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Cboe Global Markets acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Cboe Global Markets bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Bats Global Markets
Word for word““Merger” refers to our acquisition of Bats Global Markets, completed on February 28, 2017.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitioncompleted on February 28, 2017—
Aequitas Innovations Inc. and Neo Exchange Inc. (Cboe Canada)
Word for word“For example, in 2022 we completed our acquisitions of Cboe Digital, an operator of a U.S. based digital asset spot market, a regulated futures exchange and a regulated clearinghouse, and Aequitas Innovations Inc. and Neo Exchange Inc., which at the time were recognized Canadian securities exchanges.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionin 2022—
Former global headquarters building (Chicago)
Word for word“As a result of the Merger, there was a reduction in employee workspace needed in Chicago, which led to the decision to market for sale the former headquarters location.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York (former headquarters, including associated land, building, and certain furniture and equipment)
Word for word“The sale of the Company’s former headquarters, including the associated land, building, and certain furniture and equipment of the former headquarters location, was completed on June 28, 2024.” 10-K for 2024
divestitureJune 28, 2024—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$14.3 million$18.8 million
2017-12-31$1.41 billion$2.66 billion
2020-12-31$351.5 million$201.2 million
2021-12-31$151.5 million$134 million
2022-12-31$708.3 million$592.5 million
2023-12-31$0—
2024-12-31$0—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Cboe Global Markets’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-20. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.