Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
5660 New Northside Drive, Third Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
August 17, 2022
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Susan Block, John Stickel
| Re: | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-265709
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Registration Statement will be declared effective under the Securities Act at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 19, 2022, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, or such other time as the Company or its outside counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP, may request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Cody L. Wright of Shearman & Sterling LLP at (212) 848-4152, or in his absence, Rory B. O’Halloran at (212) 848-4550, and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
[Signature page follows]
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ A. Warren Gardiner |
| A. Warren Gardiner |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cc: | Andrew J. Surdykowski – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
Rory B. O’Halloran – Shearman & Sterling LLP
Cody L. Wright – Shearman & Sterling LLP
Catherine M. Clarkin – Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Michael L. Gravelle – Black Knight, Inc.
Jacob A. Kling – Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
[Signature Page to Acceleration Request Letter]
