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55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041-0003​

March 22, 2022​

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

On behalf of our Board of Directors and management, we cordially invite you to attend our Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held in a virtual-only meeting format, via live webcast, and there will not be a physical meeting location. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders online and to vote your shares electronically at the meeting by visiting www.meetnow.global/MWPYYP5.

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement accompanying this letter describe the business we will consider at the Annual Meeting. Your vote is very important. We urge you to vote to be certain your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting even if you plan to virtually attend. Most shareholders have a choice of voting over the Internet, by telephone or by using a traditional proxy card. Please refer to your proxy materials or the information forwarded by your bank, broker or other holder of record to see which methods are available to you.

We look forward to your participation at the Annual Meeting.

Richard E. Thornburgh Chairman of the Board	Douglas L. Peterson President and Chief Executive Officer

55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041-0003

Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
To Be Held Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of S&P Global Inc. will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) in a virtual-only format, via the Internet at www.meetnow.global/MWPYYP5. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will be asked to:

Items of Business	Board’s Recommendation
1. Elect 14 Directors;	FOR each Director Nominee
2. Approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement;	FOR
3. Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for 2022;	FOR
4. Consider any other business, if properly raised.	​

This notice and proxy statement is being mailed or made available on the Internet to shareholders on or about March 22, 2022. These materials describe the matters being voted on at the Annual Meeting and contain certain other information. In addition, these materials are accompanied by a copy of the Company’s 2021 Annual Report that includes financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS:
This Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 are available on the Internet at www.spglobal.com/proxy.

All shareholders of record as of close of business on March 7, 2022 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting via the Annual Meeting website. If you choose to attend the S&P Global Annual Meeting and vote your shares via the Annual Meeting website, you will need a unique 15-digit control number included on your proxy card.

We urge you to participate in electing directors and deciding the other items on the agenda for the Annual Meeting. Please cast your votes by one of the following methods:

The Internet	Signing and Mailing a Proxy Card	Toll-Free Telephone

Whether or not you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, your vote is very important.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Taptesh (Tasha) K. Matharu

Chief Corporate Counsel &
Corporate Secretary

New York, New York
March 22, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Information	1
Board of Directors and Corporate Governance	8
Enhanced Corporate Governance Environment	9
Corporate Governance Materials	10
Director Independence	11
Additional Information Regarding Director Independence	11
Leadership Structure of the Board of Directors	12
Board and Committee Self-Evaluations	13
Shareholder Engagement	14
Role of Board of Directors in Risk Oversight	18
Talent Management and Succession Planning	22
Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility	23
Process for Identifying and Evaluating Directors and Nominees	30
Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills of Directors	33
Directors & Director Nominees	35
Committees of the Board of Directors	52
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee	52
Audit Committee	53
Compensation and Leadership Development Committee	53
Executive Committee	55
Finance Committee	55
Membership and Meetings of the Board and Its Committees	56
Annual Meeting Attendance	56
Executive Sessions	56
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation	56
Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance	56
Transactions with Related Persons	57
Executive Compensation Matters	59
Compensation Discussion and Analysis	59
Compensation Committee Report	98
Executive Compensation Tables	99
2021 Summary Compensation Table	99
2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table	102
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End Table	103
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2021 Table	104
2021 Pension Benefits Table	105
2021 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Table	107
CEO Pay Ratio	108
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control	110
Director Compensation	115
2021 Director Compensation Table	115
Director Compensation and Governance	117
Ownership of Company Stock	120
Company Stock Ownership of Management	120
Company Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners	121

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Audit Committee Matters	122
Annual Evaluation of the Independent Auditor	122
Independence Controls	123
Appointment of the Independent Auditor	123
Fees to the Independent Auditor	124
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures	124
Audit Commitee Report	124
Items of Business to be Acted on at the Annual Meeting	126
Item 1. Election of Directors	126
Item 2. Proposal to Approve, on an Advisory Basis, the Executive Compensation Program for the Company’s Named Executive Officers	127
Item 3. Proposal to Ratify the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	128
Item 4. Other Matters	129
Exhibit	130
Exhibit A	130

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GENERAL INFORMATION​

S&P Global Inc.
Proxy Statement
2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

GENERAL INFORMATION

Why did I receive this Proxy Statement?

The Board of Directors of S&P Global Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is soliciting proxies for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held virtually, via the Internet at www.meetnow.global/MWPYYP5, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. When the Company asks for your proxy, we must provide you with a Proxy Statement that contains certain information specified by law. This Proxy Statement summarizes the information you need in order to vote at the Annual Meeting.

What will I vote on?

The following items:

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election of 14 Directors;

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approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement;

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ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for 2022;

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other matters that may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting.

Will there be any other items of business on the agenda?

We do not expect any other items of business at the Annual Meeting. Nonetheless, if there is an unforeseen need, your proxy will give discretionary authority to the persons named on the proxy to vote on any other matters that may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting. These persons will use their best judgment in voting your proxy.

Who may vote?

Shareholders as of the close of business on the record date, which is March 7, 2022, may vote at the Annual Meeting.

How many votes do I have?

You have one vote for each share of common stock you held on the record date.

What does it mean to be a “registered shareholder”?

If, as of the close of business on the record date, your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare, you are a registered shareholder. As the shareholder of record, you have the right to vote via the S&P Global Annual Meeting website at the Annual Meeting. You may also vote in advance of the Annual Meeting by Internet, telephone or mail, as described in the notice and in this General Information section under the heading “How do I vote?” The Company is incorporated in New York and, in accordance with New York law, a list of the Company’s common shareholders of record as of the record date will be available for inspection at the Annual Meeting via the virtual Annual Meeting website upon request.

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GENERAL INFORMATION (continued)

What does it mean to beneficially own shares in “street name”?

If, as of the close of business on the record date, your shares were not held directly in your name but rather were held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank or similar intermediary organization, then you are the beneficial holder of shares held in “street name.” The intermediary is considered to be the shareholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct the intermediary how to vote the shares held in your account.

How do I vote my shares of Company common stock?

If you are a shareholder of record, you can vote in the following ways:

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By Internet. Follow the Internet voting instructions included on the Notice or proxy card you received. You may vote at any time up until 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on May 4, 2022.

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By Telephone. Follow the telephone voting instructions included on the proxy card you received. You may vote at any time up until 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on May 4, 2022.

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By Mail. If you received a printed copy of the proxy materials from us by mail, you may vote by mail by marking, dating and signing your proxy card in accordance with the instructions on it and returning it by mail in the pre-addressed reply envelope provided with the proxy materials. The proxy card must be received prior to the Annual Meeting.

You may also vote your shares at the Annual Meeting via S&P Global’s virtual Annual Meeting website. If you choose to attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares online during the meeting, you will need the 15-digit control number included on your proxy card. Even if you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote in advance by Internet, telephone or mail so that your vote will be counted in the event you later decide not to attend the Annual Meeting.

If you are a beneficial owner, you can vote in the following ways:

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As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker on how to vote the shares in your account. Your broker should give you instructions for voting your shares by Internet, telephone or mail.

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If you wish to vote at the virtual-only Annual Meeting, you must obtain a valid legal proxy from your broker and submit it to Computershare in exchange for a 15-digit control number. Please see additional instructions in this General Information section under “Where can I obtain my 15-digit control number?”.

How do I vote my shares in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan?

If you participate in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, you were sent proxy materials on behalf of the Company from Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent. Any proxy you give will also govern the voting of any shares you hold in this Plan. Any Plan shares for which we do not receive instructions from the employee will not be voted. Plan shares cannot be voted during the Annual Meeting.

How do I vote my shares in the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plans?

If you received this Proxy Statement because you are an employee of the Company who participates in the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and you have shares of common stock of the Company allocated to your account under the Plan, you may vote your shares held in the Plan as of March 7, 2022 by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. Instructions are provided on the proxy card you received from Computershare. Computershare must receive your instructions by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on May 2, 2022 in order to communicate your instructions to the Plans’ Trustee, who will vote your shares. Any Plan shares for which we do not receive instructions from the employee will be voted by the Trustee in the same proportion as the shares for which we have received instructions. Plan shares cannot be voted during the virtual Annual Meeting.

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Can I revoke or change my vote?

Yes. If you are a shareholder of record, you have the right to revoke your proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting by sending a signed notice to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003 or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com. Please include the 15-digit control number included on your proxy card.

If you want to change your vote before the Annual Meeting, you must deliver a later dated proxy by telephone, via the Internet or by mail. You may also change your proxy by attending the virtual Annual Meeting and voting during the meeting (as described above).

If you are a beneficial owner, please refer to the information forwarded by your broker for procedures on revoking or changing your proxy.

How will my shares be voted if I do not give specific voting instructions when I deliver my proxy?

Registered Shareholders

If you are a registered shareholder of record and you return a signed proxy card without indicating your vote for some or all of the matters, your shares will be voted as follows for any matter you did not vote on:

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“FOR” the 14 nominees to the Board;

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“FOR” approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers; and

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“FOR” the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for 2022.

Beneficial Owners

As noted above, as the beneficial owner of shares held in street name, your broker is required to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions. If you do not give instructions, one of two things can happen depending on whether the proposal is considered “routine” or “non-routine” under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”):

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If the proposal is considered “routine” under the rules of the NYSE, the broker may vote your shares in its discretion.

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If the proposal is considered “non-routine” under the rules of the NYSE, the broker may not vote your shares without your instructions. When a broker refrains from voting your shares because the broker has not received your instructions, it is called a “broker non-vote.”

Item 3 in this Proxy Statement (ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for 2022) will be considered routine under the rules of the NYSE and the broker may vote your shares for this Item in its discretion. All other proposals are considered non-routine. As such, the broker is not entitled to vote your shares on the other Items unless the broker has received instructions from you.

How do I attend the virtual Annual Meeting?

The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on May 4, 2022. Please log in fifteen minutes prior to the start of the meeting to ensure you can hear streaming audio.

The virtual-only meeting will consist of a live audio webcast with features designed to ensure that shareholders will have the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would have at an in-person meeting. Shareholders may attend, vote, and submit questions from any location via the Internet as further described below.

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GENERAL INFORMATION (continued)

To access the meeting online, go to www.meetnow.global/MWPYYP5, which is hosted by the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare. Participants will have two login options to attend the Annual Meeting:

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Join as a “Shareholder” ​(requires control number): Shareholders are required to enter a unique 15-digit control number. This option enables shareholder-only features, including the ability to vote and submit written questions during the Annual Meeting.

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Join as a “Guest”: Guests can access the Annual Meeting webcast in “listen-only” mode but cannot vote or submit questions during the meeting. Guests are required to enter their full name and e-mail address; a control number is not required.

Where can I locate or obtain my 15-digit control number?

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Registered shareholders were each sent a unique 15-digit control number in the proxy materials distributed by Computershare. The control number is required to vote and submit questions online during the Annual Meeting. This control number was either located in a circled area on a proxy card or notice or identified as a control number in an email with the proxy materials.

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Beneficial owners who wish to vote or submit questions at the Annual Meeting will need to take the following steps and register in advance to obtain a 15-digit control number from Computershare.

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Request a valid legal proxy from your bank, broker or other intermediary for shares held in “street name” as soon as possible.

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Submit proof of the legal proxy to Computershare at legalproxy@computershare.com no later than 5 p.m. (EDT) on April 28, 2022. Please include “Legal Proxy” in the subject line, attach the legal proxy and provide your name and email address in the body of the email.

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You will receive a reply email from Computershare with your unique 15-digit control number required to vote and submit questions online during the Annual Meeting.

How do I submit shareholder questions?

Shareholder of record may submit questions before or during the Annual Meeting. All questions should comply with the meeting’s posted Rules of Conduct.

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Before: To submit questions before the Annual Meeting, please email your question(s) to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com no later than May 3, 2022. Please include “Annual Meeting Question” in the subject line and provide your name and proof of stock ownership or 15-digit control number.

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During: To submit questions during the Annual Meeting, please log into the meeting as a shareholder using your 15-digit control number (as described above) and follow the instructions on the virtual meeting website.

Does the meeting have Rules of Conduct?

Yes, to facilitate the virtual meeting format, the Company has prepared rules and procedures for participating in the Annual Meeting and submitting questions set forth in the Annual Meeting Rules of Conduct. These Rules of Conduct will be made available prior to the Annual Meeting at www.spglobal.com/proxy and will also be available on the virtual meeting website during the meeting.

All questions should comply with the posted Rules of Conduct for the Annual Meeting. The Company will answer as many shareholder-submitted questions that comply with the Rules of Conduct as time permits. Substantially similar questions may be summarized and grouped together to provide a single response and avoid repetition.

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What are the requirements to conduct business at the Annual Meeting?

In order to conduct business at the Annual Meeting, we must have a quorum. This means at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote must be present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. You are part of the quorum if you have voted by proxy. As of the record date, 347,026,866 shares of Company common stock were outstanding and eligible to vote.

Are abstentions and broker non-votes part of the quorum?

Yes. Abstentions and broker non-votes count as “shares present” at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum.

What are the costs of soliciting these proxies and who will pay them?

The Company will pay all costs of soliciting these proxies. In addition, some of our officers and employees may solicit proxies by telephone or in person without additional compensation. We will reimburse brokers for the expenses they incur in forwarding the proxy materials to you. The Company has also retained Georgeson LLC to assist us with the solicitation of proxies for a fee not to exceed $20,500, plus reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses.

How many votes are required for the approval of each Item?

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Item One – A nominee will be elected as a Director if he or she receives a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting. A majority of votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a Director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that Director’s election. If an incumbent Director who has been nominated for re-election fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election, New York law provides that the Director continues to serve as a Director in a hold-over capacity. The Company’s By-Laws provide that, in such circumstances, the Director is required to promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors. The Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is then required to make a recommendation to the Board as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation. The Board will act on the tendered resignation and will publicly disclose its decision and rationale within 90 days following certification of the election results. If a Director’s resignation is accepted by the Board, the Board may fill the vacancy or decrease the size of the Board. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted either for or against the election of a Director nominee.

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Item Two – The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast is required to approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted either for or against this proposal.

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Item Three – The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast is required to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for 2022. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted either for or against this proposal.

Who will count the vote?

Votes at the Annual Meeting will be counted by one or more independent inspectors of election appointed by the Board.

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GENERAL INFORMATION (continued)

How do I submit a shareholder proposal for the 2023 Annual Meeting?

There are three different deadlines for submitting different forms of shareholder proposals. First, if a shareholder wishes to have a proposal considered for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement, he or she must submit the proposal in writing so that we receive it by November 22, 2022. Proposals should be addressed to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003 or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com. If you submit a proposal, it must comply with applicable laws, including Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be included in next year’s Proxy Statement.

On January 27, 2016, we amended our By-Laws to include a proxy access provision. The Company’s By-Laws now permit a shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, owning continuously for at least three years shares of common stock representing an aggregate of at least 3% of our outstanding shares, to nominate and include in next year’s Proxy Statement director nominees constituting up to two individuals or 20% of the Company’s Board of Directors, whichever is greater, provided that the shareholder(s) and nominee(s) satisfy the requirements in the Company’s By-Laws. Notice of proxy access director nominees must be received no earlier than October 23, 2022, and no later than November 22, 2022.

In addition, the Company’s By-Laws provide that any shareholder wishing to nominate a candidate for Director or to propose any other business at the Annual Meeting, but not intending to have such nomination or business included in next year’s Proxy Statement, must give the Company written notice no earlier than January 4, 2023 and no later than February 3, 2023. This notice must comply with applicable laws and the Company’s By-Laws. Copies of the By-Laws are available to shareholders free of charge on request to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003 or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com. You may also download the By-Laws from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

May I view future proxy materials online instead of receiving them by mail?

Yes. Shareholders may provide their consent to electronic delivery of Proxy Statements and Annual Reports instead of receiving them by postal mail. If you elect this feature, you will receive an e-mail notice, which will include the web address for viewing the materials online. The e-mail notice will also include instructions so you can vote your proxy online or by telephone. If you have more than one shareholder account, you may receive separate e-mails for each account. Costs normally associated with electronic delivery, such as charges from your Internet service provider, as well as any costs incurred in printing documents, will be your responsibility.

During the 2022 proxy voting period, the Internet voting systems will automatically provide shareholders the option to consent to electronic delivery of future years’ materials.

During the year, shareholders may provide their consent to electronic delivery by going to the appropriate website:

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Shareholders of record go to www.computershare.com/investor

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Beneficial owners go to https://enroll.icsdelivery.com/spgi

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Owners of shares through one of the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plans go to www.spglobalbenefits.com

What are the benefits of electronic delivery?

Electronic delivery benefits the environment and saves the Company money by reducing printing and mailing costs. It will also make it convenient for you to view your proxy materials and vote your shares online. If you have shares in more than one account, it is also an easy way to eliminate receiving duplicate copies of proxy materials.

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What are the costs of electronic delivery?

The Company charges nothing for electronic delivery. You may, of course, incur expenses associated with Internet access, such as charges from your Internet service provider.

How do I opt-out of electronic delivery?

At any time, shareholders may revoke their consent to electronic delivery and resume postal mail delivery of the Proxy Statement and Annual Report by going to the appropriate website:

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Shareholders of record go to www.computershare.com/investor

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Beneficial owners go to https://enroll.icsdelivery.com/spgi

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Owners of shares through one of the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plans go to www.spglobalbenefits.com

What is “householding”?

We have adopted “householding,” a procedure under which beneficial owners who have the same address and last name and do not participate in electronic delivery of proxy materials will receive only one copy of our Annual Report and Proxy Statement unless one or more of these shareholders notifies us that they wish to continue receiving individual copies. This procedure reduces duplicate mailings and thus reduces our printing costs and postage fees. Shareholders who participate in householding will continue to receive separate proxy cards. Householding does not affect dividend check mailings.

How do I request a separate paper or e-mail copy of the Proxy Statement or Annual Report at no charge?

If you wish to receive a separate paper or e-mail copy of the 2021 Annual Report or this Proxy Statement at no charge, please call us toll-free at (866) 436-8502, or send an e-mail to investor.relations@spglobal.com, or write to: Investor Relations, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003. We will promptly deliver to you the documents you requested. Please make your request for documents on or before April 22, 2022 to facilitate timely delivery of the documents to you prior to the Annual Meeting.

Where can I find the voting results?

We expect to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting. We will also publish voting results in a Form 8-K, which we will file with the SEC on or before May 10, 2022. To view this Form 8-K online, log on to the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com, and click on the SEC Filings link.

Can shareholders and other interested parties communicate directly with our Board? If so, how?

Yes. You may communicate directly with one or more members of the Board by writing to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003, or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com. The Corporate Secretary will then forward all questions or comments directly to our Board or a specific Director, as the case may be, unless such questions or comments are considered, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporate Secretary to be inappropriate for submission to the intended recipient(s).

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company’s business and affairs are overseen by our Board pursuant to the New York Business Corporation Law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. We currently have 17 Directors, 14 of whom are being nominated at this Annual Meeting for one-year terms, which will expire at the Annual Meeting in 2023 (See Item 1 on page 126). William Amelio, Monique Leroux and Kurt Schmoke will retire from the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting and will not stand for re-election at the Meeting.

Governance Highlights

Accountability	Board Independence and Refreshment	Compensation and Risk Management
Annual elections for directors.	Independent Chairman of the Board.	Equity Ownership Requirements for directors and executive officers.
Majority voting in uncontested director elections.	All nominees except our CEO are independent.	“Double trigger” vesting of equity-based awards upon a change in control.
Special meeting rights for shareholders holding 25% or more of the voting stock.	Executive sessions of independent directors every Board meeting.	Pay recovery policy or “clawback” applicable to executives and employees under Company policy and S&P Global Ratings policy.
Proxy access right for a shareholder or a group of up to 20 shareholders holding at least 3% of our outstanding shares for at least three years to nominate up to two directors or 20% of the Board, whichever is greater.	Our Director nominees have an average tenure of 5.4 years.	Anti-hedging and anti-pledging policy for directors and executive officers.
Annual performance evaluations of the Board, each Committee, the Chairman of the Board, each Committee Chair and each Director.	Retirement age prevents directors from standing for re-election after reaching age 72.	Risk oversight by the Board and Committees, including cybersecurity, technology, succession planning, ESG and human capital management.

Snapshot: Director Nominees

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (continued)​

Enhanced Corporate Governance Environment

The Board of Directors regularly assesses and refines our corporate governance policies and procedures to take into account evolving best practices and the interests of our shareholders as well as other stakeholders. The Company’s current corporate governance structure reflects an ongoing commitment to strong and effective governance practices that ensure Board responsiveness and accountability to shareholders. Our corporate governance structure includes:

Board Structure and Independence

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Board Independence. All of the Company’s director nominees are independent, with the exception of our CEO, who is the only member of management serving on the Board.

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Independent Chairman. The Company currently maintains separate roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board. An independent director acts as Chairman of the Board.

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Independent Committee Chairs. Each of the Committees of the Board is led by an independent director.

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Executive Sessions. The independent directors of the Board meet in executive session led by the independent chairman of the Board at every regularly scheduled Board meeting.

Board Diversity and Refreshment

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Board Membership. Since 2016, we have added 11 new independent directors who have brought valuable and varied experience in distinct and critical areas, each providing a fresh perspective to our Board. Their appointments underscore the Company’s commitment to inviting diverse backgrounds, perspectives, skills and experience into the boardroom to guide the growth and performance of the Company.

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Diversity. We believe that diversity is an important attribute of a well-functioning Board. While diversity can be measured in many ways, we note that our 14 Director nominees include 5 women and 2 African-Americans.

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Board Skills. During 2021, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”) undertook a comprehensive review of the skills and qualifications of the Board, and the critical skills necessary to guide the Company forward. In connection with this review, we appointed a new Director in 2021 as part of proactive succession planning for upcoming retirements and also added four new Directors in 2022 in connection with the merger with IHS Markit Ltd. (“IHS Markit”), adding fresh expertise in the financial services, capital and commodities markets and transportation industries, executive leadership, finance and accounting, strategic planning, operations, risk management, government and public policy, environmental and social matters, including human capital management, and technology and cybersecurity, as well as global perspective and international business experience.

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Offer to Resign upon Change in Circumstances. Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, any director undergoing a significant change in personal or professional circumstances must offer to resign from the Board.

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Overboarding Policy. In 2018, we amended our Corporate Governance Guidelines to limit the number of public-company boards on which our Directors serve (excluding service on our Board) to up to two total boards for public company executive officers and four total boards for other directors, unless the Nominating Committee determines such outside board service would not impair the Director’s service to the Company.

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Retirement Age. Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors cannot stand for re-election after reaching the age 72.

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Board Tenure. Since 2011, we have reduced the average tenure of our Director nominees from 11.3 years to 5.4 years.

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Election of Directors / Accountability to Shareholders

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Annual Election of Directors. The Company’s charter provides for the annual election of directors.

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Majority Voting in Director Elections. The Company’s By-Laws provide that in uncontested elections, director candidates must be elected by a majority of the votes cast. In uncontested director elections, a director who does not receive a majority of the votes cast must offer to submit his or her resignation for consideration.

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Shareholder Right to Call Special Meetings. The Company’s By-laws allow shareholders of record of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock to call a special meeting.

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Annual Self-Evaluation. The Board conducts an annual self-evaluation of Board and Committee performance and each Director’s performance, as well as an evaluation of the Chairman of the Board and each Committee Chair. The Nominating Committee reports the results to the Board and each Committee, including its assessment of the Board’s and the Committees’ effectiveness and areas for improvement. Additional information can be found on page 13 of this Proxy Statement.

Shareholder Recommendations / Proxy Access

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Shareholder Recommendations. Shareholders can submit recommendations of director candidates for consideration by the Nominating Committee.

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Proxy Access. A shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, owning continuously for at least three years shares of common stock representing an aggregate of at least 3% of our outstanding shares, may nominate and include in the Company’s Proxy Statement director nominees constituting up to two individuals or 20% of the Company’s Board of Directors, whichever is greater.

Management Succession Planning

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Succession Planning. The Board believes that one of its primary responsibilities is to oversee the development and retention of executive talent and to ensure that an appropriate succession plan is in place for our Chief Executive Officer and other members of management. Additional information can be found on page 22 of this Proxy Statement.

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Board Talent Agenda. In 2021, the full Board reviewed specific talent management topics as standing agenda items at three out of eight of its scheduled meetings as well as more detailed reviews at the Committee level. Additional information can be found on page 22 of this Proxy Statement.

Equity Ownership Requirements

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Director Equity Ownership Requirements. Each non-employee Director is required to own or acquire, within five years of election to the Company’s Board of Directors, shares of common stock of the Company having a market value of at least five times the annual cash retainer for serving as a Director of the Company. Additional Information can be found on page 119 of this Proxy Statement.

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Policy Prohibiting Hedging and Pledging. The Company’s Insider Trading Policy prohibits the hedging and pledging of Company stock by directors without exception.

Compensation Practices

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Compensation Governance. Additional highlights of our compensation governance best practices can be found on page 65 of this Proxy Statement.

Corporate Governance Materials

The following corporate governance materials are available and can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com:

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the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation;

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the Company’s By-Laws;

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the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines;

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Board Committee Charters for the Company’s Audit, Compensation and Leadership Development, Executive, Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees;

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the Code of Business Ethics applicable to all employees;

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the Code of Ethics applicable to the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers;

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the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors applicable to all Company Directors; and

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the Audit Committee’s Policy concerning Employee Complaint Procedures Regarding Accounting and Auditing Matters.

Director Independence

The Board has determined that all of the Company’s current Directors and Directors who served during 2021, with the exception of Mr. Douglas L. Peterson (the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer), have met the independence requirements of the NYSE based upon the application of objective categorical standards adopted by the Board. To be considered independent, a Director must have no material relationship (other than as a Director) with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a material relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. In making independence determinations, the Board broadly considers all relevant facts and circumstances.

In addition, members of the Audit Committee must also satisfy the SEC and NYSE independence requirements, which provide that they may not be affiliates and may not accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than their directors’ compensation. The Board evaluated each member of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) under the additional SEC and NYSE compensation committee member standards and also determined that these members qualify as “non-employee directors” ​(as defined under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Additional Information Regarding Director Independence

In making its independence determinations with respect to our Directors, the Board considered the following transactions that the Company engages in from time to time with organizations in which our independent Directors serve as executive officers or otherwise have a material interest:

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Lockheed Martin Corporation. Ms. Stephanie C. Hill is the EVP, Rotary and Mission Systems at Lockheed Martin Corporation. In 2021, the Company and its divisions provided Lockheed Martin Corporation the following products and services: data subscriptions and licensing of publications, credit rating services and index services.

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Snam S.p.A. Mr. Marco Alverà is the Chief Executive Officer of Snam S.p.A. In 2021, the Company and its divisions provided Snam S.p.A. data subscriptions, licensing of publications and credit rating services.

All of these transactions are entered into in the ordinary course of business and on terms that are substantially equivalent to those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other similarly situated customers or vendors of the Company. None of the transactions described above exceeds 1% of the Company’s consolidated revenue or that of such other company.

In making its independence determinations with respect to our Directors, the Board reviews the materiality of these transactions not only from the standpoint of the applicable Director but also from the standpoint of the organizations in which they serve. Based on this review, the Board has concluded that these transactions do not interfere with the ability of each such Director to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her Board responsibilities.

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Leadership Structure of the Board of Directors

The Board reviews its leadership structure and selects the Chairman of the Board annually based upon such criteria as the Company’s independent Nominating Committee recommends and consideration of what the Directors believe to be in the best interests of the Company at a given point in time.

Mr. Richard E. Thornburgh is currently serving as the Board’s independent chairman. The only member of management who serves on the Board is Mr. Douglas L. Peterson, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The position of chairman of the Board has been held by an independent director since 2015.

The Board believes that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for the positions of Chairman and CEO to be held by separate individuals. The Board believes that this leadership structure will continue to assure the appropriate level of independent Board oversight of management and strengthens our commitment to sound governance by effectively allocating authority, responsibility and oversight between management and the independent members of our Board. Maintaining separate roles permits the CEO to focus more time and energy on day-to-day management of the Company and the Company’s strategic direction, while the Chairman offers an independent perspective and oversees corporate governance matters and operation of the Board.

In the future, if the Chairman is not an independent director, our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that an independent Director be designated as presiding director to lead the executive sessions of the independent Directors at Board meetings, consult on committee selection, and communicate the annual evaluation of the CEO, together with the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. In addition, each of the Committees of the Board is led by an independent Director acting as the Committee Chair.

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Board and Committee Self-Evaluations

The Board annually assesses the performance and effectiveness of the Board, its Committees, the Chairman of the Board, each Committee Chair and each Director through an annual self-evaluation. The Board and each Committee discusses their respective self-evaluation results and, as appropriate, implements enhancements and other modifications identified during the self-evaluation process.

Evaluation Process

The independent Chairman of the Board oversees and the Nominating Committee establishes and administers the annual evaluation process, including determining the format. The Chair of the Nominating Committee presents the results and findings to the full Board and its Committees to identify opportunities to further enhance effectiveness.

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Shareholder Engagement

We value our shareholders’ feedback and are committed to engaging in constructive and meaningful dialogue with shareholders regarding our governance practices, executive compensation program and other areas of shareholder focus throughout the year, including the Board’s oversight of risk, strategy, talent and environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Maintaining an ongoing and active dialogue with shareholders is critical to the development of a sound governance process that promotes transparency, accountability and long-term shareholder value by:

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Providing our investors with visibility into our business strategy, governance practices and compensation programs;

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Helping us determine which issues are important to shareholders in order to share and exchange our views on those issues; and

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Offering us an opportunity to identify emerging issues that could impact our business and influence our practices.

How We Engage

A shareholder engagement team consisting of senior management, Investor Relations and the Corporate Secretary leads our outreach initiatives, seeking input from our shareholders in a number of forums year-round, including proactive off-season outreach to institutional investors and targeted proxy-season outreach, as appropriate, on specific areas of investor focus.

Investor Relations Activities

As part of our ongoing Investor Relations outreach, members of senior management and Investor Relations routinely engage with institutional investors by participating in industry conferences, non-deal roadshows and one-on-one meetings. In 2021, the Investor Relations team continued our active dialogue with investors, despite the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, by attending both virtual and in-person investor conferences and investor meetings. These activities allow our senior management and Investor

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Relations team to share and discuss our business strategy and achievements, solicit investor feedback on our performance and seek insight into our investors’ priorities throughout the year.

Corporate Secretary Outreach

We also conduct proactive annual outreach by inviting governance representatives of our largest institutional shareholders to discuss corporate governance, compensation, environmental and social and other matters with the Corporate Secretary both during and outside of the proxy season. During 2021-2022, we invited our largest long-term institutional investors to discuss general corporate governance, sustainability and executive compensation matters and provide feedback.

Communicating Shareholder Feedback

The shareholder engagement team regularly reports to the full Board, the Nominating Committee and any other committees, as necessary, on the Company’s outreach activities, shareholder feedback and recommended best practices. Our engagement initiatives have covered a wide range of important governance topics, providing valuable insights and feedback regarding the following areas of investor focus:

No significant concerns were raised by investors this year and investors expressed strong overall support for our governance framework and executive compensation program, including the link between pay and performance.

Board Review and Responsiveness

The Board and its relevant committees consider our shareholders’ views and perspectives as part of their decision-making process on key issues related to strategy, governance, compensation and environmental and social responsibility to integrate shareholder input and emerging best practice into our governance process.

