Acquisitions and Divestitures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions

2024

On February 20, 2024, we entered into an agreement to acquire Visible Alpha, the financial technology provider of deep industry and segment consensus data, sell-side analyst models and analytics from high-quality, exclusive sources. The acquisition is expected to create a premium offering of fundamental investment research capabilities on Market Intelligence’s Capital IQ Pro platform. The combination of Visible Alpha with S&P Capital IQ Pro, the flagship S&P Global platform for research and analysis across institutional and corporate markets, reflects S&P Global’s continued commitment to be the foremost provider in this space. The transaction with Visible Alpha is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of certain regulatory approvals, and is expected to close during 2024. The proposed acquisition of Visible Alpha is not expected to be material to our consolidated financial statements.

2023

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.

Divestitures

2024

On February 20, 2024 we announced our intent to explore strategic opportunities for Fincentric, formerly known as Markit Digital. Fincentric is 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 joined S&P Global through the merger with IHS Markit and is part of our Market Intelligence segment. The assets and liabilities of Fincentric were classified as held for sale in our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024. The proposed divestiture of Fincentric is not expected to be material to our consolidated financial statements.

2023

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 three months ended March 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 on disposition 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 sheets consist of the following:


(in millions)	March 31		December 31,
	2024 1		2023
Accounts Receivable, net	$	13	$	—
Goodwill	46		—

Other assets	1		—
Assets of a business held for sale	$	60	$	—

Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	6	$	—

Unearned revenue	4		—
Liabilities of a business held for sale	$	10	$	—

1 Assets and liabilities held for sale as of March 31, 2024 relate to Fincentric.

The operating profit (loss) of our businesses that were held for sale or disposed of for the three months ended March 31 is as follows:



(in millions)	2024		2023
Operating profit (loss) 2	$	(3)	$	15

2 The operating profit (loss) presented includes the revenue and recurring direct expenses associated with businesses held for sale or disposed of. The three months ended March 31, 2023 excludes a pre-tax gain related to the sale of LCD and leveraged loan indices of $50 million.