Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Oct 30, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Oct 30, 2025
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What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-07-31.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-10-30.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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191 unchanged; 106 reworded; 7 added; 4 removed; 1 previous and 2 current paragraphs rearranged.
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Added paragraphs (7)
Current report
–Oil futures and options volume increased 14% and decreased 7% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The overall decrease in oil volumes in the third quarter of 2025 was due to lower overall volatility compared to the prior year period.
Current report
–Sugar futures and options volumes increased 2% and decreased 14% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The decrease in volumes during the three months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to geopolitical risk impacting our sugar markets.
Current report
Equity options revenues, net of transaction-based expenses, were $114 million and $89 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $36 million and $30 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Current report
Section 31 fees were $412 million and $437 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. In May 2025, the SEC announced that it had ceased collecting Section 31 fees from self-regulatory organizations due to the expectation that the entire fiscal year 2025 appropriation would be collected before the date of the announcement. As a result, we did not incur any Section 31 fees for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Section 31 fees for the three months ended September 30, 2024 were $232 million. The decrease in Section 31 fees during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to lower rates partially offset by an increase in volumes. The fees we collect are included in cash at the time of receipt and we remit the amounts to the SEC twice a year as required. There were no Section 31 fees payable as of September 30, 2025.
Current report
Our unrecognized tax benefit as of September 30, 2025 was $233 million, a $41 million net decrease from the $274 million as of December 31, 2024. The net decrease includes a $15 million increase related to current year positions, a $2 million increase related to prior year positions, and a $58 million reduction related to prior year positions.
Current report
On July 4, 2025, the OBBBA was enacted into law. The OBBBA includes significant changes to U.S. federal and international tax provisions. The application of the OBBBA tax provisions did not result in material changes to our total effective tax rate for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025. The composition of the income tax provision, however, reflects a decrease in current income tax expenses, offset by an increase in deferred income tax expenses, primarily resulting from timing differences between the recognition of expenses for financial reporting and income tax purposes. The decrease in current income tax expenses is primarily due to immediate expensing of current year domestic research and development, or R&D, costs and certain capital expenditures, and an election to accelerate deductions of previously capitalized domestic R&D expenditures under the OBBBA. We intend to make certain elections under the OBBBA based on the best available information and have reflected the impact of these elections in our financial statements for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025. We will continue to evaluate the impact of these and any alternative elections as additional information becomes available.
Current report
2024, 15% and 14%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues, less transaction-based expenses were denominated in pounds sterling or euros.
Removed paragraphs (4)
Previous report
On July 4, 2025, the OBBBA was enacted into law. The OBBBA made significant changes to existing U.S. federal and international tax provisions. The most impactful provisions to our business include immediate expensing of domestic U.S. research and experimental and some capital expenditures, and changes to the U.S. taxation of profits from foreign operations and the foreign-derived intangible income deduction. These provisions may have various impacts which are complicated by their different effective dates and many elections available in the OBBBA, as well as uncertainties around U.S. states’ reactions to these federal tax law changes. We are currently evaluating the impact of these provisions on our overall tax positions including their effect on our current and deferred tax assets and liabilities, effective tax rate and cash tax obligations. The OBBBA does not impact our financial statements for the six and three month periods ended June 30, 2025.
Previous report
–Oil futures and options volume increased 25% and 32% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, due to a confluence of geopolitical risks and macroeconomic uncertainty.
Previous report
–Sugar futures and options volumes increased 11% and 2% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by volatility related to shifting supply and demand dynamics.
Previous report
We previously had a $2.4 billion two-year senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility, or the Term Loan, with a maturity date of August 31, 2025. We borrowed the Term Loan in full on August 31, 2023, in connection with the Black Knight acquisition, and during the three months ended June 30, 2024, we fully repaid the amounts borrowed under the Term Loan.
