth and opportunities as we combine these two great companies. As one financial reporter at CNBC said, “the deal will be 2020’s biggest merger, creating a heavyweight in the increasingly competitive market in financial information.” The biggest merger of 2020—quite a way to end the year! S&P Global’s businesses are highly complementary across IHS Markit and Issuer Solutions. The merger presents a tremendous opportunity for growth and innovation, and especially for each of you and your careers.
You will see that we have included a “Merger Reference Guide” section at the end of this message to ensure you all have easy access to the great information which has been provided by Lance, S&P Global’s CEO Doug Peterson, and others in town halls, press releases, FAQs, and investor calls. We will also take time next week to discuss the merger and answer any questions you have on our Global Issuer Solutions town hall, which will be held on Wednesday 16 December.
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 Inc. (“S&P Global”) and IHS Markit Ltd. (“IHS Markit”) operate and beliefs of and assumptions made by S&P Global management and IHS Markit management, involve uncertainties that could significantly affect the financial or operating results of S&P Global, IHS Markit or the combined company. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “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 transaction involving S&P Global and IHS Markit, 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 proposed transaction 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 proposed transaction, 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.