Some recent governance enhancements in response to investor input include:

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Enhanced ESG disclosure, including through expanded disclosure in our annual Impact and TCFD reports, publication of science-based targets to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG emissions) and inclusion of more robust and in-depth voluntary disclosure on environmental sustainability, human capital management, workforce demographics and community engagement.

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Amendments to Board and Committee governance documents placing increased emphasis on oversight of ESG topics by formally incorporating oversight of human capital management and culture in the Compensation Committee Charter, oversight of ESG strategies, initiatives, risks and reporting in Nominating Committee Charter and oversight of material ESG matters by the full Board in the Corporate Governance Guidelines in 2020 and 2021.

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Introduction of a Director overboarding policy to our Corporate Governance Guidelines in 2018, limiting the number of public-company boards on which our directors may serve (excluding service on our Board, to up to two outside boards for public-company executive officers and four outside public

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company boards for other Directors, unless the Nominating Committee determines such outside board service would not impair the director’s service to the Company).

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Enhanced corporate governance disclosure, including in the areas of risk oversight, Board composition and skills, refreshment and succession planning, Board self-evaluations, and shareholder engagement.

In addition, many of the improvements to our governance and compensation structures implemented over the last several years have been informed by shareholder feedback. Examples of prior governance and compensation program changes made in response to shareholder feedback are highlighted on page 73 of this Proxy Statement and affirm our responsiveness to and alignment with our shareholders.

Say-on-Climate

We are committed to climate stewardship and to providing meaningful and transparent disclosure of our progress mitigating climate change.

2021 Say-on-Climate Vote

To broaden shareholder engagement and solicit feedback on our climate strategy, we gave shareholders the opportunity to provide an advisory, non-binding vote on our Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) Reduction Plan at our May 2021 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Investor Feedback

Through shareholder voting, as well as direct shareholder outreach led by our Corporate Secretary and through institutional investor and proxy advisor feedback in the broader public forum, investors and other stakeholders have expressed, among others, the following about Say-on-Climate voting:

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Shareholders approved our Emissions Reduction Plan with over 99% support, with various institutional investors expressing public support for our approach to investor engagement on the Company’s 2021 Say-on-Climate proposal.

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Some investors during 2021 proxy season engagement, however, noted reservations about the usefulness of Say-on-Climate voting and shared concerns about the lack of clarity as to what the vote signals and a concern regarding the potential shifting of risk and liability over Company strategy from the Board and Company management to shareholders, who are not as equipped or informed on the topic.

2022 Climate Engagement

The Board takes the views of our shareholders and other stakeholders seriously. While we received over 99% support for our Emissions Reduction Plan in the 2021 advisory vote, we are also mindful of investor concerns about the potential implications of a Say-on-Climate vote.

As a result, and because our Emissions Reduction Plan remains unchanged, we have determined not to hold a second advisory Say-on-Climate vote at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting. Instead, consistent with our goal to be a sustainability leader, we will continue to take decisive action to reduce our emissions and mitigate climate change, engage directly with shareholders on those efforts and provide proactive and transparent, market-leading disclosure about the Company’s climate change strategy and emissions reduction progress. We believe that our ongoing engagement activities better enable the Board to solicit actionable insights on our climate strategy throughout the year, and provide our shareholders, as well as other stakeholders, with an opportunity to convey more meaningful and substantive feedback, than would be possible in casting a singular vote.

For more information regarding the Company’s climate change strategy and sustainability initiatives, please see the “Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility” section of this Proxy Statement.

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Contacting the Board

We believe communication between the Board and the Company’s shareholders is an important part of the governance process. Shareholders and other interested parties may communicate with our Board or any Director or Committee by addressing communications to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003 or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com.

The Corporate Secretary may sort or summarize the communications as appropriate and, depending on the nature of the communication, the correspondence will either be forwarded or periodically presented to the Board. Communications that are personal grievances, commercial solicitations, customer complaints or that contain inappropriate or offensive content will not be communicated to the Board or any Director or Committee.

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Role of Board of Directors in Risk Oversight

The Board is broadly responsible for overseeing and evaluating the management of the Company, including the development and implementation of the Company’s strategic objectives, and provides direction to management in the interest of and for the benefit of the Company’s shareholders. In connection with the Board’s important role in overseeing the Company’s strategic direction for the benefit of shareholders, the Board oversees risk management. The Board believes that effective risk management is essential to the Company’s commitment to deliver long-term shareholder value. Highlights of the Board’s risk management process include:

Role of the Board and its Committees

The Board has oversight responsibility for the Company’s risk management framework, which is designed to identify, measure, assess, mitigate, monitor and report risks across the Company. In overseeing the Company’s risk management framework, the Board strives to ensure that the Company’s overall risk exposure is appropriately aligned with the Company’s strategy and agreed risk tolerances, focusing on significant strategic and competitive, financial, operational, legal and compliance, technology and cybersecurity, talent management and culture risks facing the Company.

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The Board exercises its risk oversight responsibilities both directly and indirectly through the Board’s Committees by delegating oversight for specific categories of risk to its Committees, which assist the Board in evaluating the key risks faced by the Company and assessing the Company’s policies, procedures, monitoring and escalation protocols as they relate to risk management.

Board and Committee Oversight of Certain Key Risks

As part of the Board’s responsibility to exercise effective and meaningful oversight of the Company’s risk management process, the Board periodically reviews key risks at the Board and Committee level and periodically assesses the appropriate oversight structure for such risks.

Technology and Cyber-Risk Oversight

Our Board, and Nominating and Audit Committees, gave significant consideration over the past several years to the appropriate oversight structure for risks associated with technology and cybersecurity as well as the risks themselves. The full Board is briefed on enterprise-wide technology and cybersecurity risk management and the overall technology and cybersecurity environment by management and through regular updates from the Audit Committee and Finance Committee on their in-depth Committee-level reviews. In addition, the Board receives biannual updates from the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and the Chief Information Security Officer.

The Board coordinates with the Audit Committee and Finance Committee to ensure active Board- and Committee-level oversight of the Company’s technology and cyber risk profile, enterprise technology and cyber strategies, and information security initiatives. In addition, the Board has delegated primary responsibility for oversight of key risks of the Company to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews technology and cyber risks, as well as the Company’s risk mitigation processes and internal control procedures to protect

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sensitive business information, and receives regular reports from the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and the Chief Information Security Officer on the Company’s technology and cybersecurity programs. In addition, the Finance Committee oversees management’s strategy with regard to technology and associated risks when considering major capital expenditures and acquisitions.

In 2021, in connection with integration planning for the merger with IHS Markit, Accenture was engaged by management to perform an external cyber maturity assessment, and the Company designed processes to ensure ongoing regulatory adherence for SOC1, SOC2, ISO2701 and SOX requirements.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Oversight

The Board views oversight and effective management of ESG-related risks and opportunities as essential to the Company’s ability to execute its strategy and achieve long-term sustainable growth. As such, the full Board receives regular updates on a variety of ESG topics, including sustainability and climate-related matters, as part of its annual, in-depth strategy and risk management sessions, as well as ongoing discussions and committee reports throughout the year. The full Board also receives biannual updates on the Company’s ESG products and offerings.

In addition to oversight by the full Board, the Board coordinates with its various Committees to ensure active and ongoing Committee-level oversight of the Company’s management of ESG related risks and opportunities. In 2021, the Board updated the Corporate Governance Guidelines to formally reflect the Board’s role and responsibilities overseeing material ESG matters pertaining to the Company’s business and long-term strategy and the Nominating Committee Charter to clarify the Committee’s role coordinating with the Board on material ESG issues, including its responsibility for overseeing and brining to the attention of the full Board emerging ESG trends and issues.

Human Capital Management Oversight

The Board views effective human capital management as critical to the Company’s ability to execute its strategy.

As a result, the Board of Directors and the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee oversee and regularly engage with our CEO, Chief Purpose Officer (the “CPO”), Chief Corporate Responsibility & Diversity Officer and other members of senior leadership on a broad range of people topics, including: culture and purpose; talent attraction and development; succession planning; compensation and benefits; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); workplace health, safety and well-being; and employee engagement and retention.

At the management level, our CPO is responsible for leading the development and execution of the Company’s human capital management strategy, also referred to as our “People” strategy, working together with other senior leaders across the Company. Among other things, this includes promoting an inclusive and performance-driven workplace culture with equitable opportunity for all; managing the Company’s initiatives to attract, develop, engage and retain the high-quality talent needed to ensure S&P Global is equipped with the right skill sets and intellectual capital to deliver on current and future business needs; and overseeing the design of the Company’s compensation, benefits and well-being programs. In connection with these responsibilities, the CPO also leads our Corporate Responsibility & DEI team on the development and execution of the Company’s DEI roadmap and works closely with the CEO on executive succession planning and development of the talent succession pipeline for the Company’s Executive Committee.

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Risk Assessment of Compensation Policies and Practices

At least annually, the Compensation Committee oversees a risk review of the various components of our compensation program. In 2021, the Committee and its independent compensation consultant determined that the Company’s compensation plans, programs and policies do not encourage excessive risk taking and are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. For additional information, see page 96 of this Proxy Statement.

Role of Management

While the Board provides oversight, management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Company’s risk exposures in a manner consistent with the strategic direction and objectives established by the Board. Management provides regular updates to the Board and the Audit Committee concerning strategic, operational and emerging risks and the Company’s efforts to mitigate those risks. As a critical component of the Company’s risk management process, management has adopted an integrated risk management framework to continuously identify, assess, measure, manage, monitor and report current and emerging non-financial risks. As part of this framework, the Company has an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Committee which is chaired by the Company’s Chief Risk & Compliance Officer. The ERM Committee oversees the Company’s risk management framework, including the implementation of the framework components across the Company and promotes a strong Company-wide culture of risk management, compliance and control.

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Talent Management and Succession Planning

The Board believes that one of its primary responsibilities is to oversee the development and retention of executive talent and to ensure appropriate succession plans are in place so that the Company has the executive talent it needs to successfully execute the Company’s short-term and long-term business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

In consultation with the CEO, Chief Purpose Officer (the “CPO”) and other members of management, the Nominating Committee, the Compensation Committee and the full Board review short-term and long-term succession planning for the development, retention and replacement of executive talent both formally, at least on an annual basis, as well as informally throughout the year in Executive Session.

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Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility

Environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) concerns are essential components of sustainable Company performance and the successful implementation of our long-term, customer-focused business strategy to Power the Markets of the Future. ESG permeates all aspects of our business and guides our purpose to accelerate progress in the world by providing intelligence that is essential for companies, governments and individuals to make decisions with conviction.

We are committed to serving the communities in which we operate worldwide. In 2019, we endorsed the updated Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation issued by the Business Roundtable, recognizing a corporation’s responsibility to represent the interests of a wider range of stakeholders than just shareholders as an essential component of corporate sustainability and long-term economic viability.

As a result, ESG considerations inform our governance mechanisms for effective Board oversight as well as how we manage our Company to fulfill our strategic priorities and carry out our corporate purpose to accelerate progress for stakeholders and communities across the world. In 2021, we continued to advance our industry-leading practices in sustainability and corporate responsibility:

Governance

We are committed to running our business with integrity, transparency and the highest standards of corporate governance. Reflecting our ongoing commitment to integrity and transparency, we continue to refine our governance policies and procedures, taking into account evolving best practices and the best interests of our shareholders, the Company and other essential stakeholders.

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Board and Committee Oversight

In recent years, our Board of Directors has taken active steps, summarized in the chart on page 8, and described more fully on pages 9 through 10, of this Proxy Statement, to enhance the Company’s corporate governance environment. These improvements have included more comprehensive disclosure and increased Board and Committee focus on oversight and effective management of the Company’s ESG related risks and opportunities.

Most recently, in 2020 and 2021, the Board and its Committees updated their governing documents to further enhance governance processes that promote corporate responsibility and accountability by memorializing the Company’s commitment to essential stakeholders and formally documenting our existing framework for the Board’s coordination with its Committees on oversight of material ESG issues. Highlights included amendments to:

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The Board Corporate Governance Guidelines to clarify that our Board's responsibilities to shareholders also extend to other stakeholders, reflecting our alignment with the Business Roundtable's Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, and to formalize that Board oversight responsibilities include material ESG matters and human capital management.

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The Nominating Committee Charter to provide for the Committees' review and oversight of management of the Company's ESG strategy, initiatives, risks and reporting, including expanded coverage of ESG oversight to formalize the Committee's role coordinating with the Board on material ESG issues.

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The Compensation Committee Charter to formalize for the Committee's review and oversight of the Company's culture and policies and strategies related to human capital management, including to reflect the Committee's review of workplace environment, culture and employee health, well-being and safety related topics.

For a more detailed discussion regarding the role of the Board and its Committees in overseeing management of the Company’s key risks, including ESG, please see pages 18 through 21 of this Proxy Statement.

Company ESG Leadership

Our ESG leadership structure at the management level also reflects our focus on ESG issues and commitment to provide value to all stakeholders. The corporate responsibility and DEI functions are managed by our Chief Corporate Responsibility & Diversity Officer, who serves as the Chair of the S&P Global Foundation Board. This reinforces our internal DEI and ESG integration efforts and drives employee volunteerism and philanthropic giving through the S&P Global Foundation. In addition, the Corporate Responsibility team directs efforts to minimize S&P Global’s environmental impact and transition to a net-zero future, in coordination with other key internal stakeholders across the business. Along with our Executive Committee, this team manages the Company’s ESG reporting and regularly updates the Board on our strategy, activities and progress. Other senior leaders also provide input through internal committees such as our Net Zero Oversight Groups, DEI Council and Environmental Health & Safety Committee. Our global Corporate Responsibility team implements day-to-day programs with support from senior leaders and relevant corporate functions.

Most recently, in 2021, the Company undertook an internal audit to identify opportunities to enhance our non-financial disclosures. In connection with the internal audit, we enhanced rigor in our quality control framework and processes for tracking the data included in our Impact and TCFD reports, including by increasing external assurance of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in areas such as GHG emissions, water and waste metrics and workforce demographics, among others. A new non-financial disclosure working group, consisting of a cross-section of internal leaders, was created to provide cross-functional strategic oversight of all the Company’s ESG-related disclosure documents.

In April of 2021 and lead by the CFO, the Company announced one of the first sustainability-linked banking facilities in the United States tied to climate action goals verified by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the first such banking facility in the U.S. media and information services sector. The $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility includes a sustainability-linked pricing adjustment to reinforce the Company's pledge to support the transition to a global net-zero economy. The pricing adjustment is linked to the

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Company's goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which have been verified by the SBTi, a coalition that assesses the soundness of private-sector climate action through a scientific framework.

Material ESG Factors

At S&P Global, we understand that to be most effective in our efforts to create a more sustainable business and society, we must first identify where we have the most opportunity for positive impact and where we must minimize the potential for negative impact. For this reason, we are guided by our materiality assessment; a process to identify, refine and assess the most relevant sustainability topics for the organization and its stakeholders. The list of material topics includes those that have a direct or indirect impact on our ability to create, preserve or erode economic, environmental and social value for ourselves, our stakeholders, the environment and society. The materiality assessment helps us to allocate financial resources and human capital; make decisions based on the right data; identify emerging trends; communicate on the issues that matter most to our stakeholders; meet increasing demands from regulators and reporting standards; and support the Corporate Responsibility team in implementing a sustainability strategy, setting ambitious goals and targets, and leading targeted and ongoing stakeholder engagement. A review of the Company's material topics, including management approach, boundary setting and Key Performance Indicators for each topic, is located in the Company's annual Impact Report.

Environmental Sustainability

We are committed to promoting environmental sustainability both internally, by minimizing our environmental footprint, and externally, by providing transparent disclosure of our climate-related business risks and developing innovative tools that drive sustainable investment in the marketplace and help markets and customers transition to a low carbon economy.

Transitioning to Net-Zero

Our efforts to promote a sustainable environment encompass our operations and people. We continually assess our portfolio and business operations with sustainability in mind and have an established record of implementing meaningful programs to reduce the Company’s global environmental impact, while also promoting accountability through transparent public disclosure of our reduction efforts.

Corporate sustainability initiatives to decrease our carbon emissions and natural resource consumption are supported and integrated across our global operations through comprehensive global programs and targets, proactive performance tracking and transparent reporting.

Significant recent achievements and commitments towards reducing our climate and natural resource footprint include:

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A full review of the governance of managing environmental risks and opportunities can be found in the Company's annual TCFD Report.

The performance scorecard for determining payouts under the Company’s short-term incentive plan also incorporates key performance indicators (KPIs) tied to environmental sustainability. Linking executive incentive pay outcomes to the Company’s progress achieving strategic climate initiatives thus provides another mechanism for ensuring accountability to reduction goals, in addition to the Company’s extensive public disclosure described below.

Climate-Related Financial Disclosure

We support informed and sustainable investment through transparent disclosure and standardized analysis of financially material climate-related risks and opportunities.

In 2019, S&P Global was among the first companies to publish a climate disclosure report responsive to each of the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), powered by a comprehensive climate scenario analysis conducted by the Company’s Trucost ESG Analysis. In 2021, we updated our TCFD report to capture TCFD’s latest disclosure recommendations, incorporate insights from benchmarking and meet increasing expectations from regulators, investors and other stakeholders for greater investment, transparency and diligence managing climate related challenges.

Essential Intelligence for Sustainable Investment

We offer data and analytics for sustainable investment through innovative ESG solutions that power the markets for good. As a leading provider of data and analytics, we invest in the development and delivery of ESG data, ratings, benchmarks and insights to address the sustainability goals of our customers and anticipate consumer needs related to ESG issues.

We have designed a comprehensive governance structure comprising of various functions, including among others, Products, Commercial and Research, Technology and Operations, and all of which are focused on ensuring governance, alignment and execution across S&P Global’s ESG strategy. We have developed and launched and continue to develop a suite of products across our underlying business units that offer innovative solutions for our clients’ evolving ESG needs, so they can accelerate progress by identifying growth opportunities and mitigating ESG risk.

With the launch of Sustainable1 in April 2021, consolidating the management of our cross-divisional ESG assets and our ESG product roadmap with an integrated ESG leadership group and organizational structure designed to scale quickly and better serve the evolving needs of our customers, 2021 marked a milestone year for S&P Global and ESG. Sustainable1 offers a single source of essential sustainability intelligence, bringing together S&P Global’s resources and full product suite of data, benchmarking, analytics, evaluations, and indices that provide customers with a 360-degree view to help achieve their sustainability goals.

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In 2021, we achieved substantial progress with new product launches, enhancements and strategic initiatives across the Company:

We also continued to build out our ESG data and analytics capabilities through the acquisition of The Climate Service (TCS), adding to the Company’s leading portfolio of ESG insights and solutions, and investment in Novata, a new public benefit corporation and technology platform launched last year to provide the private markets ecosystem with ESG measurement, data collection and benchmarking.

Social Responsibility

Powering the Markets of the Future and accelerating progress requires a skilled, diverse and engaged workforce to implement our strategy and purpose as well as an inclusive global economy. We invest in our people and communities as critical to the success of our long-term strategic vision and ability to accelerate progress.

Investing in our Employees

Our people create value and are the foundation of everything we do, powering our impact on communities and economies. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive performance-driven culture is one of the key components of our corporate strategy to Power the Markets of the Future and a corporate priority set from the top. As a result, we invest in our success as a global Company by investing in our employees across the world through our “people first” approach to human capital management, aimed at enabling all team members to reach their full potential.

To achieve our strategic people objectives, we support our employees through human capital management strategies that include diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; learning and development programs; competitive compensation and benefits programs; workplace health, safety and well-being measures; and talent attraction, retention and engagement. Examples of some of our key initiatives and programs in these focus areas are included below.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Our ability to attract and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce is critical to our long-term strategy, driving business growth and innovation and empowering our people to achieve their full potential. In connection with our commitment to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, we have taken the following steps to foster an environment where our people can bring their whole selves to work:

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An executive DEI Council, co-chaired by our CEO and Chief Purpose Officer, directs and oversees our enterprise-wide DEI strategy, advancing and ensuring coordination and accountability for DEI programs across the organization. In 2021, we designed a new and improved DEI governance model for the newly combined organization following the close of the merger with IHS Markit to align on strategy and prioritization; improve connectivity and create a defined and well-coordinated feedback loop between

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the Company’s Board of Directors, the executive DEI Council, People Resource Groups and People leaders; and enhance accountability.

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We measure progress on our diversity, equity and inclusion programs as part of our enterprise and division balanced scorecards, which are reviewed by the CEO quarterly and the Board at least biannually, and impact short-term incentive compensation. Key Performance Indicators under our incentive scorecards for tracking and ensuring accountability for DEI progress include measuring the net change in the gender and racial/ethnic diversity of the S&P Global employee population and DEI specific sentiment through the annual VIBE employee engagement survey.

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We connect colleagues across our organization through our network of People Resource Groups (PRGs) collectively referred to as Mosaic. These global and employee-led networks offer career experiences and network-building opportunities that foster professional development and support workplace diversity.

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To improve our pipeline of diverse talent, we have expanded our partnerships in diverse talent recruitment with select Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), upgraded interview training to incorporate awareness of unconscious bias, and expanded career mentoring and leadership development opportunities for diverse colleagues.

Learning & Development Programs

We support our employees in pursuing their professional goals with growing investments in personalized development. We provide a wide array of global training and learning programs to help employees expand their knowledge, skills and experience and guide career advancement, including:

Competitive Compensation & Benefits Programs

We believe compensation and benefits programs are critical to the overall employee experience. Offering market competitive, people-centric and performance-driven compensation and benefits is key to our recruitment, talent management and retention strategies. As a result, management regularly assesses employee feedback, competitor research and market data to ensure our programs remain competitive and are designed with our people’s physical, financial, work-life, mental and emotional health and well-being in mind. Based on these insights, each year we continue to introduce new and enhanced “people first” benefits to advance employees’ well-being at work and beyond in support of our “people first” philosophy. In 2021, we launched new initiatives to increase transparency around pay decisions and empower colleagues to initiate pay conversations and to enhance well-being support for our people by providing extended parental leave, more flexible time-off arrangements and wellness days.

Workplace Health, Safety & Well-being

The health, safety and well-being of our people working around the globe is a top priority, and our facilities worldwide follow rigorous, internally and externally audited, occupational health and safety policies.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we established a steering committee to lead a coordinated workplace safety strategy and acted quickly implementing significant changes across the organization to protect our people and the communities in which we operate. In early 2021, most of our employees remained working from home and our plans to introduce a new flexible return to office model and phased approach to office

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re-openings evolved in response to changing pandemic-related dynamics throughout the year. Informed by guidance from our Chief Medical Officer and close partnership between Global Security and local site leaders to propose changes as needed, we continued to promote health, safety and well-being by providing updated guidance, expanded benefits and support services to help our people navigate remote work and the ongoing pandemic, including:

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30 business days global care leave while caring for a sick or healthy family member during COVID-19 and mandated work from home guidance;

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10 paid business days minimum global sick leave while being treated for COVID-19;

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unlimited paid compassion leave following loss of a loved one;

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three months’ pay to family members following loss of an employee;

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townhalls and a dedicated microsite to provide ongoing guidance and support for homeworking logistics.

Retention & Engagement

In order to attract and retain the high-quality talent needed to execute our long-term strategy to Power the Markets of the Future, we believe it is critical for our people to feel motivated and empowered. As a result, we strive to create a unified and inclusive workplace culture that promotes employee engagement, satisfaction and performance; and that reflects our common corporate purpose and values.

We invite employee feedback through a variety of channels for open communication and engagement, including small group employee round-table discussions with our business leaders and members of our Board of Directors, our annual VIBE employee engagement survey, as well as more frequent check-ins through employee “Pulse” surveys. The annual VIBE survey allows us to track progress in critical areas, such as workplace pride and satisfaction and inclusive culture, and gather actionable insights for improvements to our people strategy. We encourage managers to share VIBE survey results with their teams, prioritize action areas and pursue solutions. To reinforce management accountability, we also track employee survey scores in our enterprise and division balanced scorecards, with outcomes against survey engagement targets impacting short-term incentive outcomes.

Investing in Communities

We recognize the importance of engaging with and supporting the communities where our people live and work and invest in our communities through thought leadership, employee volunteering and the work and charitable giving of the S&P Global Foundation, focusing our efforts in three priority areas where we can make the most difference.

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Accelerating Progress through the S&P Global Foundation

The S&P Global Foundation supports partners and programs that engage the Company’s employees and donates to a variety of non-profit organizations across our global office locations. In addition to the focus areas described above, the Foundation supports racial equity and justice programs, disaster and humanitarian relief efforts and tools to enable our people to dedicate their own time and resources to the charitable and social causes most important to them. In 2021, the Foundation increased grant-making by approximately 30% from 2020 with approximately $15 million in grants to organizations in 35 countries.

Employee Volunteer Impact

Our people drive our community impact by identifying nonprofits to support with their time and financial contribution. We encourage our employees to volunteer and provide gift-matching for employee donations to eligible nonprofit institutions. In 2019, we launched Essential Impact, a year-round global volunteering initiative that gives our employees five paid “Give Back Days” a year to spend volunteering. In 2021, employee volunteerism contributed approximately $1.4 million in economic value to nonprofits around the globe and total employee giving increased by approximately 50% to $2.99 million.

Process for Identifying and Evaluating Directors and Nominees

The Nominating Committee reviews with the Board, on an annual basis, the current composition of the Board and identifies the types of skills and qualifications desirable for future Board members in light of the current and anticipated needs of the Board and its committees.

Based on its annual review, the Committee recommends to the Board the general selection criteria for Director nominees, screens potential Director candidates and recommends the slate of Director nominees for election to the Board at the Company’s Annual Meeting.

Board Refreshment and Succession Planning

We believe that thoughtful Board refreshment and proactive Director succession planning is an integral part of the Company’s ability to deliver on its long-term strategy.

Board Refreshment

To ensure the right balance of fresh new perspectives with the institutional knowledge contributed by our longer-serving Directors, the Committee regularly oversees and reviews practices to enhance the Board’s refreshment process. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines incorporate refreshment mechanisms, including mandatory retirement from re-election after reaching age 72 and mandatory resignation offers upon a change in circumstances described further on page 9 of this Proxy Statement.

We value the historical knowledge and experience our long-term Directors bring to the Board. Although the Committee considers Director tenure as a factor in identifying the slate of Director nominees, tenure alone is not a critical or determinative factor.

Most recently, the Committee conducted a thorough review and benchmarking of the refreshment mechanisms in the Board’s Corporate Governance Guidelines in the summer and fall of 2021.

Succession Planning and Director Recruitment Process

In anticipation of retirements, resignations and evolving strategic needs for new skills and capabilities, the Committee conducts proactive, strategy-driven Director succession planning. The succession planning and new Director recruitment process is designed to be responsive to anticipated future needs in light of evolving

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business, industry and market dynamics and to ensure the Board’s members bring the right balance of skills, experience, tenure and diversity to effectively promote, support and oversee the implementation of our long-term strategy.

The Committee follows a multiphase approach to succession planning and the Director recruitment process to identify and evaluate potential new Director candidates.

As part of the evaluation process, the Committee reviews and considers available information regarding each candidate, including skills and qualifications, as well as diversity of background, experience and thought (including age, gender, race/ethnicity and geography). The Committee also reviews the candidate’s independence, potential conflicts and any reputational risks.

New Director Nominees

Gregory Washington and four new Directors joining from IHS Markit — Jacques Esculier, Gay Huey Evans, Robert P. Kelly and Deborah D. McWhinney — were identified by Russell Reynolds and the Nominating Committee as candidates possessing extensive experience and qualifications in key strategic and priority areas during the new Director searches conducted by the Nominating Committee in 2021 both in connection with proactive Board succession planning in light of upcoming retirements and preparation for the merger with IHS Markit.

Following an initial screening process, Mr. Washington was one of several candidates interviewed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chair of the Nominating Committee and its other Committee members, as well as the Chief Executive Officer for appointment to the Board in 2021. Among other things, Mr. Washington’s qualifications include leadership, operational and government and public policy experience managing large and complex educational institutions, which provides the Board with a diverse approach to management; in-depth knowledge in a number of key technology areas acquired through his engineering expertise; and invaluable human capital management and social insight into the next generation of talent. In addition to Mr. Washington’s appointment in 2021, in light of the increased size, scope and complexity of the future combined Company’s business, the Nominating Committee also reviewed new Director candidates on the IHS Markit Board of Directors and determined to appoint Jacques Esculier, Gay Huey Evans, Robert P. Kelly and Deborah D. McWhinney to serve on the Board of S&P Global following the closing of the merger. The background and qualifications of each of the new Directors were reviewed and discussed by the Committee with the full Board, prior to their recommendation for election to the Board.

The Committee and the Board believe that Mr. Washington and the four new directors from IHS Markit will contribute valuable insights and perspective on the financial services, capital markets, commodities and transportation industries, as well as executive leadership, finance and accounting, strategic planning,

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operations, consumer sales and marketing, government and public policy, risk management, human capital management and technology expertise. The Board unanimously recommends that the new Directors be elected to the Board at this year’s Annual Meeting.

Shareholder Nominations and Recommendation of Director Candidates

Candidates may come to the Committee’s attention through recommendations from current Board members, senior management, professional search firms, shareholders or other sources. The Committee will consider Director candidates recommended by shareholders and evaluates shareholder candidates based on the same selection criteria it uses for other Director candidates. Shareholder recommendations should be addressed in the manner and by the deadlines described on page 6 of this Proxy Statement to the Corporate Secretary, c/o Office of the General Counsel, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003 by mail or by sending an e-mail to the Corporate Secretary at corporate.secretary@spglobal.com.

Director Training and Education

New Directors participate in a comprehensive orientation and training program to introduce them to the Company and management as well as provide information regarding our business operations and strategy. The orientation program is a valuable part of the Director onboarding process and is periodically reviewed by the Nominating Committee.

In addition, newly appointed Committee Chairs and the independent Board Chairman also receive onboarding and orientation training to facilitate with their transition and assumption of new roles and responsibilities. The Nominating Committee periodically reviews these onboarding and orientation programs, including by soliciting feedback from Directors who recently participated in the onboarding programs, and coordinate with the Corporate Secretary and management on the program design and the implementation of recommended future enhancements.

Throughout their tenure, Directors are encouraged to enroll in educational and training programs, and the Nominating Committee periodically reviews participation in such programs. In addition, the full Board receives regular management updates on industry and corporate governance developments affecting the Company and conducts in-depth bi-annual strategy sessions to discuss the most critical strategic issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company.

To enhance their understanding of the Company’s business, Directors also participate in off-site meetings at our various offices across the globe where they interact directly with local personnel responsible for day-to-day operations. In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic such sessions were predominently conducted virtually. These activities ensure that our Board members remain knowledgeable and informed of the most important business issues facing our Company and have deeper access to talent.

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Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills of Directors

The Nominating Committee and the Board seek Directors with experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that align with our business strategy. The following table describes key experience and expertise that our Director nominees collectively possess and that we consider most relevant to the decision to nominate candidates to serve on the Board.

The Nominating Committee has reviewed with the Board the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of each Director nominee standing for election as a Director at this Annual Meeting. The Committee has concluded that each Director nominee has the appropriate skills and qualifications required of Board membership and that each possesses an in-depth knowledge of the Company’s complex global businesses and strategy. The Committee further believes that our Board is composed of well-qualified and well-respected Directors who are prominent in business, finance, and the global capital and commodity markets.