Reworded paragraphs (106)
Previous wording
•conditions in global financial markets and domestic and international economic and social conditions, including inflation, changes to international trade policies and tariffs, risk of recession, political uncertainty and discord, geopolitical events and conflicts (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East) and sanctions laws;
Current wording
•conditions in global financial markets and domestic and international economic and social conditions, including inflation, changes to international trade policies and tariffs, risk of recession, political uncertainty and discord, prolonged U.S. government shutdowns, geopolitical events and conflicts (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East) and sanctions laws;
Previous wording
Our business has been impacted positively and negatively by these global economic conditions. For instance, due to market and interest rate volatility, including market volatility during the first half of 2025, we have seen increased trading across a number of our products, such as interest rate and equity futures, credit default swaps and bonds. Conversely, increases in mortgage interest rates over the past several years have resulted in reduced consumer and investor demand for mortgages and adversely impacted the transaction-based revenues in our Mortgage Technology segment. If mortgage rates remain high or further increase, or if mortgage lending practices change, our Mortgage Technology segment revenues may be further impacted. In addition, higher interest rates have resulted, and may continue to result, in higher interest rates for our debt instruments as we refinance our existing indebtedness.
Current wording
Our business has been impacted positively and negatively by these global economic conditions. For instance, due to market and interest rate volatility, including market volatility during the first nine months of 2025, we have seen increased trading across a number of our products, such as interest rate and equity futures, credit default swaps and bonds. Conversely, increases in mortgage interest rates over the past several years have resulted in reduced consumer and investor demand for mortgages and adversely impacted the transaction-based revenues in our Mortgage Technology segment. If mortgage rates further increase, or if mortgage lending practices change, our Mortgage Technology segment revenues may be further impacted. In addition, higher interest rates have resulted, and may continue to result, in higher interest rates for our debt instruments as we refinance our existing indebtedness.
Previous wording
We expect the macroeconomic environment to remain dynamic in the near-term, and we continue to monitor macroeconomic conditions, including interest rates, inflation rates, changes in tariffs and trade policies, market volatility, geopolitical events and military conflicts and repercussions from, and the impact that, any of the foregoing may have on the global economy and on our business. We also continue to closely monitor credit worthiness of our counterparties, clearing members and our financial service providers and take risk management measures in line with established risk management frameworks.
Current wording
We expect the macroeconomic environment to remain dynamic in the near-term, and we continue to monitor macroeconomic conditions, including interest rates, inflation rates, changes in tariffs and trade policies, market volatility, prolonged U.S. government shutdowns, geopolitical events and military conflicts and repercussions from, and the impact that, any of the foregoing may have on the global economy and on our business. We also continue to closely monitor credit worthiness of our counterparties, clearing members and our financial service providers and take risk management measures in line with established risk management frameworks.
Previous wording
On July 4, 2025, the OBBBA was enacted into law. The OBBBA includes significant changes to existing U.S. federal and international tax provisions. These tax law changes did not affect our income tax provision for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025.
Current wording
On July 4, 2025, the OBBBA was enacted into law. The OBBBA includes significant changes to U.S. federal and international tax provisions. The application of the OBBBA tax provisions did not result in material changes to our total effective tax rate for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025. The composition of the income tax provision, however, reflects a decrease in current income tax expenses, offset by an increase in deferred income tax expenses, primarily due to immediate expensing of current year domestic research and development costs and certain capital expenditures, and an election to accelerate deductions of previously capitalized domestic R&D expenditures under the OBBBA. We intend to make certain elections under the OBBBA based on the best available information and have reflected the impact of these elections in our financial statements for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025. We will continue to evaluate the impact of these and any alternative elections as additional information becomes available.
Previous wording
Global policy makers have undertaken reviews of their existing legal framework governing financial markets in connection with regulatory reform, and have either passed new laws and regulations, or are in the process of debating and/or enacting new laws and regulations that apply to our business and to our customers’ businesses. Legislative and regulatory actions may impact the way in which we or our customers conduct business and may create uncertainty, which could affect trading volumes or demand for market data. See Part 1, Item 1 “Business — Regulation” and Part 1, Item 1(A) "Risk Factors" included in our 2024 Form 10-K for a discussion of the primary regulations applicable to our business and certain risks associated with those regulations.
Current wording
Global policy makers have undertaken reviews of their existing legal frameworks governing financial markets in connection with regulatory reform, and have either passed new laws and regulations, or are in the process of debating and/or enacting new laws and regulations that apply to our business and to our customers’ businesses. Legislative and regulatory actions may impact the way in which we or our customers conduct business and may create uncertainty, which could affect trading volumes or demand for market data. See Part 1, Item 1 “Business — Regulation” and Part 1, Item 1(A) "Risk Factors" included in our 2024 Form 10-K for a discussion of the primary regulations applicable to our business and certain risks associated with those regulations.
