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Acquisitions and Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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Acquisitions

2025

Acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2025 included:

On November 25, 2025, we completed the acquisition of With Intelligence from Motive Partners for $1.8 billion. The acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment. Combining With Intelligence's proprietary data, benchmarks and workflow solutions with S&P Global’s trusted expertise and brand in private markets intelligence and analytics, the company creates one of the most comprehensive data offerings for alternatives and private markets participants. The acquisition of With Intelligence is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On November 10, 2025, we completed the acquisition of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services business of ORBCOMM Inc. The AIS business is a leading provider of satellite data services used to track and monitor vessels, enhancing maritime visibility and delivering critical insights that support business intelligence and decision-making for government and commercial clients worldwide. This acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment. The acquisition of AIS is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On November 7, 2025, Crisil, included within our Ratings segment, completed the acquisition of McKinsey PriceMetrix Co., a leading provider of performance benchmarking and data-driven insights for the wealth management industry. This acquisition expands Crisil’s benchmarking offerings across the Wealth Management value chain. The acquisition of McKinsey PriceMetrix Co. is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On October 1, 2025, we completed the acquisition of ARC Research, a subsidiary of ARC Group, the leading independent provider of investment performance data, benchmarking capabilities and insights in the private wealth market. The acquisition is part of our Indices segment and expands our capabilities to deliver innovative, high-quality benchmarks and data solutions tailored to the evolving needs of wealth managers, private banks, and financial advisers. The acquisition of ARC Research is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On June 6, 2025, we completed the acquisition of TeraHelix, a privately held financial technology firm. TeraHelix helps solve complex, enterprise-scale data challenges by providing frameworks that structure data models for smooth interoperability across platforms, systems and storage architectures. This acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment and strengthens our customer-centric approach to data, technology, and AI by meaningfully enhancing the
ability to link datasets across classes and platforms. The acquisition of TeraHelix is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

None of our acquisitions completed during 2025 were material individually or in the aggregate, including the pro forma impact on earnings. For acquisitions during 2025 that were accounted for using the purchase method, the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is allocated to goodwill and other intangibles. The goodwill recognized on our acquisitions is largely attributable to anticipated operational synergies and growth opportunities as a result of the acquisition. The intangible assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, are being amortized over their anticipated useful lives of 5 to 20 years.

2024

Acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2024 included:

On December 31, 2024 we completed the acquisition of ProntoNLP, a leading provider of generative artificial intelligence tooling, allowing users to derive differentiated insights from unstructured and structured data. The acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment and its intellectual property is expected to power broader enterprise-wide applications. ProntoNLP’s proprietary models and LLM-based signal tools will bolster S&P Global’s textual data analytics capabilities. The acquisition of ProntoNLP is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On May 1, 2024, we completed the acquisition of Visible Alpha, the financial technology provider of deep industry and segment consensus data creating a premium offering of fundamental investment research capabilities on Market Intelligence’s Capital IQ Pro platform. The acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment and further enhances the depth and breadth of the overall Visible Alpha and S&P Capital IQ Pro offering. The acquisition of Visible Alpha is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On May 14, 2024, we completed the acquisition of World Hydrogen Leaders, a globally-recognized portfolio of hydrogen-related conferences and events, digital training and market intelligence. The acquisition is part of our Energy segment and complements Energy's global conference business and provides customers with full coverage of the hydrogen and derivative value chain alongside Energy Transition and Sustainability solutions, including hydrogen price assessments, emission factors and market research. The acquisition of World Hydrogen Leaders is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

None of our acquisitions completed during 2024 were material individually or in the aggregate, including the pro forma impact on earnings. For acquisitions during 2024 that were accounted for using the purchase method, the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is allocated to goodwill and other intangibles. The goodwill recognized on our acquisitions is largely attributable to anticipated operational synergies and growth opportunities as a result of the acquisition. The intangible assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, are being amortized over their anticipated useful lives of 7 years.

2023

Acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2023 included:

On February 16, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. (“Market Scan”), a leading provider of automotive pricing and incentive intelligence, including Automotive Payments as a ServiceTM and its powerful payment calculation engine. The addition of Market Scan to Mobility enabled the integration of detailed transaction intelligence in areas that are complementary to existing services for dealers, OEMs, lenders, and other market participants. The acquisition of Market Scan is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

On January 3, 2023, we completed the acquisition of ChartIQ, a premier charting provider for the financial services industry. ChartIQ is a professional grade charting solution that allows users to visualize data with a fully interactive web-based library that works seamlessly across web, mobile and desktop. It provides advanced capabilities including trade visualization, options analytics, technical analysis and more. Additionally, ChartIQ allows clients to visualize vendor-supplied data combined with their own proprietary content, alternative datasets or analytics. The acquisition is part of our Market Intelligence segment and further enhances our S&P Capital IQ Pro platform and other workflow solutions to provide the industry with leading visualization capabilities. The acquisition of ChartIQ is not material to our consolidated financial statements.
On January 4, 2023, we completed the acquisition of TruSight Solutions LLC (“TruSight”) a provider of third-party vendor risk assessments. The acquisition was integrated into our Market Intelligence segment and further expanded the breadth and depth of S&P Global’s third party vendor risk management solutions by offering high-quality validated assessment data to clients designed to reduce further the vendor due diligence burden on service providers to the financial services industry. The acquisition of TruSight is not material to our consolidated financial statements.

