Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated as of February 25, 2022 (this “Amendment”), among S&P Global Inc (the “Borrower”), Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”), the Lenders party hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Loan Guarantors party thereto, Lenders party thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, as Sustainability Structuring Agent, the other agents party thereto and the Administrative Agent originally entered into the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, waived, consented to or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders made certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.22 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has the right, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments under the Credit Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Commitment;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to such Section 2.22;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.22 of the Credit Agreement, each undersigned Increasing Lender now desires to increase the amount of its Commitment under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent this Amendment;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Original Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may enter into other amendments to the Original Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, each party hereto hereby consents to the modifications to the Original Credit Agreement as set forth in Section 2 below (the Original Credit Agreement, as hereby modified, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Commitment Increase
Each undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Amendment it shall have its Commitment increased by the amount set forth under the column titled “Commitment Increase” on Annex A hereto, thereby making the aggregate amount of its total Commitment equal to the amount set forth under the column titled “Total Commitment” on Annex A hereto.