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Director Skills Matrix

A mark in the Director skills matrix below indicates a specific or specialized area of focus or expertise that each Director nominee brings to the Board. Not having a mark does not mean the Director does not possess that qualification or skill.

Additional information regarding the experience and key competencies of each individual Director nominee and current Director, as reviewed and considered by the Committee, is provided on pages 35 through 51 of this Proxy Statement.

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Directors & Director Nominees

Our Board has nominated the following 14 Director nominees to stand for election at the Annual Meeting to serve one-year terms that will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting. All nominees are currently serving as Directors of the Company and have been previously elected by our shareholders, except for Gregory Washington and four new directors who joined the Board in connection with the merger with IHS Markit: Jacques Esculier, Gay Huey Evans, Robert P. Kelly and Deborah D. McWhinney. Mr. Washington and the new directors from IHS Markit are standing for election by our shareholders for the first time at the 2022 Annual Meeting. William Amelio, Monique Leroux and Kurt Schmoke, all current directors, are not standing for re-election and will retire from our Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Set forth below is information regarding each of the 14 Director nominees and Messrs. Amelio and Schmoke and Ms. Leroux. Please see pages 1 through 7 and page 126 of this Proxy Statement for voting information. Following each Director nominee’s biography below, we have highlighted certain notable skills and qualifications that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed and considered when recommending the Director nominee. Committee membership is identified for the one-year term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting.

​	MARCO ALVERÀ, 46
Independent Director Since: 2017 Board Committees: Finance (Chair) Executive Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Snam, S.p.A.	Career Highlights Mr. Alverà is the Chief Executive Officer of Snam S.p.A., Europe’s leading natural gas utility. He served as Chairman of the board of Snam Rete Gas until November 2017. Prior to joining Snam in 2016, Mr. Alverà held a number of senior management and operational leadership positions at Eni S.p.A., among them, Head of Eni’s commodities trading and shipping business, and Senior EVP of Upstream business. He has participated in the upstream, midstream and downstream aspects of the oil and gas industry. Prior to Eni S.p.A., Mr. Alverà served as Head of Group Strategy at Enel S.p.A., a multinational power company functioning in the gas and electricity sectors, particularly in Europe and Latin America. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. and co-founded Netesi, Italy’s first broadband ADSL company. Mr. Alverà started his career at Goldman Sachs. He previously served on the board of Gazprom Neft, a Russian integrated oil company. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Alverà sits on the board of the Cini Foundation in Venice. He is a co-founder of the Kenta Foundation. Mr. Alverà wrote the books “Generation H” (Mondadori), “The Hydrogen Revolution” ​(Basics Book) and “Zhero” ​(Salani editori). He was a visiting fellow at Oxford University and is a frequent speaker and lecturer on business, sustainability, and the energy transition.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Alverà’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his commodities and financial services industry expertise, his global perspective gained through leadership positions in European companies doing business around the world, as well as his executive leadership, finance and strategic planning experience acquired throughout his career.

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​	WILLIAM J. AMELIO, 64*
Independent Director Since: 2019 Board Committees: Audit Finance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Mr. Amelio is the Co-CEO and Executive Chairman of DoubleCheck, a privately held financial technology startup. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Avnet, Inc., a global leader of electronic components and services, from 2016 through 2020 and had served on Avnet’s board of directors from 2014 through 2020. Prior to joining Avnet, he served as Chief Executive Officer of CHC Group, a global helicopter services provider. He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lenovo Group Limited. In addition, his experience includes several leadership roles in the global technology sector, including serving as Senior Vice President and President of Dell in Asia Pacific and Japan, as well as roles at NCR Corporation, Honeywell International and IBM. He previously served on the board of directors of National Semiconductor. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement He is a co-founder and Chairman of Caring for Cambodia, a nonprofit organization that works to educate the children of Cambodia through building schools, training teachers and providing for basic human needs. He holds a Master’s degree in management and is a Sloan Fellow of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Amelio’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in various segments of the technology industry, his global perspective gained through leadership positions in Asia Pacific, as well as his executive leadership and operational experience developed while serving in leadership roles in the technology sector.
​	* Mr. Amelio will retire from the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting and is not standing for re-election.

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​	JACQUES ESCULIER, 62
Independent Director Since: 2022 Board Committees: Audit Finance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Daimler Truck Holding AG	Career Highlights Mr. Esculier served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of WABCO Holdings Inc. from July 2007 until his retirement in May 2020 when the company was acquired. From May 2009 until his retirement, he also served as Chairman of the Board of WABCO Holdings. Prior to July 2007, Mr. Esculier served as Vice President of American Standard Companies Inc. and President of its Vehicle Control Systems business, a position he had held since January 2004. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Esculier served in the capacity of Business Leader for American Standard’s Trane Commercial Systems’ Europe, Middle East, Africa, India & Asia Region from 2002 through January 2004. Prior to joining American Standard in 2002, Mr. Esculier spent more than six years in leadership positions at AlliedSignal/Honeywell Aerospace. He was Vice President and General Manager of Environmental Control and Power Systems Enterprise based in Los Angeles and Vice President of Aftermarket Services- Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Mr. Esculier was a member of the board of directors of Pentair PLC from 2014 until May 2020. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Esculier is a member of the supervisory board of Daimler Truck Holding AG. Mr. Esculier was awarded the U.S. Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service related to work on helicopters of NASA. Mr. Esculier holds a Master of Science in General Sciences from Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, a Master of Science in Aerospace from Institut Superieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace and an MBA from INSEAD.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Esculier’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his deep knowledge of the transportation and commodities industries and his executive leadership, strategic planning, operations, and innovation and technology experience and global perspective as CEO and director of a global public company.

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​	WILLIAM D. GREEN, 68
Independent Director Since: 2011 Board Committees: Compensation and Leadership Development (Chair) Executive Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Dell Technologies, Inc. GTY Technologies Holdings, Inc.	Career Highlights Mr. Green is the former CEO and Chairman of Accenture, a global management consulting and technology services company. He served as Accenture’s Chief Executive Officer from September 2004 through December 2010 and assumed the additional role of Chairman from 2006-2013. He was a Director of Accenture from 2001 through January 2013. Prior to serving as Chief Executive Officer, he was Accenture’s Chief Operating Officer-Client Services with overall management responsibility for the company’s operating groups and in addition, he served as Group Chief Executive of the Communications and High Tech operating group from 1999 to 2003. He was also Group Chief Executive of the Resources operating group for two years. Earlier in his career, he led the Manufacturing industry group and was Managing Director for Accenture’s business in the United States. He joined Accenture in 1977 and became a partner in 1986. He served as a Director of EMC Corporation from July 2013 to August 2016 and as EMC’s independent Lead Director from February 2015 to August 2016. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement In addition, Mr. Green serves on the boards of several other private companies and is on the National Board of Year Up. He is deeply involved in several organizations and business groups supporting education in the United States and around the world. He is also a frequent speaker at business, technology and academic forums worldwide.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Green’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors and Chair our Compensation Committee include his extensive executive leadership experience gained as the chief executive of a global professional services company providing a range of strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services and solutions and his deep understanding of the information technology industry, human capital management and corporate governance.

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​	STEPHANIE C. HILL, 57
Independent Director Since: 2017 Board Committees: Audit Compensation and Leadership Development Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Ms. Hill is Executive Vice President of Rotary and Mission Systems of Lockheed Martin. Since joining Lockheed Martin in 1987 as a software engineer, Ms. Hill has held positions of increasing responsibility including: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Transformation; Deputy Executive Vice President of RMS; Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development; Vice President & General Manager of Cyber, Ships & Advanced Technologies; Vice President & General Manager of Information Systems & Global Solutions Civil business; Vice President of Corporate Internal Audit; and Vice President & General Manager of the Electronic Systems Mission Systems & Sensors business. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Ms. Hill serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Ms. Hill has been recognized for her career achievements and community outreach, especially in the advancement of STEM education. In 2018, Black Enterprise named Ms. Hill as one of the “most powerful executives in corporate America.” She was recognized as one of Computerworld’s 2015 Premier 100 IT Leaders and one of Maryland’s 19th Annual International Leadership Awardees by the World Trade Center Institute. In 2014, Ms. Hill was named the U.S. Black Engineer of the Year by Career Communications Group and included on EBONY Magazine’s Power 100 list, recognizing the achievements of African-Americans in a variety of fields. She previously served on the Board of Directors for Project Lead the way, the nation’s leading provider of K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Ms. Hill graduated with high honors from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics; the university also recognized her with an honorary doctorate in 2017.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. Hill’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her exceptional technology expertise, her audit and risk management experience as well as her depth of operational experience gained managing sizable and sensitive government projects of critical importance. Ms. Hill is a financial expert as defined in the rules of the SEC and NYSE.

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​	GAY HUEY EVANS, 67
Independent Director Since: 2022 Board Committees: Audit Compensation and Leadership Development Other Current Listed Company Directorships: ConocoPhilips Standard Chartered plc	Career Highlights Ms. Huey Evans is Chairman of the London Metal Exchange and also serves on the boards of Standard Chartered, ConocoPhillips and HM Treasury. She is a Senior Advisor to Chatham House, a Trustee of the Benjamin Franklin House and a member of the US Council on Foreign Relations and the Indian UK Financial Partnership. Ms. Huey Evans is also a Non-Executive Director of UK Infrastructure Bank. Ms. Huey Evans has worked within the finance and commodity industry for the past 30 years, as both an established market practitioner and regulator, giving her deep expertise across commerce, risk, governance, policy and regulation in capital markets. Ms. Huey Evans has previously served on the boards of Itau BBA, the Financial Reporting Council, Aviva and the London Stock Exchange, and held executive roles with Barclays Capital, Citi, the Financial Services Authority and Bankers Trust. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Awarded a CBE in 2021 for services to the economy and philanthropy, and an OBE in 2016 for services to the financial service industry and diversity, Ms. Evans is an advocate for ensuring markets build trust through accessibility and transparency and for increased diversity in business. Ms. Huey Evans holds a BA in Economics from Bucknell University.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. Huey Evans’ qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her global capital and commodities markets, government and public policy, finance, strategy, operations and risk management expertise from her extensive experience in, and as a regulator of, the international financial services.

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​	REBECCA JACOBY, 60
Independent Director Since: 2014 Board Committees: Finance Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Quantum Corp.	Career Highlights Ms. Jacoby was Senior Vice President, Operations of Cisco Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in IT networking, until her retirement in January 2018. She was promoted to the role in July 2015 and was responsible for driving profitable growth and enabling operational excellence. She oversaw the supply chain, global business services, security and trust, and IT organizations. In her former role as Cisco’s CIO from 2006 to 2015, she made the Cisco IT organization a strategic business partner, producing significant business value for Cisco in the form of financial performance, customer satisfaction and loyalty, market share, and productivity. Since joining Cisco in 1995, she held a variety of leadership roles in operations, manufacturing and IT. Prior to joining Cisco, she held a range of planning and operations positions with other companies in Silicon Valley. Her extensive understanding of business operations, infrastructure and application deployments, as well as her knowledge of products, software and services helped her advance Cisco’s business through the use of Cisco technology. Since 2019, she serves on the board of Quantum Corporation, which provides technology and services to help customers capture, create and share digital content, as well as the Advisory Board of ParkourSC, a provider of IoT tracking solutions creating continuous visibility into the location, condition and context of material goods and assets. Ms. Jacoby formerly served on the Board of Apptio, Inc., which provides cloud-based technology business management solutions to enterprises, from 2018 until its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in January of 2019. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement She spent six years on the board of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and is a founding member of the Technology Business Management Council. Known for her strong track record of operational excellence, innovative problem solving and talent development, she was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame by CIO magazine and was recognized by Forbes as a “Superstar CIO” in 2012.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. Jacoby’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her technology expertise, including an understanding of infrastructure and application deployments, products, software and services, as well as her experience leading innovative teams and extensive operational experience.

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​	ROBERT P. KELLY, 67
Independent Director Since: 2022 Board Committees: Compensation and Leadership Development Executive Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Mr. Kelly was Chairman and CEO of The Bank of New York Mellon until 2011. Prior to that, he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Mellon Bank Corporation, Chief Financial Officer of Wachovia Corporation, and Vice- Chairman of Toronto-Dominion Bank. Mr. Kelly serves on the board of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation. Mr. Kelly was the chairperson of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation from 2012 until March 2018 and the chairman of the board of directors of Santander Asset Management from 2012 until December 2017. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Kelly previously served as Chancellor of Saint Mary’s University in Canada, was a former member of the Financial Services Forum, Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board, Financial Services Roundtable, Trilateral Commission, Institute of International Finance, member of the board of trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Mr. Kelly holds a B.Comm. from Saint Mary’s University and an MBA from the Cass Business School, City University, London, is a C.P.A and Fellow Chartered Accountant. Mr. Kelly has been awarded honorary doctorates from City University and Saint Mary’s University.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Kelly’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in leadership positions for large financial institutions and senior policymaking positions in the financial services industry, which offers valuable insight and executive leadership, finance, strategic planning, operations and risk management experience.

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​	MONIQUE F. LEROUX, 67*
Independent Director Since: 2016 Board Committees: Audit Compensation and Leadership Development Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. BCE Inc. Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin	Career Highlights Ms. Leroux is the former Chair of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group, the leading cooperative financial group in Canada. From 2016 through 2020, she was Chair of the board of lnvestissement Québec. Ms. Leroux is a former member of the board of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and was appointed to serve as its President from 2015 to 2017. Ms. Leroux was previously a partner at Ernst & Young. She currently serves on the audit committees of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., BCE Inc., and Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin. Ms. Leroux also holds leadership positions of the newly formed ESG Committee of the Michelin Board, since December 2020, and Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of the BCE Board, since January 2021, with a mandate including ESG matters. She also serves as an independent member of the board of Lallemand Inc., a privately owned company, and as a senior advisor (non-executive) at Fiera Capital. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Companion of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame and the Investment Industry Hall of Fame, Ms. Leroux is a Member of the Order of Canada, and an Officer of the Ordre National du Québec. She is a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur (France) and a recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award (United States). She was a member of the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders and was co-chair of the B7 Summit in Canada in 2018. Ms. Leroux previously chaired the Québec government’s Advisory Council on the Economy and Innovation. She has been awarded fellowships by the Ordre des Comptables Professionnels Agréés du Québec and the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds honorary doctorates and awards from eight Canadian universities. She also serves as Vice Chairman of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, Ms. Leroux was appointed Chair of the Industry Strategy Council of Canada in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. Leroux’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her executive leadership experience in the financial services industry, particularly global perspective and international expertise and, together with her extensive financial and accounting expertise, experience managing complex organizations and her corporate governance experience from prior board service. Ms. Leroux is a financial expert as defined in the rules of the SEC and the NYSE.
​	* Ms. Leroux will retire from the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting and is not standing for re-election.

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​	IAN PAUL LIVINGSTON, 57
Independent Director Since: 2020 Board Committees: Audit Compensation and Leadership Development Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Currys plc National Grid plc	Career Highlights Ian P. Livingston, the Lord Livingston of Parkhead, is Chairman of Currys plc, one of Europe’s largest retailers of consumer electronics and a non-executive director of National Grid plc. He is also a member of the UK House of Lords and sits on its Economic Affairs Committee. He was previously Chairman of the FTSE 250 and fund manager of Man Group plc from 2016 to 2019. He was Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2013 to 2015, responsible for promoting UK’s exports and inward foreign investment and trade policy. Lord Livingston was Chief Executive Officer of BT Group plc from 2008 to 2013, where he launched a major investment program that delivered superfast broadband to 95% of the UK, launched BT Sport and delivered substantial improvements in profitability and share price. Prior to that, he was CEO of BT’s consumer and business division and Group CFO of BT. He had also previously held the position of Group Financial Director of Dixons Group plc between 1996 and 2002, becoming the youngest Financial Director in the FTSE 100. He has also been a Non-Executive Director of Celtic Football club and the luxury hotel group, Belmond Ltd and Hilton Group plc. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Lord Livingston is involved in a number of charities particularly in the fields of education and social care. He was a Trustee on the Board of Jewish Care, one of the UK’s largest social care charities, from 2015 to 2020.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Lord Livingston’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his executive leadership experience in the technology industry, global perspective and international expertise and, together with his extensive financial and accounting expertise, operational experience managing complex organizations and government, public policy and regulatory experience. Lord Livingston is a financial expert as defined in the rules of the SEC and the NYSE.

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​	DEBORAH D. MCWHINNEY, 66
Independent Director Since: 2022 Board Committees: Audit Finance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Borg Warner Inc.	Career Highlights Ms. McWhinney currently serves on the board of Borg Warner Inc., where she serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and on the Audit Committee. She also serves as a trustee of Franklin Templeton ETF funds. Ms. McWhinney previously served on the boards of Focus Financial Partners Inc., Fluor Corporation, Lloyds Banking Group plc and Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. Ms. McWhinney worked at Citigroup, Inc. (“Citi”) from 2009 to 2014, as the Chief Executive Officer of Citi’s global enterprise payments business from September 2013 to January 2014, as the Chief Operating Officer of Citi’s global enterprise payments business from February 2011 to September 2013, and as President of Personal Banking and Wealth Management from May 2009 to February 2011. Ms. McWhinney was also co-chair of the Citi Women initiative until her retirement in January 2014. Prior to joining Citi, Ms. McWhinney worked at Charles Schwab, Inc. from 2001 to 2007, where she was President of Schwab Institutional and was chair of the global risk committee. Ms. McWhinney previously held executive roles at Visa International and Engage Media (a division of CMGI). Earlier in her career, she worked for 17 years at Bank of America in corporate and retail banking. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Ms. McWhinney was appointed by former President George W. Bush to the board of directors of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation in 2002 where she served until 2007. Ms. McWhinney serves on the board of Legal Shield and is a trustee for the California Institute of Technology and for the Institute for Defense Analyses. Ms. McWhinney holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Montana.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. McWhinney’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her extensive finance, strategy, operations, consumer sales and marketing and risk management experience gained in executive-level positions in the financial services industry and as a director of public companies.

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​	MARIA R. MORRIS, 59
Independent Director Since: 2016 Board Committees: Audit (Chair) Executive Finance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Wells Fargo & Company	Career Highlights Ms. Morris served on MetLife’s Executive Group for almost a decade (retired September 2017), holding numerous senior leadership positions throughout her 33-year career. From 2011 through her retirement, she was Executive Vice President, MetLife, Inc. and led the company’s Global Employee Benefits (GEB) business. In her role leading MetLife’s GEB business since 2012, she was responsible for expanding MetLife’s employee benefits business in more than 40 countries, broadening relationships and fueling growth across the globe via local solutions and partnerships with multinational corporations, as well as through distribution relationships with financial institutions. She also served as the interim Head of MetLife’s U.S. Business from January 2016 to June 2017, where she was responsible for approximately 60% of MetLife’s operating earnings, post separation of its retail business. She served as MetLife’s Interim Chief Marketing Officer in 2014, where she continued to strengthen MetLife’s brand across the globe. From 2008 to 2011, she led Global Technology and Operations, where she managed a $1.6 billion IT portfolio and a $2.5 billion procurement and real estate budget. She also oversaw the integration of MetLife’s $16.4 billion acquisition of American Life Insurance Company (Alico). Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement In addition to her executive roles, Ms. Morris serves on the Board of Wells Fargo & Company where she chairs the Risk Committee. She is also a Board member of Resolution Life where she chairs the Compensation Committee. Maria is the National Board Chair of All Stars Project, Inc., a Board Trustee and Development Committee Chair of Catholic Charities of New York and a Board member of Helen Keller International.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Ms. Morris’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors and Chair our Audit Committee include her executive leadership experience in the financial services industry, her technology expertise, her risk management experience and global perspective gained by growing a multinational insurance company across more than 40 countries. Ms. Morris is a financial expert as defined in the rules of the SEC and the NYSE.

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​	DOUGLAS L. PETERSON, 63
President and Chief Executive Officer Director Since: 2013 Board Committees: Executive Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Mr. Peterson was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global, effective November 2013, and he joined the Company in September 2011 as President of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. Mr. Peterson has repositioned S&P Global to power the global capital and commodity markets of the future with transparent, innovative and independent credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data. Previously, Mr. Peterson was the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank, N.A., Citigroup’s principal banking entity that operates in more than 100 countries. Mr. Peterson was with Citigroup for 26 years,including holding leadership roles in Japan and Latin America. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Peterson is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Business Roundtable, the Japan Society, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the New York Stock Exchange Board Advisory Council. He chairs the U.S.-Japan Business Council and is co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Stewardship Board of the Platform for Shaping the Future of Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Boards of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee, the US-China Business Council, the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Boards of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Mr. Peterson received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College.
	Skills and Qualifications As the only member of the Company’s management team on the Board, Mr. Peterson’s presence on the Board provides Directors with direct access to the Company’s chief executive officer and helps facilitate Director contact with other members of the Company’s senior management. In addition, Mr. Peterson brings extensive international expertise having led businesses in the financial services industry.

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​	EDWARD B. RUST, JR., 71
Independent Director Since: 2001 Board Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) Executive Finance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Caterpillar Inc. Helmerich & Payne Inc.	Career Highlights Mr. Rust is Chairman Emeritus of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the largest insurer of automobiles and homes in the United States. He was CEO of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company from 1985 to September 2015. He was a Director of the following State Farm affiliates from 2001 to 2014: State Farm Associates Funds Trust; State Farm Mutual Fund Trust; and State Farm Variable Product Trust. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Rust is a Trustee of The Conference Board and Illinois Wesleyan University. Additionally, he was formerly Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Enterprise Institute, the National Alliance of Business, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Business-Higher Education Forum and the Business Roundtable’s Education Initiative. He was a member of Business Roundtable, where he served as Co-Chair for more than seven years, and the Financial Services Roundtable, where he served as Chairman. He was also a member of President George W. Bush’s Transition Advisory Team Committee on Education, served on the National (Glenn) Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century and on the No Child Left Behind Commission.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Rust’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors and Chair our Nominating Committee include his extensive executive leadership experience gained as the chief executive of a large mutual company in the financial services industry and his broad corporate governance experience from prior board service.

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​	KURT L. SCHMOKE, 72*
Independent Director Since: 2003 Board Committees: Compensation and Leadership Development Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Mr. Schmoke was appointed President of the University of Baltimore in July 2014, after serving at Howard University for almost 12 years. During his tenure at Howard University, he served in several roles: Dean of Howard Law School (2003-2012); General Counsel (2012-2014); and Interim Provost (2013-2014). Prior to joining Howard, he was a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering from 2000 through 2002. He served three terms as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1987 until 1999. He served as the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City from 1982 until 1987. Mr. Schmoke served as a Director of Legg Mason, Inc. from January 2002 until July 2019. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Schmoke is a Trustee of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a private philanthropic group, and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore City Community College. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was named to President Jimmy Carter’s domestic policy staff in 1977. He was a Director of the Baltimore Life Companies and a Trustee of the Yale Corporation.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Schmoke’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his leadership experience in managing large and complex educational institutions, which provides the Board with a diverse approach to management, as well as his public policy expertise acquired through his government service as an elected official.
​	* Mr. Schmoke will retire from the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting and is not standing for re-election.

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​	RICHARD E. THORNBURGH, 69
Independent Director Since: 2011 Board Committees: Executive (Chair) Compensation and Leadership Development Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: Repay Holdings Corporation	Career Highlights Mr. Thornburgh has been the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman since October 2020. He was previously the Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. He is also the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Group A.G. and chaired its Risk Committee. He held key positions throughout his career with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the investment banking arm of Credit Suisse Group A.G., including Executive Vice Chairman of CSFB from 2004 through 2005. He has also held key positions with Credit Suisse Group A.G., including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Risk Officer and member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group A.G. Mr. Thornburgh is a Director of Repay Holdings Corporation, and serves on its Nominating Committee and its Technology Committee. Mr. Thornburgh served on the Board of Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc. from 2008 through 2019. He was the Lead Director of NewStar Financial, Inc. until its sale in December 2017. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Jackson Hewitt, a privately held company. He was previously Vice Chairman of Corsair Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on investing in the global financial services industry, and continues to serve as a member of Corsair’s Private Equity Funds’ Investment Committee. He was previously a Director of Reynolds American Inc., National City Corporation and Dollar General Corporation. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Mr. Thornburgh served on the executive committee for six years and as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association in 2004. In addition, he serves on the University of Cincinnati Investment Committee.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Thornburgh’s qualifications to sit on and Chair our Board of Directors and Chair our Finance Committee include his financial expertise, his extensive experience in the global financial services industry, his familiarity with strategic transactions acquired through executive-level positions in investment banking and private equity and his broad corporate governance experience from prior board service.

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​	GREGORY WASHINGTON, 56
Independent Director Since: 2021 Board Committees: Compensation and Leadership Development Nominating and Corporate Governance Other Current Listed Company Directorships: None	Career Highlights Dr. Washington is the President of George Mason University, Virginia’s largest and most diverse public research university. He is the former dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irving (UCI) and former interim dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University. Dr. Washington launched his academic career in 1995 as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Ohio State University. He became an associate professor in 2000 and a professor in 2004. He began serving as the college’s associate dean for research in 2005 and also led the university’s Institute for Energy and the Environment. From 2008 to 2011, Dr. Washington served as interim dean of the Ohio State engineering school, one of the largest in the country. Dr. Washington has conducted research for NSF, NASA, General Motors, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Army Research Office, among others. He has served as a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, NSF Engineering Advisory Committee, Institute for Defense Analyses, the Octane Board of Directors and other boards. Dr. Washington also is past chair of the Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He previously served on the board of directors for Algaeventure Systems Inc. and EWI Inc. Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement Dr. Washington sits on the Board of Trustees of Internet2, a nonprofit organization that provides cloud solutions and research support services for higher education, research institutions, government, and cultural organizations. He is also a member of the N.C. State Engineering Foundation’s Board of Directors. Dr. Washington earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and his PhD, all in mechanical engineering, at North Carolina State University.
	Skills and Qualifications We believe Mr. Washington’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his leadership, operations, government and public policy experience and human capital management and social insight into the next generation of talent acquired managing large and complex educational institutions, which provides the Board with a diverse approach to management, as well as his in-depth knowledge in a number of key technology areas acquired through his engineering experience.

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Committees of the Board of Directors

The Company has standing Nominating and Corporate Governance, Audit, and Compensation Committees. The Chair of each Committee reports to the full Board as appropriate from time to time. Each standing Committee has a Charter that is reviewed by the respective Committee at least annually and by the Nominating Committee on a regular basis. In addition to these three standing Committees, the Board has an Executive Committee and a Finance Committee. A brief description of the Committees follows.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Members

Edward B. Rust, Jr. (Chair), Marco Alverà, William D. Green, Rebecca Jacoby, Kurt L. Schmoke, Richard E. Thornburgh, Gregory Washington, Robert P. Kelly

Role and Responsibilities

The Nominating Committee’s primary responsibilities include, among other matters:

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Recommending to the Board the general criteria for selection of Director nominees and evaluating possible candidates to serve on the Board;

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Recommending to the Board appropriate compensation to be paid to Directors;

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Determining whether any material relationship between a non-management Director and the Company might exist that would affect that Director’s status as independent;

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Making recommendations, from time to time, to the Board as to matters of corporate governance and periodically monitoring the Board’s performance; and

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Reviewing with the Board succession plans for the Chief Executive Officer.

Governance, Operations and Procedures

Additional information relating to the Committee’s governance, operations and procedures is provided below:

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The Committee has a Charter that can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

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All current members of the Committee are independent as defined in the rules of the NYSE.

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The Committee reviews with the Board on an annual basis the appropriate skills and characteristics required of Board members in the context of the then-current composition of the Board. The Committee evaluates the skills and qualifications of the existing Board and potential candidates on a continuing basis.

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The Committee evaluates all nominees for Director based on these criteria, including nominees recommended by shareholders.

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The Committee reviews and oversees management of the Company’s strategies, initiatives, risks and related reporting with respect to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters.

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The Committee may retain and terminate search firms to identify Director candidates. The Committee has the sole authority to approve the fees and other retention terms of any such firms.

Committee Advisors

The Committee periodically engages the services of Pay Governance LLC, an independent compensation consultant, to review director compensation survey data and advise the Committee on changes, if any, to non-employee Director compensation.

In 2021, the Committee also engaged Russell Reynolds Associates, a director and executive search firm, to assist in identifying and screening potential Director candidates, leading to the appointment of Gregory Washington as a new Director in 2021.

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Audit Committee

Members

Maria R. Morris (Chair), William J. Amelio, Stephanie C. Hill, Monique F. Leroux, Ian P. Livingston, Jacques Esculier, Deborah D. McWhinney, Gay Huey Evans

Role and Responsibilities

The Audit Committee oversees the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company, the audits of the Company’s financial statements, and the Company’s risk management process and compliance programs. As part of these responsibilities, the Audit Committee’s primary duties include, among other matters, assisting with the Board’s oversight of:

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The integrity of the Company’s financial statements;

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The Company’s internal accounting controls, disclosure controls and procedures, and internal controls over financial reporting;

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The qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent auditors;

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The performance of the Company’ internal audit function and independent auditors;

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The Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as the Company’s standards of business conduct, codes of ethics, and internal policies; and

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Key risks of the Company.

An overview of the role of the Board of Directors in risk oversight can be found on pages 18 to 21.

Governance, Operations and Procedures

Additional information relating to the Committee’s governance, operations and procedures is provided below:

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The Audit Committee Report, starting on page 124 of this Proxy Statement, summarizes certain important actions of the Committee taken during the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.

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The Committee has a Charter that can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

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All current members of the Committee are independent as defined in the rules of the New York Stock Exchange.

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The Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are financially literate, and five members of the Audit Committee qualify as “financial experts” as defined in the rules of the SEC and the NYSE. There is a brief listing of the qualifications of the Director nominees who are Committee members in their respective biographies can found on pages 35 through 51 of this Proxy Statement.

Compensation and Leadership Development Committee

Members

William D. Green (Chair), Stephanie C. Hill, Monique F. Leroux, Ian P. Livingston, Kurt L. Schmoke, Richard Thornburgh, Gregory Washington, Robert P. Kelly, Gay Huey Evans

Role and Responsibilities

The Compensation Committee’s primary responsibilities include, among other matters:

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Establishing an overall total compensation philosophy for the Company, including conducting periodic reviews of the philosophy to ensure it supports the Committee’s objectives and shareholder interests;

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Administering and interpreting the Company’s incentive compensation plans, including the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, and all other compensation and benefits plans in which the Company’s senior management participates;

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Establishing performance objectives and approving awards and payments in connection with the Company’s incentive compensation plans to ensure consistency with the Company’s financial and strategic plans and objectives;

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Reviewing and approving the corporate goals and objectives for the Chief Executive Officer’s performance, evaluating the Chief Executive Officer’s performance, and establishing the Chief Executive Officer’s total compensation;

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Establishing and approving the compensation to be paid to the Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports and approving the overall design of the total executive compensation program, with the discretion to approve individual compensation decisions delegated to the Chief Executive Officer;

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Reviewing the succession and development plans for executives and other key talent below the direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer; and

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Overseeing and reviewing the Company’s culture and policies and strategies related to human capital management, including diversity and inclusion initiatives, pay equity, talent and performance management and employee engagement topics.

Governance, Operations and Procedures

Additional information regarding the Committee’s governance, operations and procedures is provided below:

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All current members of the Committee are independent as defined in the rules of the NYSE and qualify as “non-employee directors” ​(as defined under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

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The Committee has a Charter that can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

Committee Advisors

The Committee has sole authority to retain and terminate all external consultants, to commission surveys or analyses that it determines necessary to fulfill its responsibilities, and to approve the fees of all such external consultants.

