-=IHS Markit Ltd. (INFO) to be acquired by S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) for $44 billion

• The biggest M&A deal of 2020
• S&P Global will own around 67.75% of the combined financial information and data group when the deal is closed in the second half of next year.
• Combining the two data and information groups will yield around $480 million in cost synergies.

=S&P Global (SPGI) reported earnings on Thur 25 Oct 2018 (b/o)

S&P Global beats by $0.07, misses on revs; raises-low end of FY18 EPS guidance

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $2.11 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.07 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $2.04; revenues rose 2.2% year/year to $1.55 bln vs the $1.59 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co raises guidance for FY18, sees EPS of $8.50-8.60 (Prior $8.45-8.60), excluding non-recurring items, vs. $8.49 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.