---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000064040-24-000130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPGI"
cik: "0000064040"
company_name: "S&P Global Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:34:53.139323+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# S&P Global shareholders elect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2024 meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with vote totals ranging from 241.6M to 254.2M for.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 242.7M for, 11.2M against, 1.2M abstentions.
- Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan approved with 251.9M for, 2.6M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2024 received 255.8M for, 18.5M against, no broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000064040-24-000130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPGI
- cik: 0000064040
- company_name: S&P Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/0000064040-24-000130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/spgi-20240501.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064040-24-000130.txt

## 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 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  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 242,684,555 11,162,670 1,228,915 20,299,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/0000064040-24-000130-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 2024 at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 4: Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2024: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 255,802,406 18,546,121 1,027,071 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/0000064040-24-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to approve the Company's Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan, as Amended and Restated at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 3: Proposal to approve the Company's Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan, as Amended and Restated: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 251,907,329 2,557,191 611,620 20,299,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/0000064040-24-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  S&P Global Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  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 251,077,680 3,876,518 121,942 20,299,457 Jacques Esculier 254,150,913 802,216 123,012 20,299,457 Gay Huey Evans 252,182,009 2,763,850 130,282 20,299,457 William D. Green 241,648,028 13,292,869 135,244 20,299,457 Stephanie C. Hill 249,618,074 5,337,638 120,428 20,299,457 Rebecca Jacoby 251,325,810 3,626,811 123,519 20,299,457 Robert P. Kelly 246,078,174 8,870,748 127,219 20,299,457 Ian P. Livingston 253,965,868 976,798 133,475 20,299,457 Maria R. Morris 252,757,330 2,197,398 121,412 20,299,457 Douglas L. Peterson 254,157,936 800,821 117,383 20,299,457 Richard E. Thornburgh 244,592,107 10,353,610 130,424 20,299,457 Gregory Washington 251,364,251 3,581,335 130,555 20,299,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000130/0000064040-24-000130-index.htm

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