The Committee utilizes the services of Pay Governance LLC as its external compensation advisor for all matters concerning the Company’s senior management compensation programs. Pay Governance LLC provides no other executive compensation consulting or other services to the Company or its management. Pay Governance LLC works in cooperation with Company management on matters that come before the Committee but always in its capacity as the Committee’s independent advisor and representative. In 2021, Management engaged Aon Hewitt LLC to advise the Company on select compensation planning topics in connection with the merger with IHS Markit. From time to time, management also separately engages the services of Compensation Advisory Partners LLC on various compensation-related matters.

The Committee has entered into a consulting agreement with Pay Governance LLC that specifies the nature and scope of its responsibilities, which include: (1) reviewing Committee agendas and supporting materials in advance of each meeting and raising questions or issues with management and the Committee Chair, as appropriate; (2) at the Committee’s direction, working with management on major proposals in advance of finalization by, and presentation to, the Committee; (3) reviewing drafts of the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the Compensation Committee Report and related tables for inclusion in the Company’s Proxy Statement each year; (4) evaluating the chosen compensation peer group and survey data for competitive comparisons; (5) reviewing comparative data on the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and providing independent analyses and recommendations on the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to the Committee; and (6) proactively advising the Committee on best practices for Board governance of executive compensation.

In accordance with the Committee’s policy on assessing advisor independence, the Committee determined in 2021 that there were no conflicts of interest or issues related to independence that would impact the advice to the Committee from the firm of Pay Governance LLC and the representatives of Pay Governance LLC who advise both the Committee on executive compensation matters and the Nominating Committee on Director compensation matters.

For a further discussion of the role of the Committee in assessing performance and determining compensation with respect to our named executive officers, see pages 68 through 73 of this Proxy Statement.

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Executive Committee

Members

Richard E. Thornburgh (Chair), Marco Alverà, William D. Green, Maria R. Morris, Douglas L. Peterson, Robert P. Kelly, Edward B. Rust Jr.

Role and Responsibilities

The Executive Committee has all the authority of the Board, except for those actions not permitted by Section 712 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York. The Chairman of the Board serves as the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Finance Committee

Members

Marco Alverà (Chair), William J. Amelio, Rebecca Jacoby, Maria R. Morris, Edward B. Rust, Jr., Jacques Esculier, Deborah D. McWhinney

Role and Responsibilities

The Finance Committee oversees the Company’s financial risks, with particular emphasis on the Company’s capital allocation philosophy, treasury matters, major expenditures, key strategic decisions, and financial risk management. The Finance Committee’s primary responsibilities include, among other matters:

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Reviewing the Company’s financial affairs with senior management, particularly the Company’s Medium Range Plan;

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Reviewing management’s proposals, including those relating to share issuance, payment (or non-payment) of dividends on the Company’s common and preferred stock, and proposed share repurchase programs, and, either making recommendations to the Board regarding such matters, or approving such matters and thereafter reporting such approval to the Board;

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Reviewing management’s proposals, including those relating to the Company’s financing arrangements, including loans and capital markets transactions, and, either making recommendations to the Board regarding such matters, or approving such matters and thereafter reporting such approval to the Board;

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Reviewing management’s proposals, including those relating to major acquisitions or divestitures, joint ventures and strategic alliances and major capital expenditures, and, either making recommendations to the Board regarding such matters, or approving such matters and thereafter reporting such approval to the Board;

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Reviewing management’s proposed technology and innovation expenditures and associated budgets and risks and, either making recommendations to the Board regarding such matters, or approving such matters and thereafter reporting such approval to the Board; and

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Reviewing the investment performance of the Company’s retirement and profit-sharing funds and the adequacy of the Company’s insurance and self-insurance programs.

Governance, Operations and Procedures

Additional information regarding the Committee’s governance, operations and procedures is provided below:

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The Committee has a Charter that can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

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All current members of the Committee are independent as defined in the rules of the NYSE.

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Membership and Meetings of the Board and Its Committees

In 2021, no Director attended fewer than 75 percent of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board and the Committees on which he or she served. Committee membership for each Director and the number of meetings of the full Board and each Committee held during 2021 are shown in the table below. The Board held eight meetings in 2021.

	Audit	Compensation and Leadership Development	Executive	Finance	Nominating and Corporate Governance
Marco Alverà	​	​	•	Chair	•
William J. Amelio	•	​	​	•	​
William D. Green	​	Chair	•	​	•
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.	​	​	•	•	•
Stephanie C. Hill	•	•	​	​	​
Rebecca Jacoby	​	​	​	•	•
Monique F. Leroux	•	•	​	​	​
Ian P. Livingston	•	•	​	​	​
Maria R. Morris	Chair	​	•	•	​
Douglas L. Peterson	​	​	•	​	​
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	​	•	•	​	Chair
Kurt L. Schmoke	​	•	​	​	•
Richard E. Thornburgh★	​	​	Chair	•	•
Gregory Washington	​	•	​	​	•
Number of 2021 Meetings	11	6	1	10	6

In 2021, the independent Directors met in executive sessions at least eight times without any member of management present.

Annual Meeting Attendance

It is the Company’s policy that, subject to illness or an unavoidable schedule conflict, all Directors will attend and be introduced at the Annual Meeting. All of our Directors attended the 2021 Annual Meeting.

Executive Sessions

Executive sessions of our independent directors are held at both the beginning and end of every regularly scheduled Board meeting as well as whenever deemed appropriate by the Board. Each session is chaired by the independent Chairman of the Board who may, at his discretion, invite the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, other employees or independent outside advisors or experts to participate.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No member of the Compensation Committee has served as one of our officers or employees at any time. None of our executive officers serves as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any other company that has an executive officer serving as a member of our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee.

Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance

Each Director and certain of our executive officers have entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company that provides indemnification for judgments and amounts paid in settlement and related expenses to the fullest extent permitted under the applicable provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law. This

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indemnification will be reduced to the extent that a Director or executive officer is indemnified by the Company’s Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance.

The Company has for many years had an insurance program in place that provides Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance coverage. The Company’s current insurance coverage was purchased for the period of May 15, 2021 to May 15, 2022 for a premium of approximately $3.2 million. This insurance is provided by a consortium of carriers that includes: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Great American Insurance Co.; Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America; National Casualty Company; Endurance American Insurance Company; Continental Casualty Company; Starr Indemnity & Liability Company; Zurich American Insurance Company; Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company; AXIS Insurance Company; Markel American Insurance Company; North American Specialty Insurance and State National Insurance Company. This program also includes additional capacity dedicated to providing excess coverage for Directors and certain of our executive officers when the Company cannot indemnify them. The additional capacity is provided by the following consortium of carriers: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh; RLI Insurance Company; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Continental Casualty Company; Berkeley Insurance Company; XL Specialty Insurance; RLI Insurance Company; U.S. Specialty Insurance Company; Zurich American Insurance Company; and Hartford Accident & Indemnity.

The Company also maintains a fiduciary liability insurance program that covers Directors and employees who serve as fiduciaries for our employee benefit plans. This coverage, subject to a number of standard exclusions and certain deductibles, indemnifies the Directors and employees from alleged breaches of fiduciary or administrative duties, as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or similar laws or regulations outside the United States. The Company’s current fiduciary liability coverage was purchased for the period of May 15, 2021 to May 15, 2022 for a premium of approximately $329,000. This insurance is provided by a consortium of carriers that includes: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh; Hartford Accident & Indemnity; Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America; XL Specialty Insurance Company and National Casualty Company.

Transactions with Related Persons

Under SEC rules, we are required to disclose material transactions with the Company in which “related persons” have a direct or indirect material interest. Related persons include any Director, nominee for Director, executive officer of the Company, any immediate family members of such persons, and any persons known by the Company to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Company’s voting securities.

Based on information available to us and provided to us by our Directors and executive officers, and other than the items referred to below, we do not believe that there were any such material transactions with related persons in effect since January 1, 2021, or any such material transactions proposed to be entered into during 2022.

Mr. Christopher Heusler, the spouse of former Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Courtney Geduldig, is employed by the Company as an executive within the Company’s Ratings business. During 2021, he received cash compensation of approximately $1,030,920 (including base salary and incentive cash compensation) as well as equity compensation consisting of restricted share units and performance share units, with an aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $625,000. In 2021, Mr. Heusler participated in our employee benefit plans on the same basis as other similarly situated employees.

From time to time, shareholders that own more than five percent of our common stock subscribe to, license or otherwise purchase, in the normal course of business, certain of our products and services. These transactions are negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and are subject to review by the Company’s Nominating Committee as described below. During 2021, BlackRock, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. and/or their respective affiliates subscribed to, licensed or otherwise purchased in the normal course of business, certain of our products and services. Revenues recognized by us from subscriptions, licenses and other fees related to our products and services by BlackRock, Inc., The Vanguard Group, Inc. and/or their respective affiliates for fiscal 2021 were approximately $136.1 million and $66.2 million, respectively.

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The Company’s Nominating Committee reviews and considers transactions with related persons under the Company’s written policy that requires the Committee to review and approve any related person transactions. Under the policy, all related persons are required to promptly notify our Corporate Secretary of any proposed related person transaction. Following notice to our Corporate Secretary, the proposed transaction is then presented to the Nominating Committee for its review and consideration at the next Committee meeting. Any ongoing and previously approved related person transactions will be reviewed by the Committee on an annual basis. In reviewing any proposed (or previously approved and ongoing) related person transaction, the Committee must consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including, without limitation, the commercial reasonableness of the terms, the benefit and perceived benefit, or lack thereof, to the Company, opportunity costs of alternate transactions, the materiality and character of the related person’s direct or indirect interest, and the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related person. Approval of a related person transaction (or ratification of a previously approved and ongoing related person transaction) will be given only if it is determined by the Committee that such transaction is in (or not inconsistent with) the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION MATTERS
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”), comprised of independent Directors, oversees our compensation program for senior executives on behalf of our Board. This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes our named executive officer compensation program and the basis for the compensation paid to our named executive officers for 2021, as well as certain key compensation decisions that have been approved for our named executive officers for 2022.

	I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND 2021 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
	2021 Named Executive Officers	60
	Compensation Philosophy	60
	Financial Performance Highlights	60
	Pay-for-Performance Overview	63
	Say-on-Pay	63
	Decisions for 2022	64
	Overview of Key Best Practices	65
	II. COMPENSATION FRAMEWORK
	Compensation Objectives	66
	Pay Mix	66
	Overview of Pay Elements	67
	III. ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND DETERMINING COMPENSATION
	Roles and Responsibilities	68
	Setting Compensation	69
	History of Executive Compensation Program Changes	73
	IV. CEO AND NEO COMPENSATION
	2021 Financial Performance and NEO Compensation Decisions	74
	Base Salaries	82
	Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan	82
	Long-Term Incentive Plan	89
	Special One-Time Merger Compensation	92
	Benefits and Perquisites	92
	V. RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE FEATURES
	Severance Plans (Regular and Change-in-Control)	95
	Stock Ownership Guidelines	96
	Risk and Control	96
	Pay Recovery Policies	97
	Insider Trading Policy and Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging	97
	Employment Agreements	98
	Tax and Accounting Considerations	98
	Compensation Committee Report	98

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Our CD&A, found on pages 59 through 98 of this Proxy Statement, includes adjusted financial information. For a reconciliation of the adjustments to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the U.S., please see Exhibit A. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our named executive officers.

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2021 Named Executive Officers

The named executive officers (“NEOs”) of the Company for 2021 are as follows:

Executive	Position
Douglas L. Peterson	President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)
Ewout L. Steenbergen	EVP, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)
Saugata Saha (1)	President, S&P Global Platts
John L. Berisford	President, S&P Global Ratings (2)
Martina L. Cheung	President, Market Intelligence (3)

(1)

Mr. Saha was appointed President, S&P Global Platts, effective January 1, 2021.

(2)

Mr. Berisford served as President, S&P Global Ratings, during 2021 until his appointment as head of the Integration Management Office (IMO), effective as of the closing of the merger with IHS Markit on February 28, 2022.

(3)

Ms. Cheung served as President, Market Intelligence, during 2021 until her appointment as President, S&P Global Ratings, effective as of the closing of the merger with IHS Markit on February 28, 2022.

Compensation Philosophy

Our people are the foundation of everything we do and ensuring a diverse and inclusive performance-driven culture is one of the key components of our corporate strategy to Power the Markets of the Future. Our compensation philosophy is to reward excellence in leadership and success in the implementation of our business strategy by linking a significant portion of executive pay to one or more performance metrics tied to shareholder value creation. By connecting executive pay outcomes to drivers of shareholder value, we implement our compensation practices with transparency and within the framework of pay-for-performance in a manner that we believe helps us attract and retain the highest-quality executive talent at our leadership levels.

Financial Performance Highlights

Total Shareholder Return

In 2021, S&P Global’s total shareholder return was approximately 45%, which exceeded the 27% increase in the return of the overall market and the 33% return of our Form 10-K peer group. As indicated in the performance graph to the right, our cumulative total shareholder return during the previous five years is 18% higher than our Form 10-K peer group and 116% higher than the performance indicator of the overall market (i.e., S&P 500).

The Form 10-K peer group included in this graph consists of the following companies: Moody’s Corporation, CME Group Inc., MSCI Inc., FactSet Research Systems Inc., IHS Markit Ltd., Verisk Analytics, Inc., and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

Returns assume $100 invested on December 31, 2016 and total return includes reinvestment of dividends through December 31, 2021. Reflects peer group used in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2022.

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Company Financial Performance

The Company made substantial progress towards its medium- and longer-term strategy, delivering strong financial results in 2021, as all four businesses finished the year surpassing budgeted targets, showing growth across three key financial measures that the Compensation Committee uses to assess executive officer performance: Incentive Compensation Program (“ICP”) Adjusted Revenue, ICP Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Amortization Margin (“ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin”) and ICP Adjusted Earnings Per Share (“ICP Adjusted EPS”):

(1)

Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (“STIC”).

(2)

For a reconciliation of the adjustments to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please see Exhibit A.

(3)

Year-over-year (“YOY”).

(4)

2021 ICP Adjusted EPS incorporates the pro forma effect of change in tax rate on Adjusted EPS results comparable to 2018 Baseline ICP Adjusted EPS results.

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Significant Business Milestones

In addition to delivering strong financial performance, we achieved meaningful progress advancing key initiatives in support of our strategy to Power the Markets of the Future in 2021:

	IHS Merger: On February 28, 2022, we completed a transformative merger with IHS Markit Ltd. (“IHS Markit”), combining our two companies to create substantial long-term value for all of our stakeholders. During 2021, to establish the foundation for a successful merger closing, we engaged in extensive pre-closing integration and synergy planning across the business in partnership with future IHS Markit colleagues through the creation of a joint Integration Management Office (IMO), overseeing the divestiture of key businesses to satisfy regulatory requirements, identifying the future combined company leadership team and working to build a combined culture that reflects the best and most complementary characteristics of each organization. The merger with IHS Markit reinforces our position as a leading global market provider of financial data and is expected to accelerate growth and enhance value creation by bringing together two world-class organizations to Power the Markets of the Future with a unique portfolio of highly complementary assets in attractive markets and cutting-edge innovation and technology capabilities.
	Global: We enhanced our global positioning by investing in additional products in China and continuing to expand the capabilities of S&P Global Platts and S&P Global Ratings in Asia, including by issuing 57 domestic ratings in China, up more than 150% from 2020. Our greater scale, breadth and depth of capabilities as a combined company following the closing of our merger with IHS Markit will enable us to continue to better serve a global customer base in strategic emerging markets.
	Customer Orientation: We continued to improve our customers’ experience with our products by offering new customer-oriented solutions and differentiated content across our business units, while also investing in our future capabilities to better serve diverse customer segments through the merger with IHS Markit. New and improved customer content included delivery of a refreshed integrated desktop solution by S&P Global Market Intelligence, expanding Platts’ offerings with the launch of Platts Dimensions Pro, broadening Ratings360® asset-class coverage and functionality and augmenting S&P Global Dow Jones Indices’ solutions to address evolving market needs with the launch of new cryptocurrency indexes.
	Innovation & Technology: We drove marketplace innovation through the launch of Sustainable1, consolidating different commercial ESG initiatives across the Company to provide a single source of ESG solutions with 700 billion ESG data points, simultaneously introducing several new differentiated ESG solutions and product enhancements. We also leveraged new technology in data management and analytics to enable our customers to unlock new insights with greater efficiency, including through the unveiling of Kensho NERD (Named Entity Recognition Disambiguation), a machine learning system enabling users to perform powerful analytics on unstructured text as the first entity extraction system on the market optimized for business-related documents and entities.
	Operational Excellence: We continued to demonstrate operational excellence by achieving the majority of the Company’s 2020 multi-year productivity program for total annual savings of $120 million by realizing $113 million of annual cost savings across real estate, procurement, travel and entertainment expenses and IT infrastructure over 18 months.
	People: We enhanced programs and benefits to support our people personally and professionally, including instituting wellness and recharge days, increasing parental leave and piloting new programs to help women in India re-enter the workforce, all while announcing the future combined company leadership team, leveraging merger integration planning to harmonize best practices and developing updated combined company corporate values, purpose and branding to launch at close.

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Pay-for-Performance Overview

2021 STIC Funding and 2019-2021 Long-Term Incentive Payouts

S&P Global had strong annual operational and financial performance in 2021 and made substantial progress toward the medium-term aspirational targets established for the Company during 2021. The Company’s achievements in 2021 resulted in above target funding for the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (“STIC”), and the Company’s sustained strong operational and financial performance during the 2019-2021 performance cycle resulted in Long-Term Incentive awards earning and paying out above target. Enterprise-level STIC funding for 2021 was 142% of target (see pages 84 through 87) and the 2019 Long-Term PSU Award earned and paid out at 198% of target (see page 90).

CEO Target Compensation

In the graphic to the right, we have shown Target Total Direct Compensation (“TDC”), which is equal to the aggregate of base salary, target annual incentive award opportunity and long-term incentive grants, assuming target performance, for our CEO, Mr. Peterson, in 2020, 2021, and 2022. As discussed in further detail in the “Setting Compensation” section beginning on page 69 of this Proxy Statement, in consultation with the independent compensation consultant, the Compensation Committee considered several factors such as individual performance and market competitiveness, including benchmarking against the pro forma combined company’s Proxy Peer Group and compensation survey data, and approved a 32.9% increase in Mr. Peterson’s target TDC for 2022 as compared to 2021.

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Excludes a special, one-time $10 million “Founders Grant” in the form of performance-vested RSUs subject to achievement of merger synergies in connection with the acquisition of IHS Markit.

Say-on-Pay

The Company values shareholder perspectives on our executive compensation program. Shareholders voted in favor of casting an advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company’s NEOs—the “say-on-pay” vote—on an annual basis at the 2017 Annual Meeting. As part of the Compensation Committee’s annual review of the program, it considers the outcome of the Company’s annual shareholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s NEOs. Approximately 95% of the “say-on-pay” advisory votes cast in 2021 were in favor of our executive compensation program.

Although the 2021 “say-on-pay” results indicated strong support for our program, the Company believes it is important to engage with our shareholders, regardless of our approval rating. As described in further detail on pages 14 through 17 of this Proxy Statement, we engage in active year-round dialogue and outreach with our shareholders to discuss governance, executive compensation and other matters, and to solicit shareholder feedback. No significant concerns relating to the Company’s compensation program were raised by investors this year during our shareholder engagement efforts.

Examples of prior compensation program changes made in response to shareholder feedback are highlighted on page 73 of this Proxy Statement and affirm our responsiveness to and alignment with our shareholders.

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Decisions for 2022

As part of the Compensation Committee’s ongoing review and refinement of the executive compensation program to ensure the program remains competitive, supports strategic objectives and rewards performance, the Committee approved the following changes for 2022:

✔

Short-term Incentive Plan Design: The Compensation Committee continued to refine annual incentive plan design to better align performance drivers with achievement of strategic milestones, including ESG and integration-related goals, by increasing the weighting of Customer, Operations and People business-building metrics to 30% (previously 24%) and making corresponding adjustments under the scorecards for our division presidents (excluding S&P Dow Jones Indices due to contractual requirements to align incentive compensation more closely with the financial performance of the joint venture under our agreement with CME Group) to increase the weighting on enterprise-level metrics to 50%, inclusive of Customer, Operations and People business-building components, to maintain an appropriate level of enterprise focus and cross-organizational alignment (enterprise-level weighting was previously 20%, with 56% of the remaining scorecard weighting for our division presidents on division financials and 24% on division specific business-building metrics). Further information regarding the 2022 STIC plan design can be found beginning on page 87 of this Proxy Statement.

✔

Combined Company Proxy Peer Group: In preparation for the closing of the merger with IHS Markit, the Compensation Committee updated the Proxy Peer Group used for benchmarking the 2022 target compensation for our NEOs to take effect post-closing to ensure that we continue to pay competitively in light of the increased scale, complexity and scope of the combined company. More information on the Committee’s process for identifying the Proxy Peer Group can be found beginning on page 69 of this Proxy Statement.

Other previous significant design changes to our executive compensation program are highlighted on page 73 of this Proxy Statement.

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Overview of Key Best Practices: What We Do and Don’t Do

The Compensation Committee regularly reviews best practices in executive compensation and governance and has revised our policies and practices over time. Today these practices include:

What We Do in Alignment with Shareholder Interests and Sound Governance
COMPENSATION PRACTICE		COMPANY POLICY	MORE DETAIL
✔	Pay-for- Performance & Shareholder Alignment	Approximately 93% of CEO and 82% of other NEOs total compensation opportunity is variable, incentive-based pay contingent on meeting challenging, top-line and bottom-line short-term and long-term performance objectives. We also include caps on individual payouts under our short- and long-term incentive plans. Long-term incentive compensation opportunities for NEOs are equity-based and tied to business plan performance metrics.	Pgs. 66 & 67
✔	Robust Stock Ownership Guidelines	We have meaningful stock ownership guidelines for our Directors and executive officers. The executive guidelines require 100% retention until the guidelines are met.	Pgs. 96 & 119
✔	Annual Shareholder Say-on-Pay	We value our shareholders’ input and seek an annual non-binding advisory vote from shareholders on our executive compensation program for our named executive officers.	Pg. 63
✔	Shareholder Outreach and Input	Our outreach program gives institutional shareholders the opportunity to provide ongoing input on our programs and policies. We carefully review say-on-pay results and all shareholder feedback when structuring executive compensation.	Pgs. 14 -17
✔	Clawback Policy	Our clawback policy gives us the right to recoup and cancel cash incentive and long-term incentive award payments received by covered active and former employees under various circumstances, including misconduct and financial restatements.	Pg. 97
✔	Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policy	Our anti-hedging and anti-pledging policy prohibits Directors, officers and other designated employees from engaging in hedging and pledging transactions related to Company stock.	Pg. 97

What We Don’t Do in Alignment with Shareholder Interests and Sound Governance
COMPENSATION PRACTICE		COMPANY POLICY	MORE DETAIL
✗	No Single Trigger Change-in-Control	Our Long-Term Incentive Plan awards are subject to “double-trigger” treatment in the case of a change-in-control (i.e., unvested awards are accelerated only if there is both a change-in-control and an involuntary termination of employment).	Pgs. 95 & 96
✗	No Excessive Perquisites	We do not provide excessive executive perquisites to our NEOs and we believe our limited perquisites are reasonable and competitive.	Pg. 93
✗	No Tax Gross-Ups	We do not provide tax gross-ups in connection with any perquisites or in the event of any “golden parachute payment” in connection with a change-in-control.	Pgs. 93 & 95
✗	No Dividends on Unearned Awards	We do not pay dividends on unearned PSUs or RSUs.	Pg. 67
✗	No Employment Contracts	None of our NEOs has a formal employment contract.	Pg. 98
✗	Pension Benefits Frozen	We froze both our defined benefit pension plans to new participants and future accruals, effective as of April 1, 2012.	Pg.106

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Compensation Objectives

A highly engaged and performance-driven workforce is essential to sustainable customer-focus and our execution of our business strategy to Power the Markets of the Future. People Rewards programs are critical to the overall people experience and to our ability to compete for and engage exceptional executive talent. The main objectives of our executive compensation program are to deliver competitive Rewards programs that drive performance, motivate and create shareholder value:

Pay Mix

In establishing an appropriate mix of fixed and variable pay to reward Company, line of business and individual performance, the Compensation Committee balances the importance of meeting our short-term business goals and maintaining a competitive compensation package designed to attract, motivate and retain experienced and talented executive officers with the need to create shareholder value and drive growth over the longer-term. Our integrated compensation framework heavily weights variable compensation to reward achievements against pre-established, quantifiable financial performance objectives and individual strategic performance objectives.

In addition, because a significant portion of variable compensation is delivered in the form of long-term incentive awards, which vest over three years, the value ultimately realized by our executives from these awards depends on stockholder value creation, as measured by the future performance of our stock price.

 

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Overview of Pay Elements

For 2021, guided by our compensation philosophy and objectives, the executive compensation program consisted of the elements listed below. The Compensation Committee believes that each compensation element, and all of these elements combined, are important to maintain an executive compensation program that is competitive, performance-based and shareholder-focused.

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Roles and Responsibilities

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Setting Compensation

The Compensation Committee considers the following factors in using its discretion to determine the amount and form of compensation to be awarded to each of our NEOs and in structuring the design of the Company’s executive compensation programs.

External Market Analysis

The Compensation Committee considers external market data to maintain appropriate and competitive levels of executive officer compensation that supports our strategic vision by positioning us to attract, retain and engage high performing executive talent.

For purposes of setting compensation targets for 2021, the Compensation Committee measured our compensation opportunities for executive officers against the following benchmarking sources:

•

Proxy Peer Group: The Committee reviews compensation data from our Proxy Peer Group annually, as part of a competitive market analysis of NEO total pay and a realizable pay analysis, used to assess the alignment of pay and performance, presented by Pay Governance.

•

Survey Peer Groups: The Committee also considers information from the McLagan Financial Services Survey.

Annual Proxy Peer Group Review

The Compensation Committee, with the assistance of Pay Governance, reviews the composition of our Proxy Peer Group each year to ensure the Proxy Peer Group remains appropriate to use in competitive analysis of executive compensation.

Since we have few direct competitors for the specific scope of our business activities, the companies represented in our Proxy Peer Group vary in terms of firm size and business model. In reviewing and identifying the Proxy Peer Group, the Compensation Committee considers a number of factors intended, on the whole, to

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appropriately capture the scale and scope of our evolving business operations and the market dynamics in which we compete for executive talent.

The Compensation Committee considered the following criteria in its review of the 2021 Proxy Peer Group:

•

Key size measures, with particular reference to revenue and market capitalization, to identify companies that are comparable to the Company from a size and scope perspective.

•

Industry and business model to identify a group of diversified financial services companies that operate in the same industry as the Company and reflect an appropriate mix of the markets in which we participate.

•

Competitors for executive talent to identify companies that recruit and compete within the same executive labor market.

•

Shareholder adviser methodologies to identify companies that broadly align with the peer groups considered by ISS and Glass Lewis.

2021 Proxy & Survey Peer Group Companies

With the help of Pay Governance, the Compensation Committee identified the companies listed below, which reflected no changes from the prior year’s Proxy Peer Group, to serve as market reference points for 2021 compensation planning. In addition to the Proxy Peer Group, the Compensation Committee considered survey data to compare compensation levels for certain roles to a wider spectrum of companies and benchmark them to a broader market for talent. The companies that comprise the McLagan survey peer group are also listed below.

*

In October 2020, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation was acquired by the Charles Schwab Corporation.

In terms of size, as shown in the table below, at the end of 2021, the Company’s annual revenue was between the median and the 75th percentile and the Company’s market capitalization was above the 75th percentile of the 2021 Proxy Peer Group.

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2021 Proxy Peer Group	Revenue ($ billions)			Market Cap. ($ billions)
25th Percentile	​	$	6.40	​	$	33.90
Median	​	$	8.05	​	$	55.77
75th percentile	​	$	13.42	​	$	76.21
S&P Global	​	$	8.30	​	$	113.76

*

Numbers reflect fiscal year end data for the 2021 Proxy Peer Group, except for TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation and the Charles Schwab Corporation due to their merger in October 2020.

Changes to 2022 Peer Group

In preparation for the closing of our merger with IHS Markit, the Compensation Committee engaged in an in-depth review of the Proxy Peer Group in the fall of 2021 to ensure the group continued to serve as an appropriate market reference in light of the significantly larger size, scope and complexity of the post-closing combined company. Following the completion of the merger, the Company’s total revenue was estimated to increase by approximately 56% from approximately $7.7 billion to $12 billion.

With the assistance of Pay Governance, the Compensation Committee determined that the Proxy Peer Group should be updated to more closely align with the estimated annual revenue and future market capitalization of the pro forma combined company, since these measures are a strong indicator of complexity, scope of executive responsibility and executive pay levels. In reaching its decision to revise the peer group, the Compensation Committee reviewed, among other things, companies that, among other things: are similarly sized from a revenue and market capitalization perspective, are in our industry or have similar lines of business, reflect the Company’s evolving business model, and compete for executive talent with a significant presence in the New York market, as well as feedback from Company management and a peer analysis by management compensation consultants at Aon Hewitt in connection with management’s merger integration work.

Based on this review, the Compensation Committee approved the following updates to the 2022 Proxy Peer Group, which reflect the addition of relevant companies identified through the Committee’s review process and the removal of companies determined to no longer be appropriate peers relative to the pro forma combined company’s size and scope.

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This revised Proxy Peer Group was used for purposes of setting the 2022 compensation targets for our NEOs for the period following the closing of the IHS Markit merger to ensure that we continue to pay competitively in light of the increased size, complexity of, and changes to, our business.

Use of Market Data

Our Compensation Committee independently evaluates the performance of the CEO and establishes the CEO’s total annual target compensation so that his base salary, target annual incentive opportunity and target long-term incentive awards are competitive against market data for our Proxy Peer Group in addition to relevant compensation survey data for the financial services industry. The Compensation Committee refers its recommendations to the independent Directors of the Board for review and ratification. For more information on CEO historical and current target total direct compensation, see page 63 of this Proxy Statement.

For our NEOs other than the CEO, we review the range of market compensation between the 25th and 75th percentiles for our Proxy Peer Group as well as compensation survey data to develop an understanding of market pay levels for each position. In general, we design our executive compensation program to pay median levels of compensation for target levels of achievement. An individual element of compensation of an NEO’s total direct compensation may be positioned above or below the market median based on considerations such as the scope of the NEO’s role, responsibilities, experience and performance, as well as the availability of comparable market data for the NEO’s position.

We annually review compensation market data for the financial services industry in setting base salaries and short-term and long-term incentive opportunities for all our NEOs. However, we do not limit or increase individual incentive payments based solely on these market reference points. Some additional factors considered by the Compensation Committee in setting executive compensation are described further below.

Internal Pay Equity

The Compensation Committee also takes into account internal equity when making pay decisions. While there is not an established formal policy on internal pay equity guidelines, the Compensation Committee reviews compensation levels to ensure that the appropriate internal equity exists. This is determined based on various considerations, including management of revenue or operating profit, headcount responsibility, geographic scope, and job complexity.

