New York, June 28, 2016 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) assigned a Ba1 rating to $750 million of new senior notes of IHS Markit Ltd. (IHS Markit) that will be issued in exchange for IHS Inc.'s$750 million of senior notes. Moody's also assigned to IHS Markit a Ba1 Corporate Family Rating, Ba1-PD Probability of Default Rating and an SGL-1 speculative grade liquidity rating. The ratings have a stable outlook. The rating action effectively assigns IHS Inc.'s existing ratings to IHS Markit, which will become the group holding company upon the completion of the planned merger of IHS Inc. with Markit Limited, which will be renamed IHS Markit upon consummation of the merger. Moody's will withdraw the rating on IHS Inc.'s senior notes if the entire principal amounts of the existing notes are tendered in the exchange.

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