Previous wording
•EU Benchmarks Regulation. In May 2025, the amended EU Benchmarks Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. Key changes include reducing the scope to only include benchmarks defined as critical or significant, EU Paris-aligned benchmarks, EU Climate Transition benchmarks and certain commodity benchmarks. ICE Benchmark Administration and ICE Data Indices are seeking recognition from the European Securities and Markets Authority, or ESMA, as a third-country benchmark administrator in advance of the transition period expiration on December 31, 2025.
Current wording
•EU Benchmarks Regulation. In May 2025, the amended EU Benchmarks Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU and will be effective on January 1, 2026. Key changes include reducing the scope to only include benchmarks defined as critical or significant, EU Paris-aligned benchmarks, EU Climate Transition benchmarks and certain commodity benchmarks. ICE Benchmark Administration and ICE Data Indices are seeking recognition from the European Securities and Markets Authority, or ESMA, as a third-country benchmark administrator to continue to offer their benchmarks into the EU.
Previous wording
•EMIR 3.0. In June 2025, ESMA released its final report on the Regulatory Technical Standards for the Active Account Requirement under EMIR 3.0. The Active Account Requirement mandates EU market participants to establish accounts for euro-denominated short-term interest rate derivatives at an EU central counterparty and clear a certain number of trades in an EU account. The Active Account Requirement could result in a reduced volume of trading and clearing of euro-denominated short-term interest rate derivatives at ICE Futures Europe and ICE Clear Europe.
Current wording
•EMIR 3.0. In June 2025, ESMA released its final report on the Regulatory Technical Standards for the Active Account Requirement under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, or EMIR, known as EMIR 3.0. The Active Account Requirement mandates EU market participants to establish accounts for euro-denominated short-term interest rate derivatives at an EU central counterparty and clear a certain number of trades in an EU account. The Active Account Requirement could result in a reduced volume of trading and clearing of euro-denominated short-term interest rate derivatives at ICE Futures Europe and ICE Clear Europe.
Previous wording
(1) Operating loss from our Mortgage Technology segment was $16 million and $80 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Current wording
(1) Operating income/(loss) from our Mortgage Technology segment was $6 million and $(134) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Previous wording
•Revenues, less transaction-based expenses, increased $409 million and $226 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. See "—Exchanges Segment", "—Fixed Income and Data Services Segment" and "—Mortgage Technology Segment" below for a discussion of the significant changes in our revenues. The change in revenues during the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 includes $13 million and $21 million, respectively, in favorable foreign exchange effects arising from fluctuations in the U.S. dollar from the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
•Revenues, less transaction-based expenses, increased $471 million and $62 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. See "—Exchanges Segment", "—Fixed Income and Data Services Segment" and "—Mortgage Technology Segment" below for a discussion of the significant changes in our revenues. The change in revenues during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025 includes $30 million and $17 million, respectively, in favorable foreign exchange effects arising from fluctuations in the U.S. dollar from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
•Operating expenses increased $20 million and decreased $5 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. See "—Consolidated Operating Expenses" below for a discussion of the significant changes in our operating expenses. The changes in operating expenses during the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 includes $5 million and $6 million, respectively, in unfavorable foreign exchange effects arising from fluctuations in the U.S. dollar from the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
•Operating expenses increased $11 million and decreased $9 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. See "—Consolidated Operating Expenses" below for a discussion of the significant changes in our operating expenses. The change in operating expenses during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025 includes $9 million and $4 million, respectively, in unfavorable foreign exchange effects arising from fluctuations in the U.S. dollar from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
For the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, 24% and 23%, respectively, of our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were billed in pounds sterling or euros. For the six and three months ended June 30, 2024, 23% and 22%, respectively, of our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were billed in pounds sterling or euros. Due to the fluctuations of the pound sterling and euro compared to the U.S. dollar, our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were higher by $11 million and $18 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, 24% and 22%, respectively, of our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were billed in pounds sterling or euros. For both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2024, 22% of our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were billed in pounds sterling or euros. Due to the fluctuations of the pound sterling and euro compared to the U.S. dollar, our Exchanges segment revenues, less transaction-based expenses, were higher by $25 million and $14 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
Our Exchange transaction and clearing revenues are presented net of rebates. We recorded rebates of $842 million and $616 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $440 million and $319 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We offer rebates in certain of our markets primarily to support market liquidity and trading volume by providing qualified participants in those markets a discount to the applicable commission rate. Such rebates are calculated based on volumes traded. The increase in rebates for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to higher volumes traded as compared to the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
Our Exchange transaction and clearing revenues are presented net of rebates. We recorded rebates of $1.2 billion and $936 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $372 million and $320 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We offer rebates in certain of our markets primarily to support market liquidity and trading volume by providing qualified participants in those markets a discount to the applicable commission rate. Such rebates are calculated based on volumes traded. The increase in rebates for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to higher volumes traded as compared to the comparable period in 2024. The increase in rebates for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to higher volumes traded in certain asset classes as compared to the comparable period in 2024.