Performance Assessment

The Compensation Committee’s consideration is further informed by the Company’s performance and assessment of each NEO’s individual performance against individual qualitative and quantitative goals and behaviors aligned with the Company’s strategic plan. The goals reflect financial targets inclusive of short-term operating goals, long-term value creation, human capital initiatives, and risk and compliance expectations. The Compensation Committee along with the entire Board (other than the CEO with respect to his review) participates in an annual review and discussion of each NEO as well as succession planning for each position, taking into consideration the critical leadership skills and experience of the NEO and the strategic importance of his or her role to the Company.

Further information on the Company’s business performance as well as each NEO’s key individual achievements for 2021 can be found beginning on page 75 of this Proxy Statement. Additionally, further information about succession planning can be found beginning on page 22 of this Proxy Statement.

Other Factors

In setting NEO compensation, the Compensation Committee also considers input from Pay Governance, the Committee’s independent compensation consultant, and our shareholders as well as several other factors, including business and market conditions, risk management and governance, and tax and accounting considerations, and diversity, equity and inclusion considerations, among others.

Further information on the role of the independent compensation consultant and our shareholders can be found on page 68 of this Proxy Statement.

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History of Executive Compensation Program Changes

The changes described below show enhancements to our compensation programs that we have made over time, and that continue to be in effect. We believe that these improvements demonstrate our responsiveness to and alignment with our shareholders and exhibit our commitment to incorporating best practices, pay-for-performance, and adapting to market conditions.

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2021 Financial Performance and NEO Compensation Decisions

Financial Performance Overview in 2021

In 2021, we delivered strong annual operational and financial performance and made significant progress on key initiatives towards medium- and longer-term targets. Financial performance highlights and significant business milestones achieved in 2021 included:

For a reconciliation of the adjusted financial information presented in the table above to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please see Exhibit A.

NEO Compensation Decisions in 2021

The table below shows the Compensation Committee’s compensation decisions for 2021 for the NEOs, and is different from the SEC required disclosure in the “2021 Summary Compensation Table” beginning on page 99. It is a blend of annualized base salary and compensation that is actually paid (incentive payout) or granted (long-term incentive grants) that together reflects the total annual 2021 compensation decision for each NEO.

The Compensation Committee established the calendar year base salary and annual long-term incentive grant amount for each NEO early in the fiscal year. The annual incentive payout amount was calculated and paid after the fiscal year ended based on the incentive plan funding and the individual performance of each NEO, as described below.

Executive	Annualized 2021 Base Salary			Actual 2021 Incentive Payment			Actual 2021 Long-Term Incentive Grants at Target									Total 2021 Annual Compensation
							RSUs			PSUs			Long-Term Cash
D. Peterson	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	4,615,000	​	$	2,925,000	​	$	6,825,000	​	$	—	​	$	15,365,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	825,000	​	$	1,633,000	​	$	900,000	​	$	2,100,000	​	$	—	​	$	5,458,000
J. Berisford	​	$	650,000	​	$	1,430,000	​	$	600,000	​	$	1,400,000	​	$	—	​	$	4,080,000
M. Cheung	​	$	625,000	​	$	1,350,000	​	$	750,000	​	$	1,750,000	​	$	—	​	$	4,475,000
S.Saha (1)	​	$	650,000	​	$	1,042,500	​	$	390,000	​	$	910,000	​	$	—	​	$	2,992,500

(1)

Mr. Saha was appointed President, S&P Global Platts, effective January 1, 2021. In connection with his promotion, Mr. Saha received a one-time, cliff-vested Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) award equal to $1,500,000, along with annual long-term incentive awards equal to $1,300,000, including $390,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and $910,000 Performance Share Units (PSUs).

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CEO PAY DECISIONS

Douglas L. Peterson: President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Peterson joined the Company in September 2011 as President, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. He was promoted to his current role in November 2013.

 Mr. Peterson’s 2021 Pay-for-Performance

2021 Key Achievements:

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Peterson:

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Delivered strong financial results with all four businesses surpassing budgeted revenue and margin targets. For 2021, enterprise ICP Adjusted Revenue grew 11.5% to $8,298 million. ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin improved to 54.9%, and ICP Adjusted EPS from operations increased at a compounded annual growth rate of 16.5% for the 3-year performance period ended 2021 to $13.43.

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Advanced key strategic initiatives to evolve the core business and deliver transformative growth, overseeing the achievement of extensive pre-closing integration-related milestones by IMO work streams across the business in preparation for the successful closing of the merger with IHS Markit, including managing the regulatory process and divestitures of key businesses, announcing the post-closing leadership team and organizational structure and developing updated corporate values, purpose and branding to launch at close.

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Strengthened the Company’s ESG positioning through the launch of Sustainable1 and execution of a comprehensive go-to-market strategy with significant expansion of integrated Company-wide ESG product offerings and commercialization, including new ESG product launches around energy transition, climate, private markets, nature and biodiversity and extended ESG coverage.

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Improved the customer experience, achieving highest net promoter customer satisfaction scores on record and offering new customer-oriented solutions with enhanced digital, technology and data capabilities, including delivery of a refreshed integrated desktop solution by S&P Global Market Intelligence, expanding Platts offerings with the launch of Platts Dimensions Pro, broadening Ratings360® asset-class coverage and functionality and augmenting S&P Global Dow Jones Indices solutions to address evolving market needs with the launch of new cryptocurrency indexes.

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Strengthened stakeholder relationships by increasing outreach to clients, investors and market participants and deepening active engagements with associations, policy makers and regulators through sustained outreach initiatives that continued to be more impactful, broader in scope and greater in number than the prior year’s engagements, including founding and chairing the G7’s Impact Task Force (ITF) Working Group A and appointment as lead for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s newly created ESG Task Force.

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Demonstrated strong leadership supporting development of the future combined Company executive team, including unifying the team around corporate values, purpose and culture through pro forma leadership team meetings, individual development plans and participation in division and functional leadership offsites; increasing engagement with global employees through sustained virtual engagement, Executive Committee sessions, town halls, manager briefings, roundtables, leadership sessions and employee engagements with a focus on IHS Markit teams, diverse talent and critical global leaders; and continuing to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as Chair of the Company’s DEI Council through expanded mentoring and coaching programs and increased contributions to the S&P Global Foundation.

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2021 Actual
Annual Incentive Payout

Mr. Peterson received a payout of $4.615M, representing 142% of his target award, which is aligned with the Company’s overall business performance. The Compensation Committee’s decision was based on Mr. Peterson’s 2021 performance, the Company’s business results and progress toward our strategic initiatives.

2021 Long-Term Incentive Awards

For details on Mr. Peterson’s 2021 annual long-term incentive grant, see our Long-Term Incentive Plan discussion and our 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below.

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OTHER NEO PAY DECISIONS

Ewout L. Steenbergen: EVP, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Steenbergen joined the Company in his current role as EVP, Chief Financial Officer, in November 2016. His responsibilities were expanded in 2021 to include leadership of Kensho Technologies, and he was also appointed to lead S&P Global Engineering Solutions effective as of the merger closing on February 28, 2022.

 Mr. Steenbergen’s 2021 Pay-for-Performance

2021 Key Achievements:

As EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Steenbergen:

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Delivered strong financial results with all four businesses surpassing budgeted revenue and margin targets. For 2021, enterprise ICP Adjusted Revenue grew 11.5% to $8,298 million. ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin improved to 54.9%, and ICP Adjusted EPS from operations increased at a compounded annual growth rate of 16.5% for the 3-year performance period ended 2021 to $13.43.

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Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity achieving the majority of the Company’s 2020 multi-year productivity program for total annual savings of $120 million by realizing $113 million of annual cost savings across real estate, procurement, travel and entertainment expenses and IT infrastructure over 18 months.

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Executed one of the first sustainability-linked banking facilities in the U.S. by establishing a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility tied to the Company’s published Science-Based Target net-zero goals, reinforcing the Company’s pledge to support the transition to a global net-zero economy.

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Assumed critical role in pre-closing financial integration planning for the merger with IHS Markit by effectively managing external messaging, synergy validation and establishment of call to action frameworks, complex pro forma company tax and development plans and supporting the divestiture of key businesses in line with regulatory requirements to provide for a successful closing.

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Supported other key strategic initiatives to drive growth, innovation and productivity overseeing expansion of Kensho’s Artificial Intelligence tools, leading to increased value across the Company through improved efficiencies in enterprise-wide workflows and innovative new products for customers, including the unveiling of Kensho NERD and monetizing of Kensho SCRIBE, while

also creating strategic value through the Company’s venture portfolio with FiscalNote, Lukka and Xpansiv.

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Demonstrated strong leadership by strengthening stakeholder relationships, holding approximately 1,000 investor meetings, participating in conferences and achieving a first-place sweep of Institutional Investor’s 2022 All-American Executive Team rankings; establishing a strong combined company leadership team in preparation for the merger closing; continuing to receive high employee engagement and net promoter scores, despite increased organizational workload; and sponsoring publication of the Company’s third annual TCFD Report.

2021 Actual
Annual Incentive Payout

Mr. Steenbergen received a payout of $1.633M representing 142% of his target award. The Compensation Committee’s decision was based on Mr. Steenbergen’s performance against 2021 business and individual strategic goals.

Long-Term Incentive Awards

For details on Mr. Steenbergen’s 2021 annual long-term incentive grant, see our Long-Term Incentive Plan discussion and 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below.

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John L. Berisford: President, S&P Global Ratings

John L. Berisford joined the Company in January 2011 as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Effective November 3, 2015, he was appointed as President, S&P Global Ratings and continued to serve in that role until the closing of the merger with IHS Markit on February 28, 2022, when he became Head of the combined company’s Integration Management Office (IMO).

 Mr. Berisford’s 2021 Pay-for-Performance

2021 Key Achievements:

As President, S&P Global Ratings, John L. Berisford:

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Delivered significant revenue growth and margin expansion. For 2021, ICP Adjusted Revenue of S&P Global Ratings increased 13.7% to $4,098 million and ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of S&P Global Ratings improved to 64.5%.

•

Advanced strategic growth opportunities in international and emerging markets through continued focus on the expansion of our capabilities in Asia, including by issuing 57 domestic ratings in China, up more than 150% from 2020.

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Strengthened brand and ESG positioning with major publications and webinars on key market shaping trends, including energy transition, cyber and digitalization of finance, and publication of ESG Principles in Credit Ratings methodology and ESG credit indicators on all rated entities globally for 19 corporate sectors and insurance, publishing approximately 5,000 ESG credit indicators through year-end.

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Improved the customer experience through innovative new product offerings and enhancements, including, among other things, launching a redesigned and integrated regulatory site to ensure consistent user experience, broadening Ratings360® asset-class coverage and functionality and delivery of the Ratings Analytic Platform to enable efficient development and enhancement of models while providing a product that allows internal and external users to apply Ratings criteria to new and existing ratings.

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Demonstrated strong leadership by, among other things, reorienting compliance practices, mechanisms and mindsets to facilitate a hybrid work environment while maintaining the highest compliance standards; announcing significant new people investments to acknowledge business

contributions and expand analytical workforce capacity; and evolving the division operating model with updated strategic prioritization, allocation and governance processes.

2021 Actual
Annual Incentive Payout

John L. Berisford received a payout of $1.43M, representing 143% of his target award. The Compensation Committee’s decision was based on Mr. Berisford’s performance against 2021 business and individual strategic goals.

2021 Long-Term Incentive Awards

For details on Mr. Berisford’s 2021 annual long-term incentive grant, see our Long-Term Incentive Plan discussion and our 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below.

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Martina Cheung: President, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Ms. Cheung joined the Company in May 2010 as Head of Operations for Structured Finance in S&P Global Ratings. She was appointed President, S&P Global Market Intelligence, effective January 2, 2019, and significantly expanded her responsibilities in 2021 as Executive Sponsor of Sustainable1 while also co-leading the pre-closing Integration Management Office (IMO). Effective as of the merger closing on February 28, 2022, Ms. Cheung was appointed President, S&P Global Ratings, and continues to serve as Executive Sponsor of Sustainable1.

 Ms. Cheung’s 2021 Pay-for-Performance

2021 Key Achievements:

As President, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Ms. Cheung:

•

Delivered strong revenue performance and margin expansion. For 2021, ICP Adjusted Revenue of S&P Global Market Intelligence increased 6.7% to $2,247 million. ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of S&P Global Market Intelligence improved to 34.4%.

•

Drove progress on key strategic initiatives to evolve the core business and promote transformative growth by establishing and co-leading the pre-closing Integration Management Office (IMO) for the IHS Markit merger, engaging over 400 employees across the Company and IHS Markit in detailed integration milestone, future operating model and synergy planning, while also managing two Markit Intelligence divestitures in line with regulatory requirements, in preparation for a successful merger closing.

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Strengthened the Company’s ESG positioning through leadership and launch of Sustainable1 coordinating different commercial ESG initiatives across the Company to provide a single source of innovative customer ESG solutions. Key achievements as Executive Sponsor of Sustainable1 included, among other things, overseeing significant expansion of company-wide ESG product offerings; establishing Sustainable1’s leadership team; completing a deep-dive market assessment culminating in the successful acquisition of The Climate Service Inc. (TCS), adding to the Company’s leading portfolio of ESG insights and solutions, and investment in Novata; significant work focusing on improvements to quality, operational resilience and controls; maintaining a strong pace of engagement with strategic accounts; and closing the year with above-target growth.

•

Enhanced the customer experience as President of Market Intelligence—exceeding the prior year’s record-setting customer satisfaction and net promoter scores—through proactive client engagement and continued delivery of new products and improvements, including an enhanced desktop and mobile experience with the launch of a refreshed integrated desktop solution, offering an expanded range of datasets and content.

•

Demonstrated strong leadership by, among other things, maintaining Market Intelligence employee engagement and targeting critical business teams to achieve target VIBE scores, despite increased workload; proactively establishing relationships with incoming Executive Committee members from IHS Markit and kicking off strategic planning and team building with key leaders of S&P Global Ratings to ensure readiness to assume new role; and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) through sponsorship of the WINS ERG (Women’s Employee Resource Group) and participation in numerous internal and external speaking engagements.

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2021 Actual
Annual Incentive Payout

Ms. Cheung received a payout of $1.35M, representing 135% of her target award. The Compensation Committee’s decision was based on Ms. Cheung’s performance against 2021 business and individual strategic goals.

2021 Long-Term Incentive Awards

For details on Ms. Cheung’s 2021 annual long-term incentive grant, see our Long-Term Incentive Plan discussion and our 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below.

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Saugata Saha: President, S&P Global Platts

Mr. Saha joined the Company in 2014 and was appointed to his current role as President, S&P Global Platts, effective January 1, 2021.

 Mr. Saha’s 2021 Pay-for-Performance

2021 Compensation Determination:

•

Consistent with the presentation for other NEOs, the chart to the right represents Mr. Saha’s 2021 annual compensation package at target.

•

The chart does not include all amounts paid or granted to Mr. Saha in connection with his promotion. A complete description of Mr. Saha’s compensation payments and grants in connection with his 2021 promotion can be found in the 2021 compensation tables and accompanying footnotes beginning on page 99 of this Proxy Statement.

•

Mr. Saha’s compensation package reflects an assessment of competitive market compensation levels at the time of his promotion as well as the skills and qualifications Mr. Saha brings to the role.

2021 Key Achievements:

As President, S&P Global Platts, Mr. Saha:

•

Delivered revenue growth and margin expansion. For 2021, ICP Adjusted Revenue of S&P Global Platts increased 6.7% to $950 million, while ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of S&P Global Platts remained 54.4%.

•

Assumed leadership of S&P Global Platts, re-envisioning the division business strategy for accelerating core and transformative growth opportunities following the merger with IHS Markit; building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to increase engagement and collaboration, including outreach to future team members from ENR (Energy & Natural Resources) at IHS Markit and introducing new division diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming; and establishing an efficient operating model with an effective leadership team and a strong risk management foundation.

•

Strengthened brand positioning and improved the customer experience by developing and delivering innovative new customer solutions, including through the launch of the S&P Global Platts Dimensions Pro integrated platform, enhanced Energy Transition coverage and the expansion of S&P Global Platts’ capabilities in Asia and offerings in agriculture, shipping and petrochemicals.

2021 Actual
Annual Incentive Payout

Mr. Saha received a payout of $1.042M, representing 139% of his target award. The Compensation Committee’s decision was based on Mr. Saha’s performance against 2021 business and individual strategic goals, after having assumed leadership of S&P Global Platts in January 2021.

2021 Long-Term Incentive Awards

For details on Mr. Saha’s 2021 annual long-term incentive grant, see our Long-Term Incentive Plan discussion and our 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below.

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Base Salaries

Snapshot: Base Salaries

Base salary is a customary, fixed element of compensation intended to attract and retain key executive talent.

Executive	2021 Base Salary			2022 Base Salary			% Change
D. Peterson	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	1,350,000	​	35%
E. Steenbergen	​	$	825,000	​	$	825,000	​	—%
J. Berisford	​	$	650,000	​	$	650,000	​	—%
M. Cheung	​	$	625,000	​	$	750,000	​	20%
S. Saha	​	$	650,000	​	$	650,000	​	—%

2022 Base Salary Determination

Our Compensation Committee independently evaluates the performance of the CEO and establishes the CEO’s base salary so that, together with his target annual incentive opportunity and stock-based long-term incentive awards, his total annual target compensation is competitive against our Proxy Peer Group and market data for the financial services industry.

For 2022, the Compensation Committee determined to increase Mr. Peterson’s base salary from $1,000,000 to $1,350,000 million, effective upon the closing of the merger with IHS Markit, to provide a competitive level of base pay that better reflects the increased scope and complexity of his responsibilities as CEO of the larger combined Company and more closely aligns to the median compensation levels of the new Proxy Peer Group.

As discussed beginning on page 69, the base salaries for the other NEOs reflect findings from our Proxy Peer Group for the combined company and annual market surveys as well as considerations of their individual contributions, performance, time in role, scope of responsibility, leadership skills and experience.

For 2022, the Compensation Committee determined not to increase the base salaries of Messrs. Berisford, Saha and Steenbergen and approved an increase for Ms. Cheung from $625,000 to $750,000 to take effect upon the closing of the merger with IHS Markit to provide a competitive level of base pay that better reflects the nature of her expanded role and new responsibilities as President of S&P Global Ratings, while continuing to serve as Executive Sponsor of Sustainable1.

Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan

Snapshot: Short-Term Annual Incentive Cash Compensation

Executive	2021								2022
	Target Incentive Award			Actual Incentive Award			% of Target Paid		Target Incentive Award
D. Peterson	​	$	3,250,000	​	$	4,615,000	​	142%	​	$	3,450,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	1,150,000	​	$	1,633,000	​	142%	​	$	1,500,000
J. Berisford	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	1,430,000	​	143%	​	$	1,000,000
M. Cheung	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	1,350,000	​	135%	​	$	1,500,000
S. Saha	​	$	750,000	​	$	1,042,500	​	139%	​	$	1,000,000

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2021 Short-Term Annual Incentive Funding and Payout Determination Formulas

2021 Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan Design Under the STIC

For all NEOs, individual incentive amounts are determined based on the executive’s target incentive award opportunity, which is then adjusted by a factor based upon the achievement of enterprise-level and, as appropriate for our division leaders, division-level goals (70%), and achievement of individual strategic goals (30%).

•

Target Incentive Opportunity: The incentive target opportunity for each NEO is in part determined based on market data as well as individual performance and experience. For a more detailed description of how we set compensation targets, see pages 69 through 72 of this Proxy Statement.

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Financial Performance Goals (76% of STIC funding): The enterprise-level performance component for 2021 was 76% tied to ICP Adjusted Revenue and ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin (weighted 38% each), which included adjustments for the impact of changing foreign exchange rates, unspent strategic investment funds and change in accounting treatment of deferred projects in 2021. The applicable division-level performance goals for our NEO division leaders, Messrs. Berisford and Saha and Ms. Cheung, were similarly tied to division-specific ICP Adjusted Revenue and ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin, as well as enterprise-level financials, with the applicable adjustments for each division described in further detail on pages 85 through 87 below. The Compensation Committee believes that these metrics reward performance to achieve short-term business objectives that draw focus to productivity measures, create greater efficiencies and strengthen the importance of growth and scale to the Company, which ultimately drives increased shareholder value.

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Business-Building Scorecard Goals (24% of STIC funding): In addition to financial performance goals, 24% of the STIC funding is tied to business-building scorecard goals in the categories of Customer, Operations and People, weighted 8% each. Performance against these business-building scorecard goals is measured through qualitative and quantitative Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which are tracked and reviewed by the CEO quarterly and presented to the Compensation Committee at least twice per year. The Compensation Committee believes that these metrics help effectively balance incentives for annual financial performance with rewards to promote long-term focus on, and achievement of, key strategic objectives, including environmental, social and governance related (ESG) goals and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, both of which are featured in the KPIs used to measure achievement of Customer, Operations and People goals.

•

Individual Performance Goals: The individual component is allocated based on an assessment of each participant’s achievement against strategic or developmental goals established at the beginning of the year.

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Maximum Award Payout: The maximum incentive award opportunity is capped at 200% of each participant’s target award.

Following the performance period, the overall incentive award pool is funded based on the achievement of Company and division performance goals. The final payout amount is allocated to individual participants and adjusted upwards or downwards based on individual achievement in accordance with the methodology described above.

2021 Short-Term Annual Incentive Goals, Funding and Payouts

Business Performance Goals

The 2021 short-term annual incentive payouts for all of the NEOs are based 70% on business performance and 30% on individual performance. For Messrs. Peterson and Steenbergen, the business performance component is measured on an enterprise balanced scorecard of 76% financial and 24% business-building goals, with 38% of the financial goals based on Company ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and the remaining 38% based on Company ICP Adjusted Revenue. The 24% weighting of the business-building goals is divided into 8% each for the three categories of Customer, Operations and People with category-specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), scored on a scale from one to five (funded at 50% to 150% of target), used to measure achievement.

As division presidents, the business performance component of the annual incentive awards for Messrs. Berisford and Saha and Ms. Cheung was measured 20% on the above-mentioned enterprise financial goals (weighted equally at 10% each), 56% on a mix of division-specific ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and ICP Adjusted Revenue (weighted 28% each), and 24% on division-specific business-building goals in the Customer, Operations and People categories described above.

Performance Review and Adjustment Process

The Compensation Committee reviewed 2021 reported Revenue and EBITA Margin for the Company, under the enterprise scorecard for Messrs. Peterson and Steenbergen, and the divisions, under the division scorecards for Messrs. Berisford and Saha and Ms. Cheung. Based on this review, the Committee approved the adjustments described on pages 85 to 87 below to determine non-GAAP financial performance results for incentive compensation purposes.

The Compensation Committee uses ICP Adjusted Revenue and ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin to evaluate the financial results achieved by the NEOs independent of items considered isolated, non-recurring, or unusual because it believes that such metrics better measure the Company’s normal revenue, operating expenses, and operating results for compensation purposes.

For a reconciliation of the adjustments to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please see Exhibit A. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our NEOs.

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2021 Corporate Short-Term Annual Incentive Targets, Funding and Adjustments (All NEOs)

For the portion of incentive funding based on enterprise financial goals, the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved the Company ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of 54.9% and Company ICP Adjusted Revenue of $8,298 million, representing an increase of 11.5% over 2020, after adjusting for the impact of changing foreign exchange rates, unspent strategic investment funds and change in accounting treatment of deferred projects in 2021. Based on these blended results, the 2021 achievement and funding for the Company’s enterprise-level financial goals was 145%.

For a reconciliation of the adjustments to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please see Exhibit A on page 130. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our NEOs.

For the remaining 24% of incentive funding based on the achievement of enterprise-level business-building goals in the three categories of Customer, Operations and People (each category accounting for 8% of funding), the Compensation Committee reviewed performance for each category of the Company business-building goals based on consideration of various quantitative and qualitative key performance indicators (KPIs), such as net promoter scores, revenue from new products/markets, risk management indicators and culture and diversity metrics, scored on a scale of one to five.

Based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the KPI results for performance against Company business-building goals in each category, the Committee determined that the 2021 achievement and funding for the Company business-building goals was 150% for customer and 125% for each of operations and people goals.

Overall, the blended 2021 achievement and funding for Messrs. Peterson and Steenbergen for enterprise business performance and customer, operations and people goals was 142%.

2021 S&P Global Ratings Short-Term Annual Incentive Targets, Funding and Adjustments (Mr. Berisford)

For the 56% portion of incentive funding based on division-level financial goals for S&P Global Ratings, the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved the Division ICP Adjusted Revenue of $4,098 million, representing an increase of 13.7%, and Division ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of 64.5%, after adjusting for the

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impact of changing foreign exchange rates, unspent strategic investment funds and the impact of funding for above target achievement of enterprise goals and division business-building goals. Based on these blended results, the 2021 achievement and funding for the S&P Global Ratings division-level financial goals was 146%.

Exhibit A on page 130 provides a reconciliation from GAAP results to ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and ICP Adjusted Revenue. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our NEOs.

Based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the KPI results for performance against S&P Global Ratings business-building goals in each of the three categories of customer, operations and people, the Committee determined that the 2021 achievement and funding for the division-level business-building goals was 150% for customer and 125% for each of operations and people goals.

Overall, the 2021 achievement and funding for Mr. Berisford for the blend of 20% enterprise and 56% S&P Global Ratings business performance and 24% division customer, operations and people goals was 143%.

2021 S&P Global Market Intelligence Short-Term Annual Incentive Targets, Funding and Adjustments (Ms. Cheung)

For the 56% portion of incentive funding based on division-level financial goals for S&P Global Market Intelligence, the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved the Division ICP Adjusted Revenue of $2,247 million, representing an increase of 6.7%, and Division ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of 34.4%, after adjusting for the impact of changing foreign exchange rates, change in accounting treatment of an acquisition, unspent strategic investment funds and the impact of funding for above target achievement of enterprise goals and division business-building goals. Based on these blended results, the 2021 achievement and funding for the S&P Global Market Intelligence division-level financial goals was 111%.

Exhibit A on page 130 provides a reconciliation from GAAP results to ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and ICP Adjusted Revenue. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our NEOs.

Based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the KPI results for performance against S&P Global Market Intelligence business-building goals in each of the three categories of Customer, Operations and People, the Committee determined that the 2020 achievement and funding for the division-level business-building goals was 150% for customer and 125% for each of operations and people goals.

Overall, the 2021 achievement and funding for Ms. Cheung for the blend of 20% enterprise and 56% S&P Global Market Intelligence business performance and 24% division customer, operations and people goals was 123%.

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2021 S&P Global Platts Short-Term Annual Incentive Targets, Funding and Adjustments (Mr. Saha)

For the 56% portion of incentive funding based on division-level financial goals for S&P Global Platts, the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved the Division ICP Adjusted Revenue of $950 million, representing an increase of 8.2%, and Division ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin of 54.4%, after adjusting for the impact of changing foreign exchange rates and the impact of funding for above target achievement of enterprise goals and division business-building goals. Based on these blended results, the 2021 achievement and funding for the S&P Global Platts division-level financial goals was 139%.

Exhibit A on page 130 provides a reconciliation from GAAP results to ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and ICP Adjusted Revenue. The non-GAAP financial information included on Exhibit A has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our NEOs.

Based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the KPI results for performance against S&P Global Platts business-building goals in each of the three categories of Customer, Operations and People, the Committee determined that the 2021 achievement and funding for the division-level business-building goals was 150% for customer and 125% for each of operations and people goals.

Overall, the 2021 achievement and funding for Mr. Saha for the blend of 20% enterprise and 56% S&P Global Platts business performance and 24% division customer, operations and people goals was 139%.

Individual Strategic Goals

As discussed in detail above, 70% of the individual short-term annual incentive award was determined based on Company financial results (or a blend of the Company funding and division results for division presidents) and achievement of business-building metrics. For all NEOs, including the CEO, the remaining 30% was allocated based on the achievement of individual strategic or developmental goals (our NEOs’ key achievements for 2021 are described on pages 75 through 81 of this Proxy Statement). The total annual incentive award opportunity for each participant was capped at 200% of their target annual incentive award.

2021 NEO Payouts Under the STIC

For a list of the actual payments made to our NEOs under the STIC in respect of 2021 performance, see the chart on page 82 of this Proxy Statement.

2022 Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan Design and Targets

2022 Plan Design

As discussed on page 64 of this Proxy Statement, the Compensation Committee determined to increase the relative weighting of strategic-business building goals for Customer, Operations and People (from 24% to 30% in the aggregate, divided equally between each of the three categories) under both the enterprise scorecard for Messrs. Peterson and Steenbergen and the division scorecards for NEO division leaders.

The Compensation Committee approved these changes to the 2022 STIC to improve the alignment of the Company’s annual performance incentives with key strategic milestones under the Company’s operating plan, in addition to rewarding strong financial performance. Greater emphasis on strategic milestone achievement as

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part of the annual incentive plan will permit increased focus on goals that are critical to executing the combined Company’s post-close strategic plan and delivering on strategic ESG priorities tied to environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Compensation Committee also approved corresponding adjustments to the weighting of the enterprise-level and division-level metrics used to determine the overall incentive funding for our NEO division presidents under the 2022 STIC to promote greater cross-divisional collaboration and enhanced focus on enterprise-wide financial performance and strategic priorities in support of the merger with IHS Markit. Under the new 2022 STIC design, enterprise- and division-level metrics will be assigned equal 50-50% weighting with the scorecards for our NEO division presidents comprising a blend of 35% enterprise financials and 15% enterprise-level business building goals and 35% division financials and 15% division-level business building goals.

The Compensation Committee believes that these changes will promote and reward behaviors that drive execution of the combined Company’s business strategy, while continuing to incentivize achievement of strong annual financial results.

2022 Award Target Determination

Our Compensation Committee independently evaluates the performance of the CEO and establishes the CEO’s 2022 target annual incentive award so that, together with his base salary and long-term incentive award, his total target annual compensation is market competitive and motivates and rewards him for performance against Company and individual goals.

For 2022, the Compensation Committee determined to increase Mr. Peterson’s target annual incentive award amount from $3,250,000 to $3,450,000. The Compensation Committee approved the increase to maintain the competitive market positioning of Mr. Peterson’s total target cash compensation in recognition of Mr. Peterson’s demonstrated leadership experience and success achieving strong performance results, as well as key strategic milestones, including the merger with IHS Markit.

As discussed beginning on page 69, the target annual incentive award amounts for the other NEOs reflect findings from our Proxy Peer Group and annual market surveys as well as considerations of their individual contributions and the strategic importance of the respective roles to the Company.

For 2022, the Compensation Committee determined not to increase the target annual incentive award amount for Mr. Berisford and approved increases for Ms. Cheung and Messrs. Saha and Steenbergen as follows to better reflect the nature and scope of their expanded roles and responsibilities within the larger combined Company following the closing of the merger with IHS Markit and improve the competitiveness of their target cash compensation opportunity relative to the new combined Company Proxy Peer Group:

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Ms. Cheung’s target annual incentive award increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

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Mr. Saha’s target annual incentive award increased from $750,000 to $1,000,000.

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Mr. Steenbergen’s target annual incentive award increased from $1,150,000 to $1,500,000.

For a list of the 2022 NEO target annual incentive award amounts under the 2022 STIC, see the chart above on page 82 of this Proxy Statement.

