Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: S&P Global Inc.
−Removed: began trading under its new ticker symbol "SPGI" on April 28, 2016.
−Removed: Previously, the Company's common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the ticker symbol "MHFI".
+Added: S&P Global Inc.'s common stock is traded on the New York Exchange ("NYSE") under the ticker symbol ("SPGI").
The approximate number of record holders of our common stock as of February 4, 2022 was 2,820.
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$0.67 per quarter in 2020 $ 2.68
−Removed: On January 27, 2021, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly common stock dividend from $0.67 per share to $0.77 per share.
+Added: On January 26, 2022, the Board of Directors approved a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.77 per share.
+Added: Following the expected closing of the merger with IHS Markit, the Board of Directors will revisit the dividend policy of the combined Company.
Transfer Agent and Registrar for Common Stock
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For information on securities authorized under our equity compensation plans, see Item 12, Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters .
−Removed: Selected Financial Data
−Removed: Year Ended December 31,
−Removed: (in millions, except per share data) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
−Removed: Income statement data:
−Removed: Revenue $ 7,442 $ 6,699 $ 6,258 $ 6,063 $ 5,661
−Removed: Operating profit 3,617 3,226 2,790 2,583 3,341
−Removed: Income before taxes on income 3,228 1
−Removed: Provision for taxes on income 6
−Removed: 694 627 560 823 960
−Removed: Net income attributable to S&P Global Inc.
−Removed: 2,339 2,123 1,958 1,496 2,106
−Removed: Earnings per share attributable to the S&P Global Inc.
−Removed: common shareholders:
−Removed: Basic 9.71 8.65 7.80 5.84 8.02
−Removed: Diluted 9.66 8.60 7.73 5.78 7.94
−Removed: Dividends per share 2.68 2.28 2.00 1.64 1.44
−Removed: Operating statistics:
−Removed: Return on average equity 7
−Removed: 457.8 % 377.5 % 292.6 % 222.3 % 472.0 %
−Removed: Income before taxes on income as a percent of revenue from operations 43.4 % 43.7 % 42.8 % 40.6 % 56.3 %
−Removed: Net income from operations as a percent of revenue from operations 34.0 % 34.4 % 33.9 % 27.0 % 39.4 %
−Removed: Balance sheet data (as of period end):
−Removed: Working capital 8
−Removed: $ 2,401 $ 1,619 $ 957 $ 1,110 $ 1,060
−Removed: Total assets 12,537 11,348 9,441 9,425 8,669
−Removed: 4,110 3,948 3,662 3,569 3,564
−Removed: Redeemable noncontrolling interest 2,781 2,268 1,620 1,352 1,080
−Removed: Equity 571 536 684 766 701
−Removed: Number of employees 23,000 22,500 21,200 20,400 20,000
−Removed: 1 Includes impact of the following items:
−Removed: loss on the extinguishment of debt of $279 million, lease impairments of $120 million, employee severance charges of $66 million, IHS Markit merger costs of $24 million, a $16 million gain on dispositions, a technology-related impairment charge of $12 million, lease-related costs of $11 million, Kensho retention related expense of $11 million, a pension related charge of $3 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $123 million.
−Removed: 2 Includes the impact of the following items:
−Removed: a pension related charge of $113 million, costs associated with early repayment of our Senior Notes of $56 million , a $49 million gain on dispositions, employee severance charges of $25 million, Kensho retention related expense of $21 million, lease impairments of $11 million, acquisition-related costs of $4 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $122 million.
−Removed: 3 Includes the impact of the following items:
−Removed: legal settlement expenses of $74 million, Kensho retention related expense of $31 million, restructuring charges related to a business disposition and employee severance charges of $25 million, lease impairments of $11 million, a pension related charge of $5 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $122 million.
−Removed: 4 Includes the impact of the following items:
−Removed: legal settlement expenses of $55 million, employee severance charges of $44 million, a charge to exit leased facilities of $25 million, non-cash acquisition and disposition-related adjustments of $15 million, a pension related charge of $8 million, an asset write-off of $2 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $98 million.
−Removed: 5 Includes the impact of the following items:
−Removed: a $1.1 billion gain from our dispositions, a benefit related to net legal settlement insurance recoveries of $10 million, disposition-related costs of $48 million, a technology-related impairment charge of $24 million, employee severance charges of $6 million, a $3 million disposition-related reserve release, an acquisition-related cost of $1 million and amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $96 million.
−Removed: 6 Includes $4 million of tax benefit related to prior year divestitures in 2020 and $149 million of tax expense due to U.S.
−Removed: tax reform, primarily associated with the deemed repatriation of foreign earnings, which was partially offset by a $21 million tax benefit related to prior year divestitures in 2017.
−Removed: 7 Includes the impact of the $16 million gain on dispositions in 2020, the $49 million gain on dispositions in 2019 and the $1.1 billion gain on dispositions in 2016.
−Removed: 8 Working capital is calculated as current assets less current liabilities.
−Removed: 9 Includes short-term debt of $399 million as of December 31, 2017.
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