DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
General
Unless otherwise specified, for purposes of this section, the terms “ICE,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries. Each series of notes will be issued under an indenture (the “Senior Indenture”) among us and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and a supplemental indenture thereto (a “Supplemental Indenture”) which together set forth the terms of each series of notes offered hereby. We refer to the Senior Indenture and each Supplemental Indenture collectively in this section as the “Indenture” and we refer to each person in whose name a note is registered in the note register for a series of notes in this section as a “holder” and, collectively, as the “holders.”
The following is a summary of material provisions of the Indenture. This summary does not include all of the provisions of the Indenture. We urge you to read the Indenture because it defines your rights. The terms of the notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”).
Principal, Maturity and Interest
We will issue $1,250,000,000 initial aggregate principal amount of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 notes”) and $1,250,000,000 initial aggregate principal amount of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 notes” and, together with the 2030 notes, the “notes”) in this offering. The 2030 notes will mature on June 15, 2030 and the 2050 notes will mature on June 15, 2050. Interest on the 2030 notes will accrue at the rate of 2.100% per annum and interest on the 2050 notes will accrue at the rate of 3.000% per annum. Interest on each series of notes will accrue from May 26, 2020. Interest on the notes will be payable semiannually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15 commencing on December 15, 2020, to the persons who are holders at the close of business on the June 1 and December 1, whether or not a business day, immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date.
Interest on the notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the issue date. If any interest payment date, redemption date, repurchase date or maturity date falls on a day that is not a business day, payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, with respect to such notes will be made on the next business day with the same force and effect as if made on the due date and no interest on such payment will accrue from and after such due date. For this purpose, “business day” means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to be closed. Interest will be computed on the basis of a360-day year composed of twelve30-day months.
Each series of notes will constitute a separate series under the Indenture. We may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, any holder, create and issue additional series of notes under the Indenture. In addition, we may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, any holder, create and issue additional notes of either series of notes under the Indenture (“additional notes”) having the same terms as the notes of such series, except for public offering price, issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and first interest payment date. To the extent we do so, any additional notes, together with the notes of the same series, will constitute a single series under the Indenture and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the notes of such series; provided, however, that any additional notes that are not fungible with existing notes of the same series for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have a separate CUSIP, ISIN and other identifying number than the applicable series of notes offered hereby.
We will issue the notes in fully registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund.
We will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any bankruptcy law) on overdue payments of the principal, purchase price and redemption price of the notes from time to time on demand at the
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