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Long-Term Incentive Plan

Snapshot: Long-Term Incentive Target Opportunities

Executive	2021 Long-Term Incentive Target			2022 Long-Term Incentive Target
D. Peterson	​	$	9,750,000	​	$	13,800,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	3,000,000	​	$	3,500,000
J. Berisford	​	$	2,000,000	​	$	2,500,000
M. Cheung	​	$	2,500,000	​	$	3,250,000
S. Saha (1)	​	$	1,300,000	​	$	2,000,000

(1)

Mr. Saha was appointed President, S&P Global Platts, effective January 1, 2021. In connection with his promotion, Mr. Saha received a one-time, cliff-vested Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) award equal to $1,500,000, along with annual long-term incentive awards equal to $1,300,000, including $390,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and $910,000 Performance Share Units (PSUs).

2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Structures

2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Design

To ensure that the Long-Term Incentive Plan supports the main objectives of our executive compensation program and the Company’s business strategy, we periodically review our Plan and the structure of our long-term incentive awards granted pursuant to the Plan to make adjustments as our business needs change.

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The long-term incentive award is delivered as a mix of 70% performance share units (PSUs) and 30% restricted stock units (RSUs).

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Both PSUs and RSUs have three-year cycles but the RSUs are solely time-based and are not tied to performance goals. The mix of PSUs and RSUs balances incentives based on stock price appreciation and performance factors not directly related to stock price.

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The 2021 PSU awards are measured based on ICP Adjusted EPS growth over a three-year performance cycle to evaluate the results achieved by the Company independent of items considered isolated, non-recurring, or unusual because we believe that such metrics better measure the Company’s normal revenue, operating expenses, and operating results for compensation purposes. ICP Adjusted EPS provides a good measure of return to shareholders because it considers capital allocation decisions as well as the importance of continued discipline in operating performance.

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Commencing in 2017, the Compensation Committee modified the vesting schedule of RSUs to vest ratably over three years rather than cliff vesting after three years to provide a more effective recruitment tool. In connection with its annual review of the Company’s compensation program, the Compensation Committee found that this change was appropriately balanced by the three-year cliff vesting schedule for PSU awards, which generally represent 70% of the total long-term grant value for NEOs.

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2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards

2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Goals

In 2021, the Company continued to use an ICP Adjusted EPS growth goal for the 2021-2023 performance period for PSUs, which we believe continues to allow us to evaluate the results achieved by the Company independent of items considered isolated, non-recurring, or unusual because it believes that such metrics better measure the Company’s normal revenue, operating expenses, and operating results for compensation purposes. ICP Adjusted EPS provides a good measure of return to shareholders because it considers capital allocation decisions as well as the importance of continued discipline in operating performance.

The following payout schedule was approved for the 2021 PSU Awards for the 2021-2023 performance period:

Any payments under the 2021 PSU Awards will be made during the first quarter of 2024, based on the achievement through the 2021-2023 performance period.

2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Grants

For detailed information concerning each grant made to the NEOs in 2021, see the 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table beginning on page 102 of this Proxy Statement.

2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Achievement

2019-2021 PSU Achievement

Our 2019 PSU award for the performance period 2019-2021 was based on the achievement of the following ICP Adjusted EPS growth goal during the cycle:

The cumulative compound ICP Adjusted EPS growth during the cycle was 16.5%, after adjusting for the pro forma effect of change in tax rate. The Compensation Committee uses ICP Adjusted EPS growth during the three-year cycle to evaluate the results achieved by the Company independent of items considered isolated, non-recurring, or unusual because we believe that such metrics better measure the Company’s normal recurring revenue, operating expenses, and operating results for compensation purposes. Based on this achievement, the 2019 PSU award was earned at 198% of target.

2022 Long-Term Incentive Award Design and Targets

2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan Award Design

The Compensation Committee approved an EPS growth metric over a three-year performance cycle for the 2022 PSU awards, which it believes provides a good measure of return to our shareholders because it considers capital allocation decisions as well as the importance of continual discipline in operating performance.

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2022 Long-Term Incentive Target Determination

Our Compensation Committee independently evaluates the performance of the CEO and establishes the CEO’s 2022 long-term incentive target so that, together with his base salary and short-term incentive award, his total annual target compensation is market competitive and motivates and rewards him for performance against Company and individual goals.

For 2022, the Compensation Committee determined to increase Mr. Peterson’s long-term incentive target amount from $9,750,000 to $13,800,000. The Compensation Committee approved the increase to maintain the competitive market positioning of Mr. Peterson’s long-term incentive opportunity and overall target total direct compensation package relative to the new combined Company’s Proxy Peer Group, with special emphasis on Mr. Peterson’s long-term incentive award target to promote even greater alignment with shareholders’ interests in the Company’s long-term growth. The increase was also approved in recognition of Mr. Peterson’s demonstrated leadership experience and success achieving strong performance results, along with long-term strategic milestones to enhance shareholder value, including through extensive pre-closing integration planning in preparation for a successful merger with IHS Markit.

As discussed beginning on page 69, the long-term incentive amounts for the other NEOs reflect findings from our Proxy Peer Group and annual market surveys for the financial services industry as well as considerations of their individual contributions and the strategic importance of their respective roles to the Company. For 2022, the Compensation Committee approved increases to the target long-term incentive award amounts for each NEO as follows:

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Ms. Cheung’s long-term incentive target amount increased from $2,500,000 to $3,250,000 to improve the competitive positioning of her target long-term incentive value relative to the combined Company’s Proxy Peer Group in light of her dual role as President of S&P Global Ratings, effective as of the merger closing, while also leading the Company’s consolidated ESG strategy as Executive Sponsor of Sustainable1. This increase also rewards Ms. Cheung for her demonstrated leadership and success achieving strong performance results and key strategic milestones in 2021, including her significant contributions establishing and co-leading the Integration Management Office (IMO) with the Chief Financial Officer of IHS Markit prior to the merger closing.

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Mr. Berisford’s long-term incentive target amount increased from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 to improve the competitive positioning of his target long-term incentive value relative to the combined company’s Proxy Peer Group and reflect the critical role Mr. Berisford will assume supporting a successful integration with IHS Markit as head of the post-closing Integration Management Office (IMO). This increase also rewards Mr. Berisford for his demonstrated leadership and success achieving strong performance results in 2021.

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Mr. Steenbergen’s long-term incentive target amount increased from $3,000,000 to $3,500,000 to improve the competitive positioning of his target long-term incentive value relative to the combined Company’s Proxy Peer Group. This increase rewards Mr. Steenbergen’s demonstrated leadership and success achieving strong performance results and key strategic initiatives in 2021 and reflects the critical role Mr. Steenbergen will assume supporting a successful integration with IHS Markit, overseeing post-closing synergy and financial planning as Chief Financial Officer of the larger combined company.

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Mr. Saha’s long-term incentive target amount increased from $1,300,000 to $2,000,000 to improve the competitive positioning of his target long-term incentive value relative to the combined Company’s Proxy Peer Group. This increase also rewards Mr. Saha’s demonstrated leadership and success achieving strong performance results in 2021.

For a list of the 2022 NEO targets under the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, see the chart above on page 89 of this Proxy Statement.

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Special One-Time Merger Compensation

Founders Synergy Grants

In support of the integration planning for the Company’s merger with IHS Markit, in March 2021 the Compensation Committee approved special, one-time awards to retain, unify and incentivize the newly formed executive leadership team of the combined Company during the critical transition period following the merger closing.

The incentive awards, which were granted as of the merger closing to each of the current NEOs and other select executives expected to play a key role in the integration process, consist of performance-based restricted stock units referred to as “Founders Grants”. The Founders Grants provide for three-year cliff vesting, subject to continued employment through the three-year anniversary of the merger closing, with an additional performance-based vesting condition tied to the Company’s achievement of annual run-rate cost synergies of $480 million previously announced to shareholders. The vesting and final award payout of the Founders Grants at the end of the three-year performance period will be contingent on the Compensation Committee’s review and approval of the Company’s achievement of the synergy target. Unless waived or adjusted by the Compensation Committee in its discretion in the manner it considers appropriate to take into account facts and circumstances occuring after the award date, the Founders Grants will be forfeited in their entirety, if the $480 synergy target is not achieved over the three-year performance period.

In determining the individual award amounts for each of the NEOs set forth in the table below, the Compensation Committee considered the criticality of retaining each of the executives through the integration process and their respective roles and responsibilities driving synergies within the combined Company post-close.

Executive	Founders Grant Award Amount (1)
D. Peterson	​	$	10,000,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	6,500,000
J. Berisford	​	$	2,000,000
M. Cheung	​	$	6,500,000
S. Saha (2)	​	$	1,500,000

(1)

Reflects the final grant value approved by the Compensation Committee for the one-time Founders Grants. The number of performance-based restricted stock units issued in respect of the grant amounts approved by the Compensation Committee was determined based on the closing price of S&P Global Common Stock on March 1, 2022 of $390.58.

(2)

Mr. Saha was appointed President, S&P Global Platts, effective January 1, 2021. In connection with his promotion as President of S&P Global Platts prior to the closing of the merger with IHS Markit and the issuance of the Founders Grants, Mr. Saha also received a one-time, cash retention bonus of $1,500,000 that was awarded on December 1, 2020 and half of which was paid during 2021.

The combination of the three-year service-based cliff vesting and the performance-based vesting condition tied to the Company’s achievement of its previously announced three-year synergy goal is intended to both facilitate the retention of executives with critical roles in the integration process and motivate a unified post-closing executive team to achieve merger synergy targets that will improve the Company’s financial performance and drive enhanced shareholder value.

Benefits and Perquisites

Health and Welfare Benefits

The Company provides a healthcare benefit program for all U.S.-based employees, including the NEOs. The employee healthcare contributions are differentiated by salary levels, requiring higher-paid employees to make larger contributions for their healthcare coverage.

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We provide no supplemental executive healthcare benefits, other than a Company-paid annual physical examination for the NEOs and certain other senior executives.

Additionally, the NEOs and certain other executives participate in our Management Supplemental Death & Disability Benefits Plan. Pursuant to the executive life insurance policy provided under the Plan, in the event of the executive’s death prior to retirement, the executive’s beneficiary will receive a fully-insured lump sum amount equal to 200% of the executive’s base salary in effect at the time of the executive’s death, up to a maximum benefit of $2 million.

The Plan also provides a supplemental long-term disability benefit. The long-term disability benefit was amended, effective January 2020, to change the benefit funding from 100% self-insured by the Company to approximately 80% fully-insured through Lincoln Financial (the “Insurer”), with the remaining 20% self-insured by the Company. In connection with the change in funding, some corresponding changes were made to the formula for calculating monthly disability income.

Perquisites

We provide a limited number of perquisites to our NEOs, which we believe are reasonable in amount, market competitive, and consistent with our overall compensation plan. We also believe each perquisite confers a benefit to the Company, by enabling our NEOs to conduct Company business more effectively and place greater focus on the demands of their positions. Special benefits or perquisites for the NEOs are reviewed by the Compensation Committee at least annually, and include:

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professional services expense reimbursement (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) for financial advisors to assist executives with their personal financial affairs, thus permitting executives to focus more energy on their business responsibilities;

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comprehensive annual physical examination, plus related travel expenses, to encourage proactive health management and help ensure business continuity; and

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Company car and driver for our CEO for security purposes and reimbursement for reasonable travel and business-related expenses for NEOs.

Together, these perquisites involve minimal cost to the Company and constitute a small percentage of our NEOs’ total compensation. We do not provide tax gross-ups in respect of any income recognized by our NEOs as a result of receiving the reimbursements or perquisites described above.

The Company also owns a fractional interest in a private aircraft primarily for business use by the CEO to provide the CEO with a private and secure working environment while maximizing total travel time. Personal use of the private aircraft is discouraged and permitted on an exception-only basis under corporate aircraft policy. In March 2020, due to the heightened need for safe and efficient travel in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chairman of the Board approved an exception to the corporate aircraft policy permitting personal use of the private aircraft by the CEO. The aggregate incremental cost for personal use of the aircraft by the CEO and members of his family during 2021 is included as “All Other Compensation” under the “Summary Compensation Table” on page 99 of this Proxy Statement. There is no incremental cost to the Company as a result of travel by the CEO’s family members. The Board determined that the significant health and safety benefits of our CEO’s use of the private aircraft for limited personal travel outweighed the incremental cost to the Company.

For additional information on our perquisites and other benefits, see the Summary Compensation Table beginning on page 99 of this Proxy Statement, which includes the incremental cost to the Company for providing these benefits.

Retirement and Other Benefits following Termination of Employment

In connection with their retirement or other termination of employment, our NEOs will generally be eligible to receive benefits under our retirement plans and, depending on the circumstances of an executive’s termination, severance benefits.

These post-termination benefits are described beginning on page 110 of this Proxy Statement.

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Retirement Benefits

Effective as of April 1, 2012, we froze accruals and participation under both of our defined benefit pension plans under which Mr. Berisford and Ms. Cheung are entitled to benefits: the Employee Retirement Plan of S&P Global Inc. and its Subsidiaries, a pension plan covering some of our U.S. employees, and the S&P Global Inc. Employee Retirement Plan Supplement, a non-qualified pension plan. Our defined contribution plans are provided to all employees, including our senior executives, to allow them to accumulate assets for retirement through a combination of individual savings and Company contributions and to allow participants in these plans the opportunity to direct the investment of these retirement assets.

Other Benefits

Our NEOs may participate in the charitable S&P Global Matching Gift Program, also open to all employees and Directors of the Company. This program provides the opportunity to help maximize the impact of eligible charitable giving through a corporate matched contribution, generally on a standard dollar-for-dollar basis, up to a maximum participant donation for members of our Executive Committee and Directors of $25,000 (or the currency equivalent) in the aggregate per year. All other employees are eligible for a corporate matched contribution up to a maximum participant donation of $5,000 in the aggregate per year. During the month of December, as part of a special charitable campaign, the Company doubled its corporate match on participant donations and the maximum corporate match was raised to $50,000 for members of the Company’s Executive Committee and Directors and $10,000 for all other employees. Retirees are eligible to participate in this program for up to three years after they leave the Company and are no longer active employees or directors.

In addition, our NEOs, as well as other eligible employees and Directors of the Company, may participate in the S&P Global Political Action Committee (“S&P Global PAC”), which is funded by eligible U.S.-based participants in accordance with applicable federal law. Under the S&P Global PAC program, the Company contributes funds to a charitable organization of the participant’s choosing that match the participant’s contribution to the S&P Global PAC, up to an annual maximum of $5,000.

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Severance Benefits (Regular and Change-in-Control)

The Compensation Committee believes that maintaining a competitive level of separation benefits is appropriate as part of our overall compensation program and in line with its objective to attract, retain and motivate high-caliber management talent. Our severance arrangements with all of our NEOs are governed by our Senior Executive Severance Plan. This severance program is designed to provide employees with security and reasonable compensation upon an involuntary termination of employment, and to ensure the continued commitment of employees in the event of a potential or actual change-in-control. The Compensation Committee does not take into account the benefits offered under the Senior Executive Severance Plan in setting compensation for our NEOs.

The Senior Executive Severance Plan generally provides for base salary and benefits continuation in the event of a Company-initiated termination (including a “constructive” termination) other than a termination for cause, as defined on page 110 of this Proxy Statement. Discussion of severance payable on certain qualifying terminations (including following a change-in-control of the Company) can be found in the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control section on pages 110 through 114 of this Proxy Statement.

Payments of annual incentives under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and vesting acceleration or modification of long-term cash awards and equity awards granted under our 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and 2019 Stock Incentive Plan on the occurrence of a defined change-in-control are described in the table below. Upon certain qualifying terminations not in connection with a defined change-in-control, an NEO may be entitled to a pro rata portion of their annual cash incentive award and certain outstanding equity awards. For details, see pages 112 through 114 of this Proxy Statement.

PAY ELEMENTS	TREATMENT OF OUTSTANDING INCENTIVE AWARDS UPON CHANGE-IN-CONTROL (“CIC”)
Short-Term Incentive Awards	• Payments are made pro-rata based on the average of the three prior years’ payments.
RSU Awards	• Double-trigger treatment: awards do not vest upon the CIC but are generally converted into RSUs of the surviving company (assuming the successor company assumes the awards).
PSU Awards	• Double-trigger treatment: Awards do not vest upon the CIC but are generally converted into time-vesting RSUs of the surviving company’s stock (assuming the successor company assumes the awards) with the number of underlying shares based on ICP Adjusted EPS goals deemed to be fully achieved at target, if less than 50% of the performance period has been completed, or based on actual performance, if 50% or more of the performance period has been completed upon the CIC. • Delivery of shares in respect of converted RSUs will generally occur in the year following the end of the applicable performance period.
Stock Options	• Double-trigger treatment: Legacy awards do not vest upon the CIC and are generally converted into options of the surviving company (assuming the successor company assumes the awards).
Long-Term Cash Awards	• The Board, at its discretion, may modify or waive the applicable performance measures, performance period, or cash awards. • Under no circumstances will the timing of the award payment date be accelerated.

Certain payments that would be provided to our NEOs in connection with a change-in-control could be classified as “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, in which case they would

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not be deductible as compensation by the Company. In addition, Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes an excise tax on executives who receive an excess parachute payment equal to 20% of such amount.

The excise tax would not be reimbursed or “grossed up” by the Company. Instead, as discussed starting on page 111 of this Proxy Statement, in certain circumstances, we would “cut back” the amount of certain benefits and payments to ensure tax deductibility by the Company under Section 280G to the extent the executive’s “cut back” amount is greater on an after-tax basis than the full amount.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

We are committed to ensuring that our executive officers have a significant ownership stake in the Company to strengthen the alignment of our executives’ interests with those of our shareholders.

As one means of achieving this objective, the Company has formal stock ownership guidelines in place for senior executives, consisting of our Named Executive Officers and other direct reports to the CEO. These guidelines require covered executives to hold common stock in the Company equal to a multiple of their annual base salary, as follows:

Position	Minimum Ownership Requirement (Multiple of Base Salary)
CEO	​	7x
CFO	4x
NEOs and Other Covered Executives	​	3x

Covered executives are required to retain 100% of their net shares from the payment of PSU and RSU awards and the exercise of stock options until the minimum ownership requirement is met and cannot sell below their minimum ownership requirement, unless the Compensation Committee grants an exception based on the executive’s circumstances. In addition to shares held outright by the executive and their immediate family members, or through estate planning vehicles, unvested RSUs and earned but unsettled PSUs for which the relevant performance period has ended, are counted towards our executives’ minimum ownership requirement.

The Compensation Committee reviews the guidelines annually and most recently updated the guidelines, effective January 1, 2021, to introduce more rigorous minimum ownership requirements for the CEO and CFO and enhance the Company’s alignment with competitive market information regarding executive stock ownership guidelines, following consultation with independent experts at Aon Hewitt engaged by Company management and the Committee’s external consultant, Pay Governance.

As of January 1, 2022, all of the NEOs were compliant with the guidelines and all held shares in excess of their minimum ownership requirement.

Risk and Control

The Compensation Committee considers risks related to compensation policies and practices and incentive related risks. The Compensation Committee establishes performance metrics that reward our executives for creating shareholder value, and establishes goals and payment schedules for each metric that are designed to provide a balance to motivate the achievement of the established goals without the need for inappropriate or excessive risk-taking.

In 2022, management updated its prior review of the Company’s compensation plans as well as Company compensation policies and practices regarding whether they encourage excessive risk taking and determined that the Company’s compensation plans, programs and policies do not present a material risk of causing behavior that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. Management reviewed its

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findings with the Compensation Committee and Pay Governance (the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation advisor), who each concurred in these findings and conclusions.

In addition, the Compensation Committee annually assesses plan design, performance metrics and goals for the annual incentive plans within the Company’s divisions to ensure that their designs are appropriately aligned with business and regulatory considerations and do not encourage inappropriate or excessive risk-taking.

Pay Recovery Policies

In 2014, the Compensation Committee strengthened its pay recovery (clawback) policy to provide more structure and impact. The Compensation Committee adopted a revised policy providing that annual cash incentive and long-term incentive award payments (PSUs, RSUs, stock options and long-term incentive cash compensation) could be subject to recovery by the Company if one or more of the following occurs:

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For senior management, material recalculation or adjustment of the performance measures.

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For all individuals covered by this policy, intentional, willful or grossly negligent act or omission that violates one or more of the Company’s policies that have or will have a material negative impact on the Company’s business, reputation or financial condition.

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For all individuals covered by this policy, criminal activity, fraud or other illegal or unlawful activity that has or will have a material negative impact on the business, financial condition or reputation of the Company.

Additionally, a separate Pay Recovery Policy was adopted for S&P Global Ratings (“S&P Policy”). In addition to the recovery items noted above, the S&P Policy has these recovery items:

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For all covered individuals, material violations of policy or division or product risk parameters, policies or operating procedures resulting from the gross negligence, intentional wrongdoing or willful misconduct of a covered individual that have or will have a material negative impact on the business, financial condition or reputation of S&P Global Ratings.

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For all covered individuals, material failure to adequately supervise the administration and implementation of one or more of S&P Global Ratings’ policies or division or product risk parameters, policies or operating procedures which results from gross negligence, intentional wrongdoing or willful misconduct that has or will have a material negative impact on S&P Global Ratings’ business, financial condition or reputation.

Senior management and covered individuals include both active and former employees for the covered period.

The President of S&P Global Ratings is subject to both policies.

Insider Trading Policy and Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging

Under the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, Directors, executive officers and all other employees subject to the policy (i.e., employees who influence our products and services and/or have access, or potential access, to material non-public information), as well as any immediate family members of the foregoing and any entities whose investment decisions are made by or shared with any of the foregoing, are prohibited, without exception, from speculative trading in Company securities, including engaging in any “hedging” transactions related to Company stock. The prohibition against speculative trading and “hedging” includes short sales and derivative transactions, such as puts, calls, swaps and collars, and any other arrangements intended to hedge or offset exposure to price fluctuations in Company stock or provide protection against declines in the value of Company stock. Further, no shares of Company stock beneficially owned, either directly or indirectly, by Directors, executive officers or covered employees may be pledged or otherwise used as security for a loan, including by holding such securities in a margin account.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (continued)

Employment Agreements

None of our NEOs have formal employment agreements with the Company.

Tax and Accounting Considerations

The Compensation Committee also considers the effect of certain accounting rules that apply to the various aspects of the compensation program for our NEOs. The Compensation Committee reviews potential accounting effects in determining whether its compensation actions are in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with Company management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis found on pages 59 through 98 of this Proxy Statement and, based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

The foregoing report has been furnished on behalf of the Board of Directors by the members of its Compensation and Leadership Development Committee.

William D. Green (Chair)
Gay Huey Evans
Stephanie C. Hill
Robert P. Kelly
Monique F. Leroux
Ian P. Livingston
Kurt L. Schmoke
Richard Thornburgh
Gregory Washington

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Executive Compensation Tables​

Executive Compensation Tables

2021 Summary Compensation Table

The following table contains information concerning compensation paid or accrued to the named executive officers for services rendered in all capacities to the Company in 2021, 2020 and 2019:

Name and Principal Position	Year		Salary ($)			Bonus ($) (1)			Stock Awards ($) (2)			Option Awards ($)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (3)			Change in Pension Value ($) (4)			All Other Compensation ($) (5)			Total ($)
Douglas L. Peterson President and Chief Executive Officer	​	2021	​	$	1,000,000	​	​	—	​	$	9,750,000	​	—	​	$	4,615,000	​	​	—	​	$	778,770	​	$	16,143,770
	​	2020	​	$	1,000,000	​	​	—	​	$	9,000,000	​	—	​	$	4,615,000	​	​	—	​	$	462,269	​	$	15,077,269
	​	2019	​	$	1,000,000	​	​	—	​	$	8,000,000	​	—	​	$	2,783,000	​	​	—	​	$	369,512	​	$	12,152,512
Ewout L. Steenbergen EVP, Chief Financial Officer	​	2021	​	$	825,000	​	​	—	​	$	3,000,000	​	—	​	$	1,633,000	​	​	—	​	$	338,692	​	$	5,796,692
	​	2020	​	$	825,000	​	$	350,000	​	$	2,750,000	​	—	​	$	1,725,000	​	​	—	​	$	266,362	​	$	5,916,362
	​	2019	​	$	825,000	​	​	—	​	$	2,500,000	​	—	​	$	1,350,000	​	​	—	​	$	222,492	​	$	4,897,492
John L. Berisford President, S&P Global Ratings	​	2021	​	$	650,000	​	​	—	​	$	2,000,000	​	—	​	$	1,430,000	​	​	—	​	$	321,715	​	$	4,401,715
	​	2020	​	$	643,750	​	​	—	​	$	1,800,000	​	—	​	$	1,570,000	​	$	16,919	​	$	218,455	​	$	4,249,124
	​	2019	​	$	625,000	​	​	—	​	$	1,500,000	​	—	​	$	1,110,000	​	$	9,121	​	$	169,844	​	$	3,413,965
Martina Cheung President, S&P Global Market Intelligence	​	2021	​	$	625,000	​	​	—	​	$	2,500,000	​	—	​	$	1,350,000	​	​	—	​	$	280,081	​	$	4,755,081
	​	2020	​	$	625,000	​	$	750,000	​	$	1,750,000	​	—	​	$	1,570,000	​	$	7,002	​	$	199,747	​	$	4,901,749
	​	2019	​	$	549,527	​	​	—	​	$	1,125,000	​	—	​	$	910,000	​	$	10,816	​	$	103,720	​	$	2,699,063
Saugata Saha President, S&P Global Platts	​	2021	​	$	650,000	​	$	750,000	​	$	2,800,000	​	—	​	$	1,042,500	​	​	—	​	$	137,601	​	$	5,380,101

(1)

For Mr. Saha, this amount reflects the payment of the first two of three installments of a one-time cash retention bonus, awarded on December 1, 2020 in connection with the merger with IHS Markit, with a total award value of $1,500,000. The last $750,000 installment of the cash retention bonus will be paid, subject to Mr. Saha’s continuing employment, in November 2022. For Mr. Steenbergen and Ms. Cheung, this amount reflects the payment of a one-time, special transaction bonus in December 2020 in recognition of their leadership and significant additional time commitment, while also maintaining focus on their regular management responsibilities, in connection with the negotiation and signing of the Merger Agreement with IHS Markit.

(2)

The amounts reported in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the equity awards granted to the named executive officers in the relevant year, which may include performance share units (“PSUs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), as applicable, granted under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, for awards granted after May 2019, and the Company’s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, for awards granted before May 2019. The assumptions used to calculate the awards were in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) Topic 718, Stock Compensation, as disclosed in Footnote 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which appears in the Company’s Form 10-K for the 2021 year filed with the SEC on February 8, 2022. The amounts for the PSUs granted in 2021 were calculated based on the probable outcome of performance conditions as of the grant date computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures.

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Executive Compensation Tables (continued)

The maximum values for the 2021 and 2020 PSUs as of the grant date are as follows:

Executive	2021			2020
D. Peterson	​	$	13,650,000	​	$	12,600,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	4,200,000	​	$	3,850,000
J. Berisford	​	$	2,800,000	​	$	2,520,000
M. Cheung	​	$	3,500,000	​	$	2,450,000
S. Saha	​	$	910,000	​	$	1,820,000

The dollar amounts listed do not necessarily reflect the dollar amounts of compensation actually realized or that may be realized by our named executive officers. These awards are further described on pages 102 through 103 of this Proxy Statement.

(3)

The amounts reported in this column represent the cash incentive awards paid under the Company’s Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan to all of our named executive officers. For additional information regarding these cash incentive awards, see pages 82 through 88 of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in this Proxy Statement.

(4)

The amounts reported in this column include benefits under the Employee Retirement Plan of S&P Global Inc. and its Subsidiaries (“ERP”) and the S&P Global Inc. Employee Retirement Plan Supplement (“ERPS”), which are described on pages 105 through 106 of this Proxy Statement. The 2021 present value of accumulated benefits decreased from the 2020 present values by $1,304 for Mr. Berisford and $1,792 for Ms. Cheung. Messrs. Peterson, Saha and Steenbergen are not participants in the ERP and ERPS since they did not meet the eligibility requirements on April 1, 2012, when participation in the plans was frozen. These amounts are disclosed in the Pension Benefits Table beginning on page 105 of this Proxy Statement.

(5)

The amounts shown in this column include the items described below:

Perquisites and other personal benefits that exceeded the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites and other personal benefits for each NEO were as follows:

Name	401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (a) ($)			401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement (a) ($)			Personal Use of Corporate Aircraft (b) ($)			Company Charitable Match (c) ($)
D. Peterson	​	$	28,330	​	$	583,250	​	$	74,143	​	$	50,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	28,330	​	$	248,600	​	$	—	​	$	50,000
J. Berisford	​	$	28,330	​	$	212,300	​	$	—	​	$	50,000
M. Cheung	​	$	28,330	​	$	209,550	​	$	—	​	$	—
S. Saha	​	$	28,330	​	$	81,527	​	$	—	​	$	—

(a)

These amounts include Company made contributions under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of S&P Global Inc. and its Subsidiaries and the S&P Global Inc. 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement.

(b)

This amount represents the incremental cost to the Company of personal use of corporate aircraft in which the Company owns a fractional share by the CEO and family members. The incremental cost has been calculated by adding the incremental variable costs associated with personal flights on each use of aircraft based on actual costs paid by the Company to third party providers. The imputed income attributable to Mr. Peterson’s personal use of corporate aircraft (including use by his family members) is taxable income to the CEO. The taxes associated with this taxable income are not reimbursed or paid by the Company.

(c)

This amount represents charitable contribution made by the Company in the executive’s name under the S&P Global Matching Gift Program.

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All other total perquisites and other personal benefits for each NEO were as follows:

•

The amount for Mr. Peterson includes the aggregate incremental cost to the Company associated with Mr. Peterson’s personal use of a Company car. The aggregate incremental cost to the Company was determined by multiplying the fuel and depreciation costs incurred by the Company in operating its Company-owned car by a fraction, the numerator of which was the total number of personal miles driven by Mr. Peterson in 2021 and the denominator of which was the total number of miles that the Company owned car was driven in 2021. The aggregate incremental cost to the Company does not include fixed costs that would be incurred regardless of Mr. Peterson’s personal use of the Company-owned car (e.g., insurance premiums and driver salaries). The amount for Mr. Peterson also includes professional services (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) expense reimbursement, Company-made contributions through the S&P Global PAC charitable matching program and Company-paid life insurance premiums.

•

The amount for Mr. Steenbergen includes professional services (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) expense reimbursement, a Company-made contribution through the S&P Global PAC charitable matching program and Company-paid life insurance premiums.

•

The amount for Mr. Berisford includes professional services (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) expense reimbursement, overnight accommodations in the New York metropolitan area in connection with certain business events and Company-paid life insurance premiums.

•

The amount for Ms. Cheung includes professional services (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) expense reimbursement, car service to the office, a charitable contribution made by the Company in Ms. Cheung’s name under the S&P Global Matching Gift Program, a Company-made contribution through the S&P Global PAC charitable matching program and Company-paid life insurance premiums.

•

The amount for Mr. Saha includes professional services (inclusive of financial counseling, tax planning and preparation, and estate planning) expense reimbursement, a charitable contribution made by the Company in Mr. Saha’s name under the S&P Global Matching Gift Program and Company-paid life insurance premiums.

