$ICE · Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting that its Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective on August 28, 2026. The amendment supplements changes made in August 2025 in connection with the registration of the company’s subsidiary, ICE Swap Trade, LLC, with the SEC as a security-based swap execution facility. Specifically, it extends existing limitations on stockholder voting and ownership to security-based swap execution facilities and expands requirements relating to SEC review of amendments to the certificate of incorporation for as long as the company controls such a facility.
The amendment was approved by the company’s board of directors on February 27, 2026, and by stockholders on May 15, 2026. The company states that each registered national securities exchange subsidiary met the requirement to file the proposed amendments with the SEC, and the company then filed the amended certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 28, 2026, making it effective. The full text of the Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is included as an exhibit to the filing.