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Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators set to clear S&P’s $44 billion IHS deal, sources say By Reuters

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The S&P Global logo is displayed on its offices in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are set to give a conditional clearance to business information provider S&P Global (NYSE:) Inc for its $44 billion acquisition of IHS Markit Ltd, three people familiar with the matter said.

The people also told Reuters that S&P has already managed to address the European Commission’s competition concerns with its offer to sell the U.S. IHS unit, Oil Pricing Agency Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), to News Corp (NASDAQ:).

 

 

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