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Executive Compensation Tables (continued)

2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

The following table contains information concerning each grant of an award made to the named executive officers in 2021:

Name

Grant Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Date Approved by Compensation and Leadership Development Committee (mm/dd/yyyy)

Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards (1)

Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan  Awards (1) (2)

All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) (3)

All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#)

Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/SH)

Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($) (4)

Target ($)

Maximum ($)

Target (#)

Maximum (#)

D. Peterson

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

$

3,250,000

​

$

6,500,000

​

18,820

​

37,640

​

​

​

​

​

$

6,825,000

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

8,066

​

​

​

$

2,925,000

E. Steenbergen

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

$

1,150,000

​

$

2,300,000

​

5,791

​

11,582

​

​

​

​

​

$

2,100,000

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,482

​

​

​

$

900,000

J. Berisford

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

$

1,000,000

​

$

2,000,000

​

3,860

​

7,720

​

​

​

​

​

$

1,400,000

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1,654

​

​

​

$

600,000

M. Cheung

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

$

1,000,000

​

$

2,000,000

​

4,826

​

9,652

​

​

​

​

​

$

1,750,000

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,068

​

​

​

$

750,000

S. Saha

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

$

750,000

​

$

1,500,000

​

2,509

​

5,018

​

​

​

​

​

$

910,000

​

4/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1,075

​

​

​

$

390,000

​

2/1/2021

​

1/26/2021

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

4,661

​

​

​

$

1,500,000

(1)

Non-equity and equity incentive plan awards do not have minimum threshold amounts. Consequently, no threshold amounts are listed. The non-equity incentive plan awards reflect target and maximum payouts with respect to the 2021 Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, which is discussed on page 82 of this Proxy Statement.

(2)

Reflects annual PSUs granted under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, which are discussed on page 103 of this Proxy Statement. Annual PSU awards were granted on April 1, 2021. For vesting terms, see Footnote 3 to the Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End Table below.

(3)

Reflects annual RSUs granted under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, which are discussed on page 103 of this Proxy Statement. Annual RSU awards were granted on April 1, 2021. For vesting terms, see Footnote 1 to the Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End Table below.

(4)

The amounts in this column for the PSU and RSU awards reflect their aggregate grant date fair values, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures. The amounts in this column for the PSUs were calculated based on the probable outcome of the performance condition as of the grant date in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For the values of these PSUs, assuming attainment of the maximum level of performance, see Footnote 2 to the 2021 Summary Compensation Table on pages 99 through 101 of this Proxy Statement. The actual value, if any, realized by each named executive officer for these PSU and RSU awards is a function of the value of the shares if and when they vest. For additional information on how we account for stock-based compensation, see Footnote 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which appears in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2022.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End Table

The following table contains information concerning unexercised options, stock that has not vested, and other equity incentive plan awards outstanding on December 31, 2021 for each of the named executive officers:

Name

Option Awards

Stock Awards

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#)

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#)

Option Exercise Price ($)

Option Expiration Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) (1)

Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (2)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) (3)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) (2)

D. Peterson

​

51,304

​

​

$

77.81

​

31/03/2024

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

9,323

​

$

1,275,107

​

72,008

​

$

9,848,534

E. Steenbergen

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,862

​

$

391,436

​

22,226

​

$

3,039,850

J. Berisford

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1,893

​

$

309,374

​

20,618

​

$

2,819,924

M. Cheung

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,148

​

$

293,782

​

13,753

​

$

1,880,998

S. Saha

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

5,908

​

$

808,037

​

4,954

​

$

677,559

(1)

Represents RSU awards which are not performance-based. These awards vest as follows: for Mr. Peterson, 6,579 shares vest on December 31, 2022 and 2,744 shares vest on December 31, 2023; for Mr. Steenbergen, 2,018 shares vest on December 31, 2022 and 844 shares vest on December 31, 2023; for Mr. Berisford, 1,329 shares vest on December 31, 2022 and 564 shares vest on December 31, 2023; for Ms. Cheung, 1,444 shares vest on December 31, 2022 and 704 shares vest on December 31, 2023; and for Mr. Saha, 330 shares vest on November 1, 2022, 550 shares vest on December 31, 2022, 367 shares vest on December 31, 2023 and 4,661 shares vest on February 1, 2024.

(2)

Value based on closing price on December 31, 2021 of $471.93. The amounts for the awards do not necessarily reflect the dollar amounts of compensation that may be realized by our named executive officers. Based on Company performance through December 31, 2021 and, in accordance with SEC rules, the number of PSUs reflected in the table represents the maximum number of PSUs granted in 2020 and 2021 under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan that are realizable in connection with the achievement of pre-established performance targets over the applicable performance periods. The actual number of PSUs, if any, that will vest will be based on the level of achievement of the applicable performance goal as of the actual end of the applicable performance period. For more on the terms of awards granted in 2021, see pages 89 and 90 of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in this Proxy Statement.

(3)

Includes: (i) PSUs granted in 2021 that are scheduled to vest at the end of a three-year performance period (January 1, 2021—December 31, 2023) and to pay out by March 2024, with payment ranging up to a maximum of 200% of the target shares based on the achievement of a compound annual ICP Adjusted diluted earnings per share growth goal; and (ii) PSUs granted in 2020 that are scheduled to vest at the end of a three-year performance period (January 1, 2020 — December 31, 2022) and to pay out by March 2023, with payment ranging up to a maximum of 200% of the target shares based on the achievement of a compound annual ICP Adjusted diluted earnings per share growth goal.

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Executive Compensation Tables (continued)

Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2021 Table

The following table contains information concerning each exercise of stock options and each vesting of PSUs and restricted stock awards during 2021 (including PSUs and RSUs that vested on December 31, 2021 but did not settle until early 2022) for each of the named executive officers:

Name	Option Awards				Stock Awards
	Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)		Value Realized on Exercise ($) (1)		Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#)		Value Realized on Vesting ($) (2)
D. Peterson	​	—	​	—	​	73,091	​	$	29,086,165
E. Steenbergen	​	—	​	—	​	19,452	​	$	7,856,011
J. Berisford	​	—	​	—	​	11,788	​	$	4,768,728
M. Cheung	​	​	​	​	​	9,284	​	$	3,785,591
S. Saha	​	​	​	​	​	3,201	​	$	1,330,604

(1)

Represents the amount realized based on the difference between the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise and the grant price.

(2)

Represents the amounts realized based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the applicable valuation date.

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Pension Benefits

2021 Pension Benefits Table

The following table contains information with respect to each Plan of the Company that provides for payments or other benefits to the named executive officers at, following or in connection with retirement:

Name	Plan Name	Number of Yearsof Credited Service (#)		Present Value of Accumulated Benefit ($) (1)(2)
D. Peterson	ERP	​	—	​	$	—
	ERPS	​	—	​	$	—
	Total	​	​	​	$	—
E. Steenbergen	ERP	​	—	​	$	—
	ERPS	​	—	​	$	—
	Total	​	​	​	$	—
J. Berisford	ERP	​	0	​	$	35,930
	ERPS	​	0	​	$	25,896
	Total	​	​	​	$	61,826
M. Cheung	ERP	​	1	​	$	32,810
	ERPS	​	1	​	$	0
	Total	​	​	​	$	32,810
S. Saha	ERP	​	—	​	$	—
	ERPS	​	—	​	$	—
	Total	​	​	​	$	—

(1)

The benefit amounts shown in the table are actuarial present values of the benefits accumulated through December 31, 2021, as described below. The actuarial present value is calculated by estimating the expected future payments starting at an assumed retirement age, weighting the estimated payments by the estimated probability of surviving to each post-retirement age, and discounting the weighted payments at an assumed discount rate to reflect the time value of money. The actuarial present value represents an estimate of the amount which, if invested today at an assumed discount rate of 3.05% for the ERP and 2.94% for the ERPS, would be sufficient on an average basis to provide the estimated future payments based on the benefit currently accrued. The assumed retirement age for each named executive officer is the earliest age at which the executive could retire without any benefit reduction due to age. The actual benefit present values will vary from these estimates depending on many factors, including an executive’s actual retirement age.

(2)

As discussed further on page 106 of this Proxy Statement, on April 1, 2012 the Company “froze” the ERP and ERPS to new participants and future accruals. Final benefits for each named executive officer are calculated based on that date, and no additional adjustments are made based on additional service or pay after that date. Messrs. Peterson, Saha and Steenbergen are not participants in the ERP and ERPS since they did not meet the eligibility requirements by April 1, 2012.

Mr. Berisford and Ms. Cheung are entitled to retirement benefits under two defined benefit plans of the Company: the Employee Retirement Plan of S&P Global, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries (generally referred to as the “ERP”) and the S&P Global, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan Supplement (generally referred to as the “ERP Supplement” or “ERPS”). Messrs. Peterson, Saha and Steenbergen are not participants in these Plans because they did not meet the eligibility requirements before participation was frozen on April 1, 2012. Mr. Berisford and Ms. Cheung were fully vested in their benefits in the ERP and ERPS as of December 31, 2021.

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Executive Compensation Tables (continued)

Employee Retirement Plan of S&P Global Inc. and Its Subsidiaries (“ERP”)

The Company sponsors a qualified defined benefit pension Plan to provide retirement benefits to eligible U.S.-based employees of the Company, which was frozen to new participants and future accruals as of April 1, 2012. The Plan pays benefits at retirement to participants who terminate or retire from the Company after meeting the eligibility requirements for a benefit. The retirement benefit is based on a percentage of a participant’s total Plan compensation during such participant’s employment with the Company (this is called a career pay formula).

A Plan participant’s annual benefit accrual under the ERP is calculated as 1% of Plan compensation. The Plan compensation includes the participant’s base salary and short-term incentive award. Because this is a qualified Plan, the Plan compensation is restricted by the compensation limit imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. In 2012, the last year for which any benefits accrued under the ERP, this compensation limit was $250,000. The retirement benefit payable from this Plan is the sum of each year’s annual benefit accrual. This amount is available unreduced at the earlier of the Plan’s normal retirement age of 65 or age 62 if a participant has 10 years of service with the Company. If a participant has attained age 55 with 10 years of service with the Company, an early retirement benefit is available. The benefit is reduced by 4% per year for each year of payment prior to age 62 to reflect the earlier payments.

Participants can choose from among several optional forms of annuity payments under the ERP. A participant receives the highest monthly payment under a single life annuity, while the other payment forms result in a lower monthly benefit generally because payment may be made to a surviving joint annuitant or beneficiary following the participant’s death.

The present value estimates shown in the Pension Benefits Table assume payment of the named executive officers’ accumulated benefits under the ERP, based on pay and service earned through April 1, 2012, in the form of a single life annuity commencing on the earliest date the benefits are available unreduced (age 62 in the case of both Mr. Berisford and Ms. Cheung, since they have completed 10 years of vesting service as of December 31, 2021). The values assume a discount rate of 3.05% and a mortality assumption based on the fully generational PRI-2012 mortality table with MP-2021 improvement scale.

S&P Global Inc. Employee Retirement Plan Supplement (“ERPS”)

The Company also maintains a non-qualified pension Plan, which was similarly frozen to new participants and future accruals as of April 1, 2012. Prior to the freeze, this Plan was intended to help attract and retain the executive workforce by providing benefits incremental to those permitted under the qualified pension Plan.

The ERPS is designed to restore retirement benefits that cannot be paid under the ERP due to Internal Revenue Code limits. The benefit provided under the ERPS will effectively equal the difference between the benefit that would have been earned under the ERP, without regard to any pay or benefit limits, and the actual benefit payable under the ERP.

All Plan participants of the ERP are potentially eligible for the ERPS, including Mr. Berisford and Ms. Cheung, provided that their ERP benefits are limited by the Internal Revenue Code limits. In general, a participant’s annual accrual under the ERPS is determined based on 1% of the Plan compensation under the ERP in excess of the Internal Revenue Code compensation limit for that year ($250,000 in 2012). The retirement benefit payable under the ERPS is the sum of each year’s annual benefit accrual. ERPS payments commence one year following separation from service or, if later, age 65, or age 62 with 10 years of service with the Company.

The present value estimates shown in the Pension Benefits Table for accumulated benefits under the ERPS assume a discount rate of 2.94% and are determined using the same payment and mortality assumptions as were used to estimate the values shown under the ERP.

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2021 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Table

The following Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Table contains information concerning our various non-qualified savings and deferral Plans offered to our named executive officers. The Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan (“ST Incentive Deferred Comp”) permits executives to defer amounts previously earned on a pre-tax basis. The SIPS & ERAPS Plan is the S&P Global Inc. 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement, also referred to below as the Company’s “401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement.”

Name	Plan	Executive Contributions in Last Fiscal Year ($) (1)			Company Contributions in Last Fiscal Year ($) (2)			Aggregate Earnings in Last Fiscal Year ($) (3)			Aggregate Withdrawals/​ Distributions ($)		Aggregate Balance at Last Fiscal Year End ($) (4)
D. Peterson	SIPS & ERAPS	​	$	1,320,833	​	$	583,250	​	$	110,749	​	—	​	$	7,103,398
	ST Incentive Deferred Comp	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	$	9,952	​	—	​	$	639,971
	Total	​	$	1,320,833	​	$	583,250	​	$	120,701	​	—	​	$	7,743,369
E. Steenbergen	SIPS & ERAPS	​	$	135,600	​	$	248,600	​	$	22,335	​	—	​	$	1,508,247
	ST Incentive Deferred Comp	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	—	​	​	—
	Total	​	$	135,600	​	$	248,600	​	$	22,335	​	—	​	$	1,508,247
J. Berisford	SIPS & ERAPS	​	$	125,220	​	$	212,300	​	$	31,804	​	—	​	$	2,015,366
	ST Incentive Deferred Comp	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	—	​	​	—
	Total	​	$	125,220	​	$	212,300	​	$	31,804	​	​	​	$	2,015,366
M. Cheung	SIPS & ERAPS	​	$	228,600	​	$	209,550	​	$	19,119	​	—	​	$	1,318,148
	ST Incentive Deferred Comp	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	—	​	​	—
	Total	​	$	228,600	​	$	209,550	​	$	19,119	​	​	​	$	1,318,148
S. Saha	SIPS & ERAPS	​	$	44,469	​	$	81,527	​	$	5,946	​	—	​	$	428,467
	ST Incentive Deferred Comp	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	—	​	​	—
	Total	​	$	44,469	​	$	81,527	​	$	5,946	​	—	​	$	428,467

(1)

Reflects executive contributions to the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement for the 2021 fiscal year, as further described below.

(2)

Reflects Company contributions to the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement for the 2021 fiscal year, all of which are reported in the All Other Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table on pages 99 through 101 of this Proxy Statement.

(3)

Reflects non-qualified deferred compensation earnings under the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement and Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan.

(4)

This column includes the following aggregated amounts that were disclosed in the Summary Compensation Tables of prior Proxy Statements: $2,335,652 for Mr. Peterson; $676,838 for Mr. Steenbergen; $1,016,293 for Mr. Berisford; $201,578 for Ms. Cheung; and $0 for Mr. Saha.

The amounts shown as Company contributions represent employer savings and profit sharing contributions under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement. In 2013, the employer contribution for the savings plan component increased to 6% of eligible compensation above the IRS compensation limit. In 2014 and later years, participants are required to make employee contributions under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Supplement to receive the employer contributions to the savings plan component, and the amount of the employer contribution will be based on the amount of the employee contribution, up to 6% of eligible compensation above the IRS compensation limit. In 2012 and 2013, participants were required to make the maximum pre-tax contribution under the qualified 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan in order to receive the savings plan component supplement. These amounts are also included as All Other Compensation column in the Summary Compensation Table on pages 99 through 101 of this Proxy Statement. Account balances under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement are currently credited with interest at the rate earned on the

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401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Stable Assets fund. The annual rate of interest credited under these Plans was 2.30% for the 2021 fiscal year. Account balances under the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement are distributed to executives in the year following the year in which the executive separates from service.

Prior to 2014, executives could elect to defer all or part of their annual incentive award payment under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan. Earnings on amounts deferred under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan are credited at a rate equal to 120% of the applicable Federal Long-Term Rate as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service in December of the year prior to the year in which the compensation is credited under the Plan. The interest rate that applied to outstanding balances during the 2021 fiscal year was 2.52%. Account balances under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan are distributed to executives in accordance with their individual elections. Participants may elect to receive their deferred award payments in a single lump sum or in up to 15 equal annual installments. Payments may commence within 60 days of retirement or termination or as of January 1 of the year following the year in which such event occurs.

In 2014, the Company enhanced the 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Supplement to allow for deferrals of up to 25% of eligible pay above the IRS Compensation limit. As a result of this change, the Company decided to no longer offer a deferral opportunity under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan.

CEO Pay Ratio

As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the applicable SEC rules, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our employees (based on the median, as described below) and that of our President and CEO. We believe that the pay ratio included in this information is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules.

•

For 2021, the median annual total compensation of all our employees (other than our CEO) was $27,835, and the annual total compensation of our CEO was $16,143,770, as reported in the “2021 Summary Compensation Table” on page 99.

•

Based on this information, for 2021, the ratio of the annual total compensation of our CEO to the median annual total compensation of all other employees was estimated to be 580 to 1.

Our Workforce

As a Company with a global workforce, we invest in our employees at all levels and are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits in every business and geography in which we operate. Market pay levels and pay practices are important factors that we consider in setting competitive compensation that rewards performance and meets the needs of our diverse workforce. With offices in 34 countries and approximately 78% of our employees located outside the United States in 2021, the global footprint of our business drives the median pay level at S&P Global.

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Methodology

Pursuant to the SEC rules, the median annual total compensation of all our employees (other than the CEO) is based on the annual total compensation of our “median employee.” We identified the median employee for our pay ratio in 2020 using the following methodology:

•

We considered the compensation of 24,766 S&P Global employees (other than the CEO) located worldwide (approximately 22% of whom were located in the United States and 78% of whom were located in jurisdictions outside the United States) as of October 1, 2021. We did not exclude any countries and we did not make any adjustments for cost of living.

•

We used total cash compensation, consisting of total base pay, plus bonus and commission payments, for the trailing 12-month period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021 as the compensation measure for identifying our median employee. The compensation measure was consistently applied to all employees across our global workforce.

•

Using this methodology, we determined that the median employee was a full-time, salaried employee who provides services as a junior professional at one of our overseas operations sites in the Asia Pacific region.

SEC rules permit us to identify the median employee only once every three years, unless there have been changes in our employee population or employee compensation arrangements that we believe would result in a significant change in our pay ratio disclosure. There has been no change in our employee population or

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employee compensation arrangements that we reasonably believe would result in a significant change to our pay ratio disclosure. As a result, we decided to use the same median employee that we identified for our 2020 pay ratio disclosure.

In determining our 2021 pay ratio, we calculated the median employee’s annual total compensation in the same manner as the named executive officers in the “2021 Summary Compensation Table” beginning on page 99 and used an average rate of exchange from local currency to U.S. dollars for the 12-month period ending on December 31, 2021.

The SEC rules for identifying the median employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to exclude up to 5% of the workforce, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their employee populations and compensation practices. As a result, our pay ratio may not be comparable to the ratio reported by other companies, as other companies have different employee populations, geographic locations, business strategies and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control

The NEOs may be eligible to receive certain payments and benefits under our severance, incentive and retirement plans in connection with the named executive officer’s termination of employment or a change-in-control. Described below are the specific events that would trigger the payments and benefits, and the estimated payments and benefits that would be provided to the named executive officers upon the occurrence of these events.

Severance Plans

Senior Executive Severance

The NEOs are eligible for severance benefits under our Senior Executive Severance Plan upon the occurrence of

the following triggering events:

•

the Company terminates the executive’s employment other than for cause;

•

the executive resigns due to an adverse change in the executive’s functions, duties or responsibilities that would cause the executive’s position to have substantially less responsibility, importance or scope; or

•

the executive resigns due to a reduction of the executive’s base salary by 10% or more.

In addition, the executive will be eligible for severance benefits if the executive resigns following a change-in-control because:

•

the executive’s base salary is reduced (other than a reduction of less than 10% as part of a Company wide salary reduction) below the highest rate in effect since the beginning of the 24-month period prior to the change-in-control;

•

the executive’s annual or long-term incentive opportunity is materially less favorable than at any time since the beginning of the 24-month period prior to the change-in-control;

•

the aggregate value of the executive’s pension and welfare benefits is materially reduced;

•

the executive is required to transfer to a principal business location that increases the distance to the executive’s residence by more than 35 miles;

•

there is an adverse change in the executive’s title or reporting relationship or an adverse change by the Company in the executive’s authority, functions, duties or responsibilities (other than that which results solely from the Company ceasing to have a publicly traded class of common stock or the executive no longer serving as the chief executive, or reporting to the chief executive, of an independent, publicly traded company as a result thereof), which change would cause the executive’s position with the Company to become one of substantially less responsibility, importance or scope; or

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•

a successor to the Company fails to adopt the Plan.

A termination for “cause” generally means a termination due to misconduct that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material damage to the Company’s property, business or reputation.

A “change-in-control” generally means:

•

a person or group acquires 20% or more of the Company’s voting securities;

•

the members of our Board of Directors, together with persons approved by a majority of those members or persons approved by them, no longer make up a majority of the Board;

•

consummation of a merger or consolidation involving the Company if our voting securities do not represent more than 50% of the outstanding shares and voting power of the company surviving the transaction; or

•

our shareholders approve the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

A change-in-control by reason of a change in a majority of our Board, as described above, could arise, for example, as a result of a contested election (or elections) in which shareholders elect a majority of the members of the Board from nominees who are not nominated for election by the incumbent Board.

Under the Plan, as it was in effect as of December 31, 2021, each named executive officer (other than the CEO, whose severance benefits are described below separately) was eligible to receive the following severance benefits upon the occurrence of one of the termination events described above:

•

continued payment of the executive’s base salary and participation in the Company’s non-qualified retirement, life, medical, dental, accidental death and disability insurance benefit plans during a severance period of 12 months;

•

a lump sum payment at the end of the severance period equal to six months of the executive’s base salary; and

•

an additional lump sum severance payment at the end of the severance period equal to 10% of the lump sum payment calculated above in lieu of continued benefits.

Under the Plan, as it was in effect as of December 31, 2021, the CEO, Mr. Peterson, was eligible to receive the following severance benefits upon the occurrence of one of the termination events described above:

•

continued payment of the executive’s base salary and participation in the Company’s non-qualified retirement, life, medical, dental, accidental death and disability insurance benefit plans during a severance period of 12 months;

•

a lump sum payment at the end of the severance period equal to 12 months of the executive’s base salary; and

•

an additional lump sum severance payment at the end of the severance period equal to 10% of the lump sum payment calculated above in lieu of continued benefits.

If the triggering event takes place following a change-in-control, then (i) the total severance payments for all named executive officers (including Mr. Peterson) during the 12-month severance period would be equal to the sum of the executive’s annual base salary and annual target incentive award, and (ii) the lump sum payment due at the end of the severance period would also be equal to the sum of the executive’s annual base salary and annual target incentive award, increased by an amount equal to 10% of the lump sum in lieu of benefits. In each case, to receive the separation pay due under the Plan, the executive would have to sign a general release of claims against the Company.

General Severance Treatment

In general, if payments under the Senior Executive Severance Plan are considered “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, then a deduction to the Company will be disallowed and the executive will be subject to an excise tax equal to 20% of the excess parachute payment amount. Because of the

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way the excise tax is calculated, in certain circumstances, the executive may receive a larger after-tax amount (and the Company will be entitled to a larger tax deduction) if the gross amount payable to the executive is reduced. In this case, certain of the executive’s payments would be “cut back” to the largest amount that would not result in payment of any excise tax.

Severance payments to the named executive officers that constitute non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code will generally be delayed during the first six months following the executive’s termination, as required under Section 409A, and installments that would have otherwise been paid during the six-month delay will be paid in a lump sum following the end of the six-month delay.

Estimated Severance as of December 31, 2021

The following table shows the estimated payments and benefits that would have been provided to each NEO if the executive’s employment had involuntarily terminated on December 31, 2021:

Name	Payment on Termination ($) (1)			Payment on Termination Following Change-in-Control ($) (2)
D. Peterson	​	$	2,114,870	​	$	8,925,000
E. Steenbergen	​	$	1,295,931	​	$	4,147,500
J. Berisford	​	$	1,027,805	​	$	3,465,000
M. Cheung	​	$	988,965	​	$	3,412,500
S. Saha	​	$	1,026,904	​	$	2,940,000

(1)

The estimated payment on termination reflects the amount payable, including the estimated value of continued benefit coverage during the severance period.

(2)

For all NEOs, the estimated payment on termination following a change-in-control includes the severance benefit payable under the applicable plan plus 10% of the lump sum portion of the severance amount in lieu of continued benefit coverage.

Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

The NEOs may receive a portion of their annual incentive award under the Company’s Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan if the executive terminates employment because of death, disability or retirement, or if the Company terminates the executive’s employment other than for cause. Payments are prorated for the period the executive was employed during the year and are made to the executive in a lump sum on the regular payment date under the Plan.

If there is a change-in-control, each named executive officer will receive a payment equal to the average of the NEO’s annual incentive award payments for the preceding three years, prorated for the period elapsed through the date of the change-in-control. The Company may also pay the executive any additional amount necessary to reflect the actual achievement of the Company performance objectives and individual performance criteria for the executive through the date of the change-in-control.

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Estimated Short-Term Incentive Payments as of December 31, 2021

The following table shows the estimated payments that would have been provided under the Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan to each named executive officer if the executive’s employment had terminated on December 31, 2021, or if a change-in-control had occurred on that date:

Name	Payment on Termination ($) (1)			Payment on Change-in-Control ($) (2)
D. Peterson	​	$	3,250,000	​	$	3,148,333
E. Steenbergen	​	$	1,150,000	​	$	1,350,000
J. Berisford	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	1,073,833
M. Cheung	​	$	1,000,000	​	$	931,000
S. Saha	​	$	750,000	​	$	312,383

(1)

This assumes 2021 full-year target level of achievement for the named executive officers. The actual payments under the Company’s Key Executive Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan are reflected in the Summary Compensation Table on pages 99 through 101 of this Proxy Statement.

(2)

Reflects the average of the actual payments paid over the last three years.

Stock Incentive Plan

Each of the named executive officers has been granted PSUs, RSUs and/or stock options under the Company’s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. These awards are described on pages 102 and 103 of this Proxy Statement.

Performance Share Units

If the executive terminates employment due to retirement or disability, or in the event of termination of employment by the Company other than for cause, with the approval of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee, the executive receives the number of shares that would be payable under the terms of the award based on the actual performance for the performance period, prorated for the period of time during the award cycle that the executive was employed and during which the executive receives separation pay. Delivery of the awarded shares is made in the year following the normal maturity date for the award.

In the case of the executive’s death, the number of shares awarded is based on actual performance for the performance period, prorated for the period of time completed during the award cycle. Delivery of the awarded shares is made by March 15 of the year following the executive’s death.

In the event of a change-in-control during the performance period, if assumed on substantially the same terms and conditions, the PSU awards will convert into an award of time-vesting RSUs with respect to a number of shares determined as follows: if less than 50% of the performance period has elapsed, the number of shares will be based on target performance, and if 50% or more of the performance period has elapsed, the number of shares will be based on actual performance as of the change-in-control. The converted RSUs will then continue to vest pursuant to the original vesting schedule of the PSUs, except that they will vest in full if the executive’s employment is terminated due to retirement, disability or death or by the Company without cause. If the awards are not so assumed, they will be deemed to be earned at the higher of target or actual performance as of the change-in-control date, and the award will vest in full.

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Restricted Stock Units

If the executive terminates employment due to retirement, disability or death, or, with the approval of the Compensation and Leadership Committee, if the Company terminates the executive other than for cause, the executive is eligible to receive a portion of the shares that are covered by the outstanding RSUs. In the case of the executive’s death, delivery of the awarded shares is made within 60 days following the date of the employee’s passing.

In the event of a change-in-control during the vesting period, if assumed on substantially the same terms and conditions, RSUs will roll over into awards of the successor company’s stock and will remain outstanding subject to their original vesting terms, except that they will vest in full if the executive’s employment is terminated due to retirement, disability or death or by the Company without cause within 24 months following the change-in-control. If RSUs are not so assumed, they will vest in full upon the change-in-control.

Stock Options

If the executive terminates employment due to death, disability or normal retirement, the executive’s stock options will vest in full. In addition, in the case of death, the options will be exercisable for one year following the date of death, and, in the case of disability or retirement, until the end of the option term. If the executive terminates employment due to early retirement, generally, the vesting of the executive’s stock options will not accelerate, but, to the extent they are vested at the time of retirement and the executive is 55 or older with 10 years of continuous service, the options will be exercisable until the end of the option term.

In the event of a change-in-control, all outstanding stock options will vest in full and will either be converted into awards based on the common stock of the surviving company or paid to the executive in cash. Cash payments under options will be equal to the value of the option shares, generally the highest price per share paid in the change-in-control, less the exercise price of the shares.

Estimated Long-Term Award Payments as of December 31, 2021

The following table shows the estimated payments and benefits that would have been provided to each named executive officer in respect of PSUs, RSUs and stock options under the Company’s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, if the executive’s employment had terminated on December 31, 2021, or if a change-in-control had occurred on that date:

Name	Termination of Employment									Change-in-Control
	Stock Options ($) (1)			Long-Term Awards ($) (1) (2)			Total ($)			Stock Options ($) (1)			Long-Term Awards ($) (1) (3)			Total ($)
D. Peterson	​	$	—	​	$	45,255,727	​	$	45,255,727	​	$	—	​	$	55,406,470	​	$	55,406,470
E. Steenbergen	​	$	—	​	$	14,026,703	​	$	14,026,703	​	$	—	​	$	17,140,970	​	$	17,140,970
J. Berisford	​	$	—	​	$	8,755,717	​	$	8,755,717	​	$	—	​	$	10,815,692	​	$	10,815,692
M. Cheung	​	$	—	​	$	7,799,115	​	$	7,799,115	​	$	—	​	$	10,139,888	​	$	10,139,888
S. Saha	​	$	—	​	$	4,966,591	​	$	4,966,591	​	$	—	​	$	5,967,555	​	$	5,967,555

(1)

Dollar value determined using SPGI’s December 31, 2021 closing stock price of $471.93.

(2)

Reflects actual achievement in the 2019 PSU cycle and prorated participation and target achievement in the 2020 and 2021 PSU award cycles through December 31, 2021 upon death, disability or retirement, or involuntary termination without cause, with the consent of the Compensation Committee. This amount also includes time-based RSU awards.

(3)

Reflects actual achievement of the 2019 PSU award and target achievement of the performance goals for the 2020 and 2021 PSU awards. This amount also includes time-based RSU awards.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION​

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

2021 Director Compensation Table

Directors who are employees of the Company receive no additional compensation for serving on the Board or its Committees. The following table contains information regarding the compensation that the Company paid to the non-employee Directors in 2021.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)			Stock Awards ($) (1)			All Other Compensation ($) (2)			Total ($)
Marco Alverà	​	$	127,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	60	​	$	287,060
William J. Amelio	​	$	117,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	31,060	​	$	308,060
William D. Green	​	$	125,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	55,060	​	$	340,060
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr. (3)	​	$	46,665 (5)	​	$	66,667	​	$	25	​	$	113,357
Stephanie C. Hill	​	$	115,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	60	​	$	275,060
Rebecca Jacoby	​	$	112,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	60	​	$	272,060
Monique F. Leroux	​	$	115,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	60	​	$	275,060
Ian P. Livingston	​	$	115,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	49,310	​	$	324,310
Maria R. Morris	​	$	132,000	​	$	160,000	​	$	50,060	​	$	342,060
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	​	$	126,332	​	$	160,000	​	$	50,060	​	$	336,392
Kurt L. Schmoke	​	$	110,000 (6)	​	$	160,000	​	$	1,060	​	$	271,060
Richard E. Thornburgh	​	$	260,667 (5)	​	$	160,000	​	$	50,060	​	$	470,727
Gregory Washington (4)	​	$	59,166 (7)	​	$	93,333	​	$	50,015	​	$	202,514

(1)

Represents grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for deferred stock credited under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan, as described below. The assumptions used to calculate the grant date fair value of the deferred share credits were in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 as disclosed in Footnote 8 to the 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, which appear in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2022. The awards outstanding under this Plan as of December 31, 2021, further described on page 118 of this Proxy Statement, are as follows:

Name	# of Shares
Marco Alverà	​	2,748
William J. Amelio	​	971
William D. Green	​	12,702
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr. (a)	​	—
Stephanie C. Hill	​	2,904
Rebecca Jacoby	​	5,668
Monique F. Leroux	​	3,181
Ian P. Livingston	​	161
Maria R. Morris	​	3,181
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	​	75,163
Kurt L. Schmoke	​	47,039
Richard E. Thornburgh	​	11,928
Gregory Washington (b)	​	—

(a)

Due to his retirement, Mr. Haldeman’s balance of 22,544 shares was paid following the 2021 Annual Meeting.