Previous wording
•Energy Futures and Options: Total volumes in our energy futures and options markets increased 25% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues increased 24% and 27% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
•Energy Futures and Options: Total volumes in our energy futures and options markets increased 16% and decreased 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues increased 17% and 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
–Global natural gas futures and options volume increased 24% and 14% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The volume increase in our North American gas products was driven by volatility related to shifting supply and demand dynamics. In addition, continued growth in our TTF complex was, in part, driven by supply disruption and geopolitical uncertainty.
Current wording
–Global natural gas futures and options volume increased 19% and 8% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The volume increase in our North American gas products was driven by higher overall volatility related to geopolitical tensions. In addition, continued growth in our TTF complex was, in part, driven by supply disruption risks and geopolitical uncertainty.
Previous wording
–Environmentals and other futures and options volume increased 15% and 6% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, due to higher power and environmental volumes compared to the prior year periods.
Current wording
–Environmentals and other futures and options volume increased 11% and 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to higher power volumes compared to the prior year periods.
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•Agricultural and Metals Futures and Options: Total volumes in our agricultural and metals futures and options markets decreased 11% and 8% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues decreased 10% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024. In the first half of 2025, increased sugar, cotton, and canola volumes were more than offset by lower coffee and cocoa volumes.
Current wording
•Agricultural and Metals Futures and Options: Total volumes in our agricultural and metals futures and options markets decreased 10% and 8% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, and revenues decreased 11% and 13% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
–Other agricultural and metal futures and options volume decreased 23% and 15% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily driven by elevated prices related to supply constraints, geopolitical risks and shifting demand impacting our coffee and cocoa markets.
Current wording
–Other agricultural and metal futures and options volume decreased 18% and 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily driven by geopolitical risks and shifting demand impacting our coffee and cocoa markets.
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•Financial Futures and Options: Total volumes in our financial futures and options markets increased 28% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues increased 18% and 21% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The first half of 2025 benefited from higher volatility related to market uncertainties surrounding trade policy, central bank policy and geopolitical events.
Current wording
•Financial Futures and Options: Total volumes in our financial futures and options markets increased 20% and 4% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues increased 11% and decreased 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Previous wording
–Interest rate futures and options volume increased 32% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenue increased 22% and 27% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by elevated volatility related to divergence of rate paths by central banks and trade policy uncertainty.
Current wording
–Interest rate futures and options volume increased 23% and 6% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenues increased 14% and were flat for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by volatility related to divergence of rate paths by central banks and ongoing trade policy uncertainty.
Previous wording
–Other financial futures and options volume, which includes our MSCI®, FTSE® and NYSE FANG+ equity indices, U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange products, increased 3% and 2% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenue increased 8% and 7% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The overall increase in other financial futures and options volume was primarily due to higher equity market volatility than during the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
–Other financial futures and options volume, which includes our MSCI®, FTSE® and NYSE FANG+ equity indices, U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange products, decreased 3% and 14% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 and revenue increased 3% and decreased 6% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The overall decrease in other financial futures and options volumes was primarily due to lower equity market volatility in the third quarter compared to the prior year period.
