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Intercontinental Exchange acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Intercontinental Exchange 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
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Black Knight, Inc.Word for word“On September 5, 2023, we acquired Black Knight, Inc., or Black Knight, a software, data and analytics company that serves the housing finance continuum, including real estate data, mortgage lending and servicing, as well as the secondary markets.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | On September 5, 2023 | — |
Black Knight's Optimal Blue and Empower loan origination system (LOS) businessesWord for word“The cash proceeds from the Divestitures were $241 million.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | — | $241 million |
Optimal Blue and Empower LOS businessesWord for word“In connection with our sale of Black Knight’s Optimal Blue and Empower LOS businesses we received a Promissory Note as part of the sale proceeds that was originally valued at $235 million on the Divestiture Date.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | — | originally valued at $235 million |
Dun & Bradstreet investmentWord for word“Subsequent to the Black Knight acquisition and prior to December 31, 2023, we sold the entire investment for a total of $187 million and realized a total loss of $3 million on the sales, net of dividends received, which is included in other income/(expense), net, in 2023.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | prior to December 31, 2023 | $187 million |
Ellie Mae, Inc.Word for word“For example, our acquisitions of Ellie Mae, Inc., or Ellie Mae, in 2020 and Black Knight in 2023 expose us to increased regulatory scrutiny from U.S. regulatory bodies that regulate the U.S. residential mortgage industry, including the FFIEC and its member agencies, and the CFPB, among others.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | 2020 | — |
an entity acquired by us in 2024Word for word“As of December 31, 2024, we also had redeemable non-controlling interests, reflected in temporary equity within our consolidated balance sheet, related to a put right held by non-ICE members to require us to purchase their interests in an entity acquired by us in 2024.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | 2024 | — |
digital asset custody business now known as ICE Digital Trust, LLCWord for word“In May 2025, we acquired a digital asset custody business now known as ICE Digital Trust, LLC.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | May 2025 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $425 million | $0 | $307 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $423 million | $761 million | $211 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $1.25 billion | $0 | $889 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $352 million | $0 | $235 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $9.45 billion | — | $7.93 billion |
| 2021-12-31 | $66 million | — | $50 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $59 million | — | $46 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $10.2 billion | — | $9.42 billion |
| 2024-12-31 | $38 million | — | $39 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $19 million | — | $12 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-08-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-07-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-03-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-06-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2020-08-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-08-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-08-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Intercontinental Exchange’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 2026-02-05. 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.