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McGraw-Hill Financial has completed the acquisition of SNL Financial. The deal was first announced in July.

McGraw Hill Financial is paying approximately $2.225 billion in cash for SNL Financial.  The economic impact to McGraw Hill Financial will be partially offset by tax benefits with an estimated present value of approximately $550 million resulting from the transaction. SNL is privately held by an affiliate of private equity business New Mountain Capital LLC and current and former members of SNL management.

“We are enthusiastic about SNL because it is a fast-growing, highly complementary subscription-based business that will enable us to accelerate our strategy to be the leading provider of transparent and independent benchmarks, analytics, data and research across the global capital, commodity and corporate markets,” said Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO of McGraw Hill Financial.

Excluding amortization, the transaction is expected to be accretive to adjusted diluted EPS in 2016, and, on a GAAP basis, in 2018.  The Company has also identified approximately $70 million in synergies which are expected to be fully realized by 2019 largely from operational efficiencies and McGraw Hill Financial’s ability to accelerate SNL’s international growth through its global footprint.

Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, SNL has approximately 3,000 employees based in 10 countries. SNL, founded in 1987, has more than 5,000 customers with relationships across banks, insurance companies, corporations, asset managers, power companies and other users. Mike Chinn, President and CEO of SNL Financial will remain with the business and report to Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO of McGraw Hill Financial.

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