Previous wording
•Cash Equities and Equity Options: Cash equities volume increased 34% and 47% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to higher industry volumes. Cash equities revenues, net of transaction-based expenses, were $164 million and $151 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $83 million and $80 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in revenues was driven by an increase in volume, partially offset by lower market share. Equity options volume increased 6% and 5% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by higher industry volumes. Equity options revenues, net of transaction-based expenses, were $78 million and $59 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $40 million and $31 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Current wording
•Cash Equities and Equity Options: Cash equities volume increased 39% and 48% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to higher industry volumes driven by geopolitical risks and higher retail participation. Cash equities revenues, net of transaction-based expenses, were $233 million and $228 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $69 million and $77 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, higher industry volumes were more than offset by lower overall matched market share and lower capture rate. Equity options volume increased 7% and 9% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by higher industry volumes.
Previous wording
•OTC and Other: OTC and other transactions include revenues from our OTC energy business and other trade confirmation services, as well as net interest income and fees on certain clearing margin deposits, regulatory penalties and fines, fees for use of our facilities, regulatory fees charged to member organizations of our U.S. securities exchanges, designated market maker service fees, exchange membership fees and agricultural grading and certification fees. Our OTC and other revenues decreased 2% and 4% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
Current wording
•OTC and Other: OTC and other transactions include revenues from our OTC energy business and other trade confirmation services, as well as net interest income and fees on certain clearing margin deposits, regulatory penalties and fines, fees for use of our facilities, regulatory fees charged to member organizations of our U.S. securities exchanges, designated market maker service fees, exchange membership fees and agricultural grading and certification fees. Our OTC and other revenues decreased 5% and 10% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 primarily due to lower net interest income on collateral balances.
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•Data and Connectivity Services: Our data and connectivity services revenues increased 5% and 6% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The increase in revenue was driven by the strong retention rate of existing customers, the addition of new customers and increased purchases by existing customers.
Current wording
•Data and Connectivity Services: Our data and connectivity services revenues increased 7% and 9% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The increase in revenue was driven by the strong retention rate of existing customers, the addition of new customers and increased purchases by existing customers.
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•Listings Revenues: Through NYSE, NYSE American, NYSE Arca and NYSE Texas, we generate listings revenue related to the provision of listings services for public companies and ETFs, and related corporate actions for listed companies. Listings revenues increased 1% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024. All listings fees are billed upfront, and revenues are recognized over time as the identified performance obligations are satisfied.
Current wording
•Listings Revenues: Through NYSE, NYSE American, NYSE Arca and NYSE Texas, we generate listings revenue related to the provision of listings services for public companies and ETFs, and related corporate actions for listed companies. Listings revenues increased 1% and 2% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to new listings. All listings fees are billed upfront, and revenues are recognized over time as the identified performance obligations are satisfied.
Previous wording
Our equities and equity options markets pay fees to the SEC pursuant to Section 31 of the Exchange Act. Section 31 fees are recorded on a gross basis as a component of transaction and clearing fee revenue. These Section 31 fees are assessed to recover the government’s costs of supervising and regulating the securities markets and professionals and are subject to change. We, in turn, collect corresponding activity assessment fees from member organizations clearing or settling trades on the equities and options exchanges, and recognize these amounts in our transaction and clearing revenues when invoiced. The activity assessment fees are designed to equal the Section 31 fees. As a result, activity assessment fees and the corresponding Section 31 fees do not have an impact on our net income, although the timing of payment by us will vary from collections. Section 31 fees were $412 million and $205 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $150 million and $138 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in Section 31 fees during the six months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase in volumes during the period combined with higher rates and the increase in Section 31 fees during the three months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase in volumes, partially offset by lower rates. The fees we collect are included in cash at the time of receipt and we remit the amounts to the SEC twice a year as required. The total amount of Section 31 fees payable is included in current liabilities and was $409 million as of June 30, 2025.
Current wording
Our equities and equity options markets pay fees to the SEC pursuant to Section 31 of the Exchange Act. Section 31 fees are recorded on a gross basis as a component of exchanges revenue. These Section 31 fees are assessed to recover the government’s costs of supervising and regulating the securities markets and professionals and are subject to change. We, in turn, collect corresponding activity assessment fees from member organizations clearing or settling trades on the equities and options exchanges, and recognize these amounts in our exchanges revenues when invoiced. The activity assessment fees are designed to equal the Section 31 fees. As a result, activity assessment fees and the corresponding Section 31 fees do not have an impact on our net income, although the timing of payment by us will vary from collections.
