UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) of THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2017
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36198 | 46-2286804 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
5660 New Northside Drive, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 857-4700
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 24, 2017, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) issued a press release announcing that it had entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “BondPoint Agreement”) with Virtu Financial LLC and certain of its affiliates (“Virtu”) pursuant to which ICE has agreed to acquire specified assets and to assume specified liabilities constituting Virtu’s BondPoint division and credit trading venue (“BondPoint”). BondPoint is a provider of electronic fixed income trading solutions for the buy-side and sell-side offering access to centralized liquidity and automated trade execution services.
The purchase price payable by ICE at the closing of the transaction is four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) in cash, subject to a customary adjustment for working capital of BondPoint. The consummation of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the receipt of certain regulatory clearances, including from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, along with the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The BondPoint Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. In addition, the parties have agreed to execute a transition services agreement simultaneously with the closing of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated October 24, 2017
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Forward-Looking Statements – Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking information regarding ICE’s business that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statement. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see ICE’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2017.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC. | |
| /s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski | |
| Andrew J. Surdykowski | |
| Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel |
Date: October 24, 2017