---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000064040-23-000124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPGI"
cik: "0000064040"
company_name: "S&P Global Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T14:42:09.267866+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# S&P Global shareholders elect all 13 directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; William D. Green received highest opposing votes (8.5M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 246.5M for, 16.9M against.
- Shareholders selected annual frequency for say-on-pay votes: 261.1M for 1-year.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2023 approved: 267.8M for, 17.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000064040-23-000124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPGI
- cik: 0000064040
- company_name: S&P Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/0000064040-23-000124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/spgi-20230503.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 2: Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for the Company's named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 246,519,258 16,896,405 541,399 21,632,001
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/0000064040-23-000124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders voted on Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency on which the Company conducts an advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 3: Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency on which the Company conducts an advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company's named executive officers: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 261,132,891 411,099 2,113,987 299,086
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/0000064040-23-000124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2023 at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 4: Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 267,820,594 17,595,606 172,863 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/0000064040-23-000124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The Company's shareholders elected the persons nominated as Directors of the Company as set forth below: Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Marco Alverà 259,837,018 3,788,484 331,560 21,632,001 Jacques Esculier 262,143,601 1,402,673 410,789 21,632,001 Gay Huey Evans 261,632,234 1,909,644 415,184 21,632,001 William D. Green 254,701,748 8,546,309 709,006 21,632,001 Stephanie C. Hill 260,371,074 3,268,557 317,431 21,632,001 Rebecca Jacoby 260,205,959 3,441,511 309,592 21,632,001 Robert P. Kelly 256,888,591 6,705,991 325,713 21,632,001 Ian P. Livingston 262,271,812 1,352,999 332,251 21,632,001 Deborah D. McWhinney 262,013,203 1,628,650 315,210 21,632,001 Maria R. Morris 260,848,364 2,795,335 313,363 21,632,001 Douglas L. Peterson 262,625,609 1,066,517 264,936 21,632,001 Richard E. Thornburgh 256,026,201 7,173,510 757,351 21,632,001 Gregory Washington 261,565,503 2,044,760 346,800 21,632,001
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404023000124/0000064040-23-000124-index.htm

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