Previous wording
We make liquidity payments to cash and options trading customers, as well as routing charges made to other exchanges which are included in transaction-based expenses. We incur routing charges when we do not have the best bid or offer in the market for a security that a customer is trying to buy or sell on one of our securities exchanges. In that case, we route the customer’s order to the external market center that displays the best bid or offer. The external market center charges us a fee per share (denominated in tenths of a cent per share) for routing to its system. We record routing charges on a gross basis as a component of transaction and clearing fee revenue. Cash liquidity payments, routing and clearing fees were $1.1 billion and $886 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $569 million and $442 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Current wording
We make liquidity payments to cash and options trading customers, as well as routing charges made to other exchanges which are included in transaction-based expenses. We incur routing charges when we do not have the best bid or offer in the market for a security that a customer is trying to buy or sell on one of our securities exchanges. In that case, we route the customer’s order to the external market center that displays the best bid or offer. The external market center charges us a fee per share (denominated in tenths of a cent per share) for routing to its system. We record routing charges on a gross basis as a component of exchanges revenue. Cash liquidity payments, routing and clearing fees were $1.7 billion and $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $596 million and $452 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Previous wording
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we changed the caption of a disaggregated revenue line item in our Fixed Income and Data Services segment previously presented as "Other data and network services" to "Data and network technology" within the table above. This name change was made to better reflect the nature of the revenues included in this caption and did not impact the measurement or classification of revenue included in this caption.
Current wording
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we changed the caption of a disaggregated revenue line item in our Fixed Income and Data Services segment previously presented as "Other data and network services" to "Data and network technology" within the table above. This name change was made to better reflect the nature of the revenues included in this caption and did not impact the measurement or classification of revenue included in this caption.
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For the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, 10% and 11%, respectively, of our Fixed Income and Data Services segment revenues were billed in pounds sterling or euros. For both of the six and three months ended June 30, 2024, 11% of our Fixed Income and Data Services segment revenues were billed in pounds sterling or euros. As the pound sterling or euro exchange rate changes, the U.S. equivalent of revenues denominated in foreign currencies changes accordingly. Due to the fluctuations of the pound sterling and euro compared to the U.S. dollar, our Fixed Income and Data Services revenues were higher by $2 million and $3 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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For both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, 10% of our Fixed Income and Data Services segment revenues were billed in pounds sterling or euros. For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2024, 11% and 10%, respectively, of our Fixed Income and Data Services segment revenues were billed in pounds sterling or euros. As the pound sterling or euro exchange rate changes, the U.S. equivalent of revenues denominated in foreign currencies changes accordingly. Due to the fluctuations of the pound sterling and euro compared to the U.S. dollar, our Fixed Income and Data Services revenues were higher by $5 million and $3 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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Our Fixed Income and Data Services revenues increased 5% and 6% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to strength in our fixed income data and analytics products and our data and network technology.
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Our Fixed Income and Data Services revenues increased 5% for both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, from the comparable periods in 2024, primarily due to strength in our fixed income data and analytics products and our data and network technology.
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•Fixed Income Execution: Fixed income execution includes revenues from ICE Bonds. Execution fees are reported net of rebates, which were $6 million and $4 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $5 million and $2 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. Our fixed income execution revenues increased 12% and 8% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 driven by market volatility related to geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
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•Fixed Income Execution: Fixed income execution includes revenues from ICE Bonds. Execution fees are reported net of rebates, which were $7 million and $3 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $5 million and $2 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. Our fixed income execution revenues increased 13% and 15% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024 driven by market volatility related to geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, as well as continued expansion of platform functionality and across institutional and wealth networks.
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•CDS Clearing: CDS clearing revenues increased 3% and 5% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. The notional value of CDS cleared was $12.8 trillion and $9.1 trillion for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $5.8 trillion and $4.1 trillion for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The overall increase in the notional value of CDS cleared was primarily driven by market volatility related to geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
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•CDS Clearing: CDS clearing revenues were flat and decreased 7% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024. Clearing fees are reported net of rebates, which were $5 million and $3 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. The notional value of CDS cleared was $19.7 trillion and $15.7 trillion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $7.0 trillion and $6.6 trillion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to lower net interest income on collateral balances.
