ITEM 8.01. Other Events.
As previously disclosed, onNovember 29, 2020 ,IHS Markit Ltd. , aBermuda exempted company limited by shares (the "Company"), and S&P Global Inc., aNew York corporation ("S&P Global"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as ofJanuary 20, 2021 , the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Company, S&P Global, andSapphire Subsidiary, Ltd. , aBermuda exempted company limited by shares and a wholly owned subsidiary of S&P Global ("Merger Sub"), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of S&P Global (the "Merger"). OnMay 13, 2021 , the Company and S&P Global issued a press release announcing that the leadership from both companies have decided to explore a divestiture of the Company's Oil Price Information Services (OPIS) business, as well as the Company's Coal, Metals and Mining business.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Media release datedMay 13, 2021 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded 101 within the Inline XBRL document. 104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form
8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.
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