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(b)

Mr. Washington joined the Board on June 22, 2021 and thus did not receive any deferred share credits in 2021.

(2)

Represents life insurance premiums for all Directors; Company-made contributions through the S&P Global PAC charitable matching program in the names of Messrs. Amelio, Green and Schmoke; and Company contributions under the S&P Global Matching Gift Program as follows:

Name	Company Charitable Match
William J. Amelio	​	$	30,000
William D. Green	​	$	50,000
Ian P. Livingston	​	$	49,250
Maria R. Morris	​	$	50,000
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	​	$	50,000
Richard E. Thornburgh	​	$	50,000
Gregory Washington	​	$	50,000

(3)

Mr. Haldeman retired from the Board at the 2021 Annual Meeting, which was held on May 5, 2021.

(4)

Mr. Washington became a Director effective as of June 22, 2021.

(5)

Voluntarily elected to fully defer all of this payment under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan.

(6)

Voluntarily elected to defer one-half of this payment under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan and the remaining one-half under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan.

(7)

Voluntarily elected to defer all of this payment under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION (continued)​

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND GOVERNANCE

Overview of Key Best Practices

Our Director compensation program continues to align with long-term shareholder interests, including by the following:

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PRACTICE		COMPANY POLICY	MORE DETAIL
✔	Emphasis on Equity Compensation	The most significant portion of non-employee Director compensation is the annual equity grant payable as an annual deferred share award.	Pg. 118
✔	Holding Requirement	Our non-employee Directors must hold all equity compensation granted to them in the form of deferred share credits during their tenure until they retire, and shares of the Company’s common stock underlying these awards are not delivered until following a Director’s termination of Board membership.	Pg. 119
✔	Robust Stock Ownership Guidelines	Our Director stock ownership guidelines require Directors to acquire five times (5x) the cash component of the annual Board retainer in Company stock within five years of election to the Board.	Pg. 119
✔	Anti-Hedging and Anti-PledgingPolicy	Our anti-hedging and anti-pledging policy prohibits Directors from engaging in hedging and pledging transactions related to Company stock.	Pg. 119

Director Compensation Program

The Nominating Committee, comprised of independent Directors, periodically reviews the competitiveness of the Company’s non-employee Director compensation based on pay practices among the Company’s Proxy Peer Group, as described on page 70 of this Proxy Statement, and broader general industry practices for similarly sized companies in the S&P 500. The Committee recommends any changes to the Director compensation program in connection with this review to the Board.

During 2018, the Committee engaged Pay Governance LLC, an independent compensation consultant, to review director compensation survey data and advise the Committee on changes, if any, to non-employee Director compensation. Based on the Committee’s review of the competitive market analysis and input from Pay Governance, the Committee recommended and the Board approved changes to the Director compensation program to take effect for Board service in fiscal year 2019.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION (continued)

The following table reflects the annual compensation to non-employee Directors for 2021 Board service:

Compensation Elements	2021
Annual Cash Retainer	$90,000
Board Non-Executive Chair Annual Cash Retainer	$150,000
Board and Committee Fees	None
Annual Committee Chair Cash Retainer	$15,000
Annual Committee Member Cash Retainer	​
Audit Committee	$15,000
Compensation and Nominating Committees	$10,000
Finance Committee	$12,000
Annual Deferred Share Credit	$160,000

The annual compensation to be provided in respect of 2022 remains unchanged from that provided in 2021.

Share Compensation

The most significant portion of non-employee Director compensation is the annual equity grant payable as an annual deferred share award. In 2021, each non-employee Director received a deferred share credit of $160,000 pursuant to the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan, with the exception of Mr. Washington, who joined the Board on June 22, 2021 and received a prorated share credit of $93,333, equal to 203.09 deferred share credits, based on the length of his Board service. The $160,000 share credit in respect of fiscal year 2021 was credited as 347 deferred shares based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on January 3, 2022 of $461.10. The deferred share credits are payable in shares of the Company’s common stock following a Director’s termination of Board membership.

The Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan also permits Directors to elect to receive all or part of their annual cash compensation in deferred shares of common stock in lieu of the cash payments. For 2022, the Company has written agreements with Messrs. Schmoke and Thornburgh to receive all or part of the 2022 cash payments as deferred shares.

Other Director Plans and Other Compensation

In addition, Directors may elect to defer all or part of their annual cash compensation under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan. For 2022, the Company has written agreements to defer cash payments under this Plan with Messrs. Schmoke and Washington. Interest is payable on the deferred cash amount at 120% of the applicable Federal Long-Term Rate, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service in December of the year prior to the year in which the Director compensation is credited.

Our non-employee Directors are also reimbursed for tuition and related expenses for continuing director education courses.

As discussed on page 94 of this Proxy Statement, our Directors are eligible to participate in our director charitable matching program with respect to contributions made to the S&P Global PAC. Under the S&P Global PAC program, the Company contributes funds to a charitable organization of the Director’s choice that match the Director’s contribution to the S&P Global PAC, up to a maximum of $5,000 per annum.

Additionally, our Directors may participate in the charitable S&P Global Matching Gift Program, for a corporate matched contribution, generally on a standard dollar-for-dollar basis, up to a maximum participant donation of $25,000 (or the currency equivalent) in the aggregate per year for Directors. During the month of December 2021, the Company elected to double the corporate matched contribution for charitable contributions to a corporate match of up to $50,000 for Directors. This program is generally available to all our employees as well as retired employees or directors for up to three years following their retirement for a corporate match of up to $5,000 generally and a double corporate match of up to $10,000 during the month of December.

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Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

Under the Company’s Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Guidelines, each non-employee Director is required to own or acquire, within five years of election to the Company’s Board of Directors, shares of common stock of the Company (including deferred share units held under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan) having a market value of at least five times (5x) the annual cash retainer for serving as a Director of the Company at all times during his or her tenure.

Based on the holdings of shares and deferred share units under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan, as of February 26, 2022, each Director was in compliance with the minimum holding requirement under the Company’s Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Guidelines, except for Lord Livingston and Mr. Washington, who require additional time to accumulate sufficient shares to satisfy their ownership requirement due to limited time in role.

The full policy can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com.

No Director Hedging or Pledging

Under the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, Directors are prohibited without exception from pledging Company stock as well as from engaging in hedging transactions related to Company stock. None of our Directors has shares of Company stock subject to a pledge.

For more information, see the description of our Insider Trading Policy on page 97 of this Proxy Statement.

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OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY STOCK

OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY STOCK

A beneficial owner of stock is a person who has voting power, meaning the power to control voting decisions, or investment power, meaning the power to cause the sale of the stock.

Company Stock Ownership of Management (1)(2)

The following table shows the number of shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned on March 7, 2022 by each of our Directors and Director nominees; the Chief Executive Officer and the other four named executive officers in the Summary Compensation Table; and all individuals who served as Directors or executive officers at March 7, 2022, as a group. 

Name of Beneficial Owner	Sole Voting Power and Sole Investment Power (#)		Shared Voting Power and Shared Investment Power (#)		Right to Acquire Shares within 60 Days by Exercise of Options (#)		Total Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (#)		Percent of Common Stock (%) (1)		Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan (#) (3)
Marco Alverà	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	3,115
William J. Amelio	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	1,327
John L. Berisford	​	37,880	​	—	​	—	​	37,880	​	(4)	​	—
Martina L. Cheung	​	13,653	​	—	​	—	​	13,653	​	(4)	​	—
Jacques Esculier	​	796	​	—	​	—	​	796	​	(4)	​	—
Gay Huey Evans	​	227	​	—	​	—	​	227	​	(4)	​	—
William D. Green	​	500	​	—	​	—	​	500	​	(4)	​	13,136
Stephanie C. Hill	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	3,272
Rebecca J. Jacoby	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	6,055
Robert P. Kelly	​	31,748	​	—	​	—	​	31,748	​	(4)	​	—
Monique F. Leroux	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	3,201
Ian P. Livingston	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	(4)	​	511
Deborah D. McWhinney	​	10,740	​	—	​	—	​	10,740	​	(4)	​	—
Maria R. Morris	​	400	​	—	​	—	​	400	​	(4)	​	3,551
Douglas L. Peterson	​	182,390	​	—	​	51,304	​	233,694	​	(4)	​	—
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	​	900	​	—	​	—	​	900	​	(4)	​	76,014
Saugata Saha	​	3,276	​	—	​	—	​	3,276	​	(4)	​	—
Kurt L. Schmoke	​	800	​	—	​	—	​	800	​	(4)	​	47,822
Ewout L. Steenbergen	​	28,697	​	—	​	—	​	28,697	​	(4)	​	—
Richard E. Thornburgh	​	1,000	​	3,300 (5)	​	—	​	4,300	​	(4)	​	12,926
Gregory Washington	​	200	​	—	​	—	​	200	​	(4)	​	203
All Directors and executive officers of the Company as a group (a total of 29, including those named above) (6)	​	430,893	​	3,300	​	53,591	​	487,784	​	0.1%	​	171,133

(1)

The number of shares of common stock outstanding on March 7, 2022 was 347,026,866. The percent of common stock is based on such number of shares and is rounded off to the nearest one-tenth of one percent, determined in accordance with the beneficial ownership rules under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(2)

None of the shares included in the above table constitutes Directors’ qualifying shares.

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(3)

This amount represents the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that has been credited to a bookkeeping account maintained for each non-employee Director of the Company under the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan. This Plan is further described beginning on page 118 of this Proxy Statement.

(4)

Less than 1%.

(5)

With respect to the shares reported in the table above for Mr. Richard E. Thornburgh, Mr. Thornburgh has shared voting and investment power as a co-trustee over 3,300 shares held in the Thornburgh Family Foundation. Mr. Thornburgh disclaims any beneficial interest in the shares in this charitable foundation.

(6)

Spouses and children of some members of this group may own other shares in which the members of this group disclaim any beneficial interest and which are not included in the above table.

Company Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table shows information as to any person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock on the date indicated below.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Sole or Shared Voting Power (#)		Sole or Shared Dispositive Power (#)		Total Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (#)		Percent of Common Stock (%) (1)
The Vanguard Group 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355(2)	​	400,058	​	20,328,152	​	20,328,152	​	8.43%
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10055(3)	​	15,722,568	​	18,820,667	​	18,820,667	​	7.80%

(1)

The percent of common stock is based on information reported in SEC filings as noted in footnotes (2) through (3) below.

(2)

On February 10, 2022, The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) filed an amended Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing its beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock. Vanguard has certified in its amended Schedule 13G filing that the Company’s common stock was acquired and is held in the ordinary course of business, and was not acquired and is not held for the purpose of changing or influencing control of the Company. The amended Schedule 13G does not identify any shares with respect to which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership.

(3)

On February 1, 2022, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) filed an amended Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing its beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock. BlackRock has certified in its amended Schedule 13G filing that the Company’s common stock was acquired and is held in the ordinary course of business, and was not acquired and is not held for the purpose of changing or influencing control of the Company. The amended Schedule 13G does not identify any shares with respect to which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers, and holders of more than 10% of our common stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. As a matter of practice, S&P Global assists our executive officers and directors in preparing initial ownership reports and reporting ownership changes, and typically files those reports on their behalf. Based solely on our review of the forms filed with the SEC and written representations from our directors and executive officers, we believe that all of the required reports under Section 16(a) for our directors and executive officers during the 2021 fiscal year were filed on a timely basis, with the exception of (i) a Form 3 that we filed one day late on January 15, 2021 on behalf of Mr. Saha, due to an inadvertent clerical error; and (ii) a late Form 4 that we filed on March 21, 2022 on behalf of Courtney Geduldig (who is no longer employed by the Company and ceased to be a Section 16 officer on July 30, 2021) in connection with an off-cycle Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) award to her spouse, Mr. Chris Heusler (who is an executive employed by S&P Global Ratings), on May 1, 2020, due to the off-cycle grant having been inadvertently missed by Company processes.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS

AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) has sole authority and responsibility for the recommendation of, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing the audit report or performing the audit for the Company. Additional information regarding the Committee’s obligations can be found on page 53.

The Board, after receiving a favorable recommendation from the Audit Committee, has selected Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) to serve as the independent auditor of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2021. A representative of EY is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if the representative desires to do so, and such representative will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Shareholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of EY as the Independent Auditor for the Company and its subsidiaries for 2021. Please see page 128 of this Proxy Statement for voting information. Notwithstanding ratification of EY’s appointment by shareholders, the Audit Committee may recommend, and the Board of Directors may, change the appointment at any time if they determine that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

Annual Evaluation of the Independent Auditor

In executing its responsibilities with regard to the performance evaluation of the independent auditor, the Committee considers, various factors including the following:

•

global reach relative to the Company’s business;

•

how effectively it demonstrated its independent judgment, and objectivity throughout its audit;

•

the quality and clarity of its communications with the Audit Committee;

•

external data relating to audit quality and performance, including recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reports of EY and its peer firms;

•

familiarity with our operations and businesses, accounting policies and practices and internal controls over financial reporting;

•

management’s perception of expertise and past performance;

•

the performance of the lead audit partner;

•

appropriateness of fees, and

•

tenure as our independent auditor.

EY has served as the Company’s independent auditors since 1969. In considering the tenure of EY as our independent auditor, the Committee considers the benefits of tenure in light of the robust controls in place to safeguard independence.

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Over the past two years, the Committee has discussed extensively its desire to ensure and preserve the independence of the Company’s external auditors. The Committee reviewed best practices and standards for independence controls and continually evaluates ways to strengthen such controls. For instance, the Committee has commenced reviewing Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reports of EY’s peers and has formalized an annual private session with key members of management to review EY’s performance and the independent control structure. Moreover, the Committee and management have been conscientious about work awarded to other independent auditing firms in order to establish independence so that we have the flexibility to tender for the assignment at the appropriate time. In light of the recently completed merger with IHS Markit Ltd., whose independent auditor was also EY, we believe it prudent to balance the benefits of a fresh view with the execution risk introduced by a new independent auditor at a time when it is in the best interest of the Company and our shareholders that management be focused on integrating the newly combined Company.

Appointment of the Independent Auditor

The Committee determines annually whether the independent auditor should be reappointed for another year. Considering its annual evaluation of the independent auditor and the independence controls referenced above, the Committee believes that the continued retention of EY to serve as the Company’s Independent Auditor is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and recommend that shareholders ratify the appointment of EY as the Company’s Independent Auditor for 2022. The Board and the Audit Committee may change the appointment at any time if they determine that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS (continued)

Fees to the Independent Auditor

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Ernst & Young LLP audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. The aggregate fees that Ernst & Young LLP billed the Company for these years for professional services rendered were as follows:

Services Rendered	Year Ended 12/31/21			Year Ended 12/31/20
Audit Fees	​	$	7,625,000	​	$	5,847,000
Audit-Related Fees	​	$	1,758,000	​	$	1,760,000
Tax Compliance Fees	​	$	2,225,000	​	$	1,085,000
All Other Fees	​	​	2,000	​	​	2,000

•

Audit fees included fees for professional services rendered for the audits of the consolidated financial statements of the Company, audits of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, reviews of the quarterly consolidated financial statements, statutory audits, securities registration statements and accounting consultations on matters related to the annual audits or interim reviews.

•

Audit-related fees generally included fees for benefit plans or other special-purpose audits, and other attest services related to the Company’s regulatory environment

•

Tax compliance fees included fees for tax compliance and related advice.

•

All other fees generally include fees for advisory services related to accounting principles, rules and regulations.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The policies and procedures contained in the Audit Committee Charter (which can be viewed and downloaded from the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com) provide that:

✔

pre-approval is required for any retention of the independent auditor for audit or non-audit services;

✔

the Committee retains sole authority to pre-approve the fees for non-audit services;

✔

the Committee has delegated to the Committee Chair the authority to pre-approve audit services only; and

✔

pre-approval decisions by the Chair are reported to the full Committee at its next meeting.

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) reviews the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. All of the members of the Committee are independent Directors as defined in the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. The Board has adopted a written Charter for the Audit Committee.

In this context, the Committee has met and held discussions with management and the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”). Management represented to the Committee that it is responsible for the financial reporting process, including the system of internal controls, for the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and for the report on the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated financial statements with management and EY, which review included a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The Committee also discussed with EY the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting

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Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC. The Committee also discussed with management the process used to support the certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and to support management’s annual report on the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Committee discussed with EY the integrated audit results as required by the PCAOB, rules of the SEC, and other applicable regulations.

In addition, the Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from EY required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding EY’s communications with the Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with EY the firm’s independence.

The Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of EY for the purposes of preparing or issuing the audit report or performing the audit of the Company. The Committee has also considered whether the provision of services by EY not related to the audit of the financial statements is compatible with maintaining EY’s independence. The Committee pre-approves all fees for services provided by EY in accordance with the pre-approval policies and procedures described above.

The Committee evaluates EY’s performance, taking into consideration the following factors: management’s perception of expertise and past performance, external data relating to audit quality, independence, appropriateness of fees, global reach relative to the Company’s business, tenure as our independent auditor and familiarity with our operations and businesses, accounting policies and practices and system of internal controls. The Committee annually reviews and evaluates the performance of EY’s lead audit partner, ensures the audit partner rotation as required by law and, through the Committee Chair as representative of the Committee, reviews and considers the selection of the lead audit partner.

The Committee discussed with EY the overall scope and plans for its respective audits. The Committee met with the internal auditors and EY, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, the evaluations of the Company’s internal controls and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC. The Committee and the Board believe that the continued retention of EY to serve as the Company’s Auditor is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and have recommended that shareholders ratify the appointment of EY as the Company’s Independent Auditor for 2022.

Maria R. Morris (Chair)
William J. Amelio
Jacques Esculier
Gay Huey Evans
Stephanie C. Hill
Monique F. Leroux
Ian P. Livingston
Deborah D. McWhinney

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ITEMS OF BUSINESS TO BE ACTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

ITEMS OF BUSINESS TO BE ACTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

Item 1. Election of Directors

The persons listed below, each of whom is currently a Director of the Company, have been nominated by the Board, on the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, for election to a one-year term of office that will expire at the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are elected and qualify. Each nominee listed below has agreed to serve his or her respective term. If any Director is unable to stand for election, the individuals named as the proxies have the right to designate a substitute. If that happens, shares represented by proxies may be voted for a substitute Director.

Your Board recommends that you vote FOR each of the following nominees:

•

Marco Alverà

•

Jacques Esculier

•

Gay Huey Evans

•

William D. Green

•

Stephanie C. Hill

•

Rebecca Jacoby

•

Robert P. Kelly

•

Ian Paul Livingston

•

Deborah D. McWhinney

•

Maria R. Morris

•

Douglas L. Peterson

•

Edward B. Rust, Jr.

•

Richard E. Thornburgh

•

Gregory Washington

Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of each of the Director nominees.

Unless you specify otherwise, the Board intends the accompanying proxy to be voted for these nominees.

Biographical information about these nominees can be found on pages 35 through 51 of this Proxy Statement.

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Item 2. Proposal to Approve, on an Advisory Basis, the Executive
Compensation Program for the Company’s Named Executive Officers

Under the rules of the SEC, the Company is required to provide its shareholders with the opportunity to cast an advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers. This proposal is frequently referred to as a “say-on-pay” vote. Shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of casting the advisory say-on-pay vote on an annual basis at the 2017 Annual Meeting.

The Company’s executive compensation program is intended to attract, motivate and reward the executive talent required to achieve our corporate objectives and increase shareholder value. We believe that our executive compensation program is both competitive and strongly focused on pay-for-performance principles, and provides an appropriate balance between risk and rewards. In particular, our executive compensation program:

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aligns compensation with shareholder value on an annual and long-term basis through a combination of base pay, annual cash incentives and long-term stock-based incentives;

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includes a mix of compensation elements that emphasizes performance results, with approximately 93% of the 2021 targeted compensation for Douglas L. Peterson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and approximately 82% of the 2021 targeted compensation for the other named executive officers being performance-based;

•

delivers annual incentive payouts to executives based on the achievement of approved quantitative performance goals, which were based on ICP Adjusted EBITA Margin and ICP Adjusted Revenue enterprise-level Company goals and, as appropriate, for our division leaders, division-level goals for 2021;

•

aligns the interests of executives with those of shareholders through long-term stock-based incentives comprised of Performance Share Units that are based on the achievement of ICP Adjusted EPS targets. For 2021, the Performance Share Unit award vests at the end of a three-year award cycle, with payment ranging up to a maximum of 200% of the shares based on the achievement of compound annual diluted EPS growth goals; and

•

has features designed to further align executive compensation with shareholder interests and mitigate risks, including stock ownership requirements, the Senior Executive Pay Recovery Policy (a “clawback” policy), an anti-hedging and pledging policy and limited perquisites.

Our executive compensation program is described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”), related compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosures required by the disclosure rules of the SEC, all of which are found in this Proxy Statement. In particular, the CD&A, beginning on page 59 of this Proxy Statement, describes the Company’s executive compensation program in detail, and we encourage you to review it.

Since the vote on this proposal is advisory, it is not binding on the Company. Nonetheless, the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee, which is responsible for approving the overall design and administering certain aspects of the executive compensation program, will take into account the outcome of the vote when making future executive compensation decisions. The Board of Directors recommends that you approve the following resolution that will be submitted for a shareholder vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting in support of the Company’s executive compensation program:

RESOLVED: That the shareholders of the Company approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, related compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosures included in the Proxy Statement for this Annual Meeting.

Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers.

Unless you specify otherwise, the Board intends the accompanying proxy to be voted for this proposal.

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ITEMS OF BUSINESS TO BE ACTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING (continued)

Item 3. Proposal to Ratify the Appointment of the Company’s
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board, after receiving a favorable recommendation from the Audit Committee, has again selected Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2022. Although not required to do so, the Board is submitting the selection of this firm for ratification by the Company’s shareholders for their views. Ernst & Young LLP has advised the Company that it has no direct, nor any material indirect, financial interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Board and the Audit Committee may change the appointment at any time if they determine that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

The following resolution will be offered by the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting:

RESOLVED: That the selection by the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2022 be, and hereby is, ratified and approved.

Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.

Unless you specify otherwise, the Board intends the accompanying proxy to be voted for this proposal.

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ITEMS OF BUSINESS TO BE ACTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING (continued)​

Item 4. Other Matters

The Board knows of no other matters which may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting. However, if other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of those named in the solicited proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with their best judgment.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

TAPTESH (TASHA) K. MATHARU
Chief Corporate Counsel &
Corporate Secretary
 
New York, New York
March 22, 2022

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EXHIBIT A

EXHIBIT A
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Information

The following tables reconcile non-GAAP financial information included in this Proxy Statement to the most directly comparable measures presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the U.S. and reported in our consolidated financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial information included in this Proxy Statement has been provided in order to show investors how our Compensation Committee views the Company’s performance as it relates to the compensation program for our executive officers. This non-GAAP financial information may be different from similar measures used by other companies.

Year ended December 31, 2021*	Revenue			EBITA			Diluted Earnings per Share**			EBITA Margin (Operating Profit Margin)
S&P Global	(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
As reported	​	$	8,297	​	$	4,221	​	$	12.51	​	50.9%
Non-GAAP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Ratings adjustments, including a gain on disposition, recovery of lease-related costs and employee severance charges	​	​	—	​	​	(7)	​	​	(0.03)	​	​
Market Intelligence adjustments, including employee severance charges, a gain on disposition, acquisition-related costs, and lease-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	4	​	​	0.02	​	​
Platts adjustments, including recovery of lease-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	(2)	​	​	(0.01)	​	​
Indices adjustments, including recovery of lease-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	(1)	​	​	(0.00)	​	​
Corporate adjustments, including IHS Markit merger costs, employee severance charges, lease-related costs, a lease impairment, Kensho retention related expenses, acquisition-related costs, and a gain on disposition.	​	​	—	​	​	271	​	​	1.12	​	​
Deal-related amortization	​	​	—	​	​	96	​	​	0.40	​	​
Provision for taxes on income	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	(0.30)	​	​
Non-GAAP adjustment subtotal	​	​	​	​	​	360	​	​	1.19	​	​
Adjusted	​	$	8,297	​	$	4,581	​	$	13.70	​	55.2%
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Foreign exchange	​	​	1	​	​	(24)	​	​	—	​	—
Acquisitions	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	​	—	​	—
Unspent Investment Fund	​	​	—	​	​	(7)	​	​	—	​	—
Adjustment for Plan Tax Rate	​	​	—	​	​	​	​	​	(0.27)	​	—
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustment subtotal	​	​	1	​	​	(28)	​	​	(0.27)	​	—
ICP Adjusted	​	$	8,298	​	$	4,553	​	$	13.43	​	54.9%

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Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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Note: Diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 241.8 million was used to calculate adjusted diluted earnings per share.

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EXHIBIT A (continued)​

Year ended December 31, 2021*	Revenue			EBITA			EBITA Margin (Operating Profit Margin)
Ratings	(Dollars in millions)
As reported	​	$	4,097	​	$	2,629	​	64.2%
Non-GAAP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Recovery of lease-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	(4)	​	—
Gain on dispositions	​	​	—	​	​	(6)	​	—
Employee severance charges	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
Deal-related amortization	​	​	—	​	​	10	​	—
Non-GAAP adjustment subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
Adjusted	​	$	4,097	​	$	2,632	​	64.2%
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Foreign Exchange	​	​	2	​	​	(11)	​	—
Unspent Investment Fund	​	​	—	​	​	(3)	​	—
Scorecard and Enterprise Performance	​	​	—	​	​	24	​	—
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments subtotal	​	​	2	​	​	10	​	—
ICP Adjusted	​	$	4,098	​	$	2,642	​	64.5%

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Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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Year ended December 31, 2021*	Revenue			EBITA			EBITA Margin (Operating Profit Margin)
Market Intelligence	(Dollars in millions)
As reported	​	$	2,247	​	$	703	​	31.3%
Non-GAAP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Employee severance charges	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
Acquisition-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	2	​	—
Lease-related costs	​	​	—	​	​	1	​	—
Gain on dispositions	​	​	—	​	​	(3)	​	—
Deal-related amortization	​	​	—	​	​	65	​	—
Non-GAAP adjustment subtotal	​	​	—	​	$	69	​	—
Adjusted	​	$	2,247	​	$	771	​	34.3%
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Foreign Exchange	​	​	—	​	​	(2)	​	—
Acquisitions	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
Unspent Investment Fund	​	​	—	​	​	(4)	​	—
Scorecard and Enterprise	​	​	—	​	​	5	​	—
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	2	​	—
ICP Adjusted	​	$	2,247	​	$	774	​	34.4%

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Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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Year ended December 31, 2021*	Revenue			EBITA			EBITA Margin (Operating Profit Margin)
Platts	(Dollars in millions)
As reported	​	$	950	​	$	517	​	54.4%
Non-GAAP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Recovery of lease related costs	​	​	—	​	​	(2)	​	—
Deal-related amortization	​	​	—	​	​	8	​	—
Non-GAAP adjustment subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	6	​	—
Adjusted	​	$	950	​	$	523	​	55.1%
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Foreign Exchange	​	​	—	​	​	(10)	​	—
Scorecard and Enterprise	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustment subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	(7)	​	—
ICP Adjusted	​	$	950	​	$	516	​	54.4%

*

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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EXHIBIT A (continued)

Year ended December 31, 2021*	Revenue			EBITA			EBITA Margin (Operating Profit Margin)
Indices	(Dollars in millions)
As reported	​	$	1,149	​	$	798	​	69.5%
Non-GAAP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Technology-related impairment charge	​	​	—	​	​	(1)	​	—
Deal-related amortization	​	​	—	​	​	6	​	—
Non-GAAP adjustment subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	5	​	—
Adjusted	​	$	1,149	​	$	803	​	69.9%
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Foreign Exchange	​	​	—	​	​	(1)	​	—
Scorecard and Enterprise	​	​	—	​	​	4	​	—
Further Non-GAAP ICP Adjustments subtotal	​	​	—	​	​	3	​	—
ICP Adjusted	​	$	1,149	​	$	806	​	70.2%

*

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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RETAIN THIS PROXY CARD TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING ONLINES&P Global Inc.Annual Meeting of Shareholdersat 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on May 4, 2022Details to Attend the Virtual Annual Meeting OnlineS&P Global’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held in a virtual-only format. To attend the Annual Meeting, go online to www.meetnow.global/MWPYYP5.At the website, choose the option to enter the virtual meeting as a “Shareholder” and provide the 15-digit number printed in the circled area located on the reverse side of this proxy card. Shareholderswho enter as such can vote their proxy during the meeting and ask questions.A “guest” option will also be made available for listen-only access.Please vote in advance of the Annual Meeting(see reverse side for instructions to vote online, by telephone, or by mail)The Notice and Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders are available online at www.spglobal.com/proxyq IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. qNotice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders+Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting — May 4, 2022The undersigned appoints Taptesh (Tasha) K. Matharu and Steven J. Kemps, and each of them, as proxies with full power of substitution, to vote the shares of stock of S&P Global Inc. (the “Company”), which the undersigned is entitled to vote, upon all subjects that may properly come before the meeting, including the matters described in the proxy statement, subject to any directions indicated on the reverse side of this card, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at 11:00 a.m. (EDT), on May 4, 2022, or any adjournments or postponements thereof. If you sign and return this card without indicating how to vote upon all subjects that may properly come before the meeting, including the matters described in the proxy statement, subject to any directions indicated on the reverse side of this card, the shares represented by your proxy will be voted as recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors.Note to 401(k) Participants. If you are a current or former employee of the Company, this card also provides voting instructions for shares held in The 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) of S&P Global Inc. and Its Subsidiaries. If you are a participant in the Plan and have shares of common stock of the Company allocated to your account under the Plan, you have the right to direct The Northern Trust Company, the Trustee of the Plan (the “Trustee”), to vote the shares held in your account. The Trustee will vote allocated shares for which no direction is received and unallocated shares, if any (together “Undirected Shares”), in the same proportion as the shares for which direction is received, subject to the Plan documents. Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent, must receive your instructions by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on May 2, 2022 in order to communicate your instructions to the Trustee, who will then vote all the shares of common stock of S&P Global Inc. which are credited to the undersigned’s account as of March 7, 2022. Under the Plan, you are a “named fiduciary” for the purpose of voting shares in your account and your proportionate share of the Undirected Shares. This means that you have ultimate authority to control the

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