None of our acquisitions completed during 2023 were material individually or in the aggregate, including the pro forma impact on earnings. For acquisitions during 2023 that were accounted for using the purchase method, the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is allocated to goodwill and other intangibles. The goodwill recognized on our acquisitions is largely attributable to anticipated operational synergies and growth opportunities as a result of the acquisition. The intangible assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, are being amortized over their anticipated useful lives of 5 to 7 years.

Non-cash investing activities
Liabilities assumed in conjunction with our acquisitions are as follows:
(in millions)Year ended December 31,
 202520242023
Fair value of assets acquired$2,321 $549 399 
Cash paid, net (2,023)(305)(296)
Liabilities assumed$298 $244 $103 

Divestitures

On January 12, 2026, we completed the sale of the Enterprise Data Management and thinkFolio businesses within our Market Intelligence segment to Symphony Technology Group (“STG”), a private equity firm focused on building and scaling market-leading software, data and analytics companies. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financials statements.

2025

During the year ended December 31, 2025, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $273 million related to the following dispositions:

On October 10, 2025, the Company and CME Group completed the sale of OSTTRA to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (“KKR”), a leading global investment firm. The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at $3.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, which will be divided evenly between the Company and CME Group pursuant to the 50/50 joint venture. We received proceeds from the sale of $1.5 billion in cash ($1.4 billion after-tax), subject to purchase price adjustments. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $270 million ($187 million after-tax) for the Company, including the impact of accumulated other comprehensive income related to our investment.

In May of 2025, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $3 million ($2 million after-tax) in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net in the consolidated statements of income related to the sale of the Fincentric in August of 2024 in our Market Intelligence segment.


2024

During the year ended December 31, 2024 we completed the following dispositions that resulted in a pre-tax gain of $59 million which was included in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net in the consolidated statement of income:

On November 1, 2024, we completed the sale of the PrimeOne business, our outsourced technology platform servicing the global prime finance business. The PrimeOne business was part of our Market Intelligence segment. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $38 million ($27 million after-tax) in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net in the consolidated statement of income related to the sale of the PrimeOne business in our Market Intelligence segment.
On August 15, 2024, we completed the sale of Fincentric, formerly known as Markit Digital. This sale followed our announced intent to explore strategic opportunities for Fincentric in February of 2024. Fincentric was S&P Global’s premier digital solutions provider focused on developing mobile applications and websites for retail brokerages and other financial institutions. Fincentric specializes in designing cutting-edge financial data visualizations, interfaces and investor experiences. Fincentric was acquired by S&P Global through the merger with IHS Markit and was part of our Market Intelligence segment. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $21 million ($12 million after-tax) in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net in the consolidated statement of income related to the sale of Fincentric in our Market Intelligence segment.

2023

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we completed the following disposition and received the following contingent payment that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $70 million, which was included in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net in the consolidated statement of income:

On May 2, 2023, we completed the sale of Engineering Solutions to Allium Buyer LLC, a Delaware limited liability company controlled by funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”). We received the full proceeds from the sale of $975 million in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments, which resulted in approximately $750 million in after-tax proceeds. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we recorded a pre-tax loss of $120 million in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net and disposition-related costs of $16 million in selling and general expenses in the consolidated statement of income ($182 million after-tax, net of a release of a deferred tax liability of $157 million) related to the sale of Engineering Solutions. The transaction followed our announced intent in November of 2022 to divest the business. Engineering Solutions became part of the Company following our merger with IHS Markit.

In the first quarter of 2023, we received a contingent payment following the sale of Leveraged Commentary and Data (“LCD”) along with a related family of leveraged loan indices in June of 2022. The contingent payment was payable six months following the closing upon the achievement of certain conditions related to the transition of LCD customer relationships. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the contingent payment resulted in a pre-tax gain of $46 million ($34 million after-tax) related to the sale of LCD in our Market Intelligence segment and $4 million ($3 million after-tax) in (Gain) loss on dispositions, net related to the sale of a family of leveraged loan indices in our Indices segment.

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
The components of assets and liabilities held for sale in the consolidated balance sheet consist of the following:
(in millions)December 31,December 31,
2025 1
2024
Accounts receivable, net $34 $— 
Property and equipment, net— 
Goodwill141 — 
Other non-current assets13 — 
Assets held for sale$196 $— 
Accounts payable$$— 
Unearned revenue34 — 
Liabilities held for sale$43 $— 
1 Assets and liabilities held for sale as of December 31, 2025 relate to the divestitures of the Enterprise Data Management and thinkFolio businesses within our Market Intelligence segment. Additionally, assets held for sale include fixed assets related to our intent to sell our facility in Centennial, Colorado.
The operating profit of our businesses that were held for sale or disposed of for the years ending December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
(in millions)Year ended December 31,
202520242023
Operating profit 1
$64 $71 $101 
1 The operating profit presented includes the revenue and recurring direct expenses associated with businesses held for sale or disposed of. The year ended December 21, 2025 excludes a pre-tax gain related to the sale of OSTTRA of $270 million. The year ended December 31, 2024 excludes a pre-tax gain related to the sale of the PrimeOne business of $38 million and a pre-tax gain related to the sale of Fincentric of $21 million. The year ended December 31, 2023 excludes a pre-tax loss related to the sale of Engineering Solutions of $120 million.