On August 13, 2018, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) completed the public offering and issuance of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.450% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% Senior Notes due 2048 (the “2048 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes and the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”).
The Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated August 6, 2018, among ICE and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the underwriters named therein. The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to ICE’s automatic shelf registration statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-223502) and the prospectus included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2018, and supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated August 6, 2018. The Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2018 (the “Indenture”), between ICE and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2018 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between ICE and the Trustee.
ICE received approximately $2.22 billion in net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and commissions and before offering expenses, from the sale of the Notes. ICE intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including to fund the redemption of the $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.50% Senior Notes due 2018 and to pay down outstanding commercial paper.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture (including the forms of the Notes), which are filed or incorporated by reference as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1 and 4.2 hereto, respectively.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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1.1 | | Underwriting Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018 among Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein. |
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4.1 | | Indenture dated as of August 13, 2018 between Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. |
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4.2 | | First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 13, 2018 between Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. |
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4.3 | | Form of 3.450% Senior Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
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4.4 | | Form of 3.750% Senior Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
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4.5 | | Form of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2048 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
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5.1 | | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. |
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23.1 | | Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |