In response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak，the S&P Global Foundation is awarding a grant of USD$150000（1 million yuan）to partner agency Give2Asia that is partnering with leading Chinese public health organizations to support frontline health workers and hospitals responding to the crisis. Our donation will be used to procure the necessary equipment for the treatment and containment of the virus and support the health care workers who are traveling to the areas most affected by the outbreak.

Meanwhile，we have communicated closely with our global employees about our Foundation’s contribution and encouraged them to consider making their personal contributions. Through our company’s employee giving program，any direct monetary contribution our employees make to the same organization is being matched dollar-for-dollar by S&P Global.

As a world-leading information provider，S&P Global provides information and intelligence for decision making on the global and China capital market and commodity market and is committed to contributing to the society and communities. Since the break-out of the COVID-19，S&P Global has been monitoring the epidemic development，actively takes action to protect the security and health of the employees and clients from supporting the epidemic prevention and control.

Chen Hongshan，CEO of S&P Global（China）Ratings，said，“When we learned about the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus，we felt moved to take action. We were pleased to contribute approximately 1，000，000 RMB（US$150，000），via the S&P Global Foundation，to partner agency Give2Asia，to fight against the epidemic. S&P Global has more than 250 people across in Beijing，Shanghai，and Guangzhou；we hope the issue could be solved soon.”