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•Fixed Income Data and Analytics: Our fixed income data and analytics revenues increased 4% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024 due to growth in our pricing and reference data business and strength in our index business.
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•Fixed Income Data and Analytics: Our fixed income data and analytics revenues increased 5% for both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, from the comparable periods in 2024 due to growth in our pricing and reference data business and strength in our index business.
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•Data and Network Technology: Our data and network technology revenues increased 7% and 8% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by growth in our ICE Global Network offering, coupled with strength in our consolidated feeds, desktop and derivative analytics revenues.
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•Data and Network Technology: Our data and network technology revenues increased 9% and 11% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by growth in our ICE Global Network offering, coupled with strength in our consolidated feeds, desktop and derivative analytics revenues.
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As of June 30, 2025, ASV was $1.927 billion, which increased 7.3% compared to the ASV as of June 30, 2024. ASV represents nearly 100% of total data services revenues for this segment. This does not adjust for year-over-year foreign exchange fluctuations.
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As of September 30, 2025, ASV was $1.955 billion, which increased 6.8% compared to the ASV as of September 30, 2024. ASV represents nearly 100% of total data services revenues for this segment. This does not adjust for year-over-year foreign exchange fluctuations.
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Our mortgage technology revenues are derived from our comprehensive, end-to-end U.S. residential mortgage platform. Our mortgage technology business is intended to enable greater workflow efficiency and mitigate risks for customers throughout the mortgage life cycle. Mortgage technology revenues increased 4% and 5% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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Our mortgage technology revenues are derived from our comprehensive, end-to-end U.S. residential mortgage platform. Our mortgage technology business is intended to enable greater workflow efficiency and mitigate risks for customers throughout the mortgage life cycle. Mortgage technology revenues increased 4% for both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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•Origination technology: Our origination technology revenues increased 2% and 4% for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by Encompass and Encompass Network revenues. Our origination technology acts as a system of record for the mortgage transaction, automating the gathering, reviewing, and verifying of mortgage-related information and enabling automated enforcement of rules and business practices designed to help ensure that each completed loan transaction is of high quality and adheres to secondary market standards. These revenues are based on recurring Software as a Service, or SaaS, subscription fees, with an additive transaction-based or success-based pricing fee as lenders exceed the number of loans closed that are included with their monthly base subscription, as well as professional services.
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•Origination technology: Our origination technology revenues increased 3% for both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by Encompass and Encompass Network revenues. Our origination technology acts as a system of record for the mortgage transaction, automating the gathering, reviewing, and verifying of mortgage-related information and enabling automated enforcement of rules and business practices designed to help ensure that each completed loan transaction is of high quality and adheres to secondary market standards. These revenues are based on recurring Software as a Service, or SaaS, subscription fees, with an additive transaction-based or success-based pricing fee as lenders exceed the number of loans closed that are included with their monthly base subscription, as well as professional services.
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•Closing solutions: Our closing solutions revenues increased 9% and 10% during the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by continued adoption of digital solutions. Our closing solutions connect key participants, such as lenders, title and settlement agents and individual county recorders, to digitize the closing and recording process. Closing solutions also include revenues from our MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., or MERS, database, which provides a system of record for recording and tracking changes, servicing rights and beneficial ownership interests in loans secured by U.S. residential real estate. Revenues from closing solutions are largely transaction-based and are based on the volume of loans closed.
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•Closing solutions: Our closing solutions revenues increased 9% and 8% during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by continued adoption of digital solutions. Our closing solutions connect key participants, such as lenders, title and settlement agents and individual county recorders, to digitize the closing and recording process. Closing solutions also include revenues from our MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., or MERS, database, which provides a system of record for recording and tracking changes, servicing rights and beneficial ownership interests in loans secured by U.S. residential real estate. Revenues from closing solutions are largely transaction-based and are based on the volume of loans closed.
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•Servicing software: Our servicing software revenues increased 4% for both the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by MSP and default management revenues. Our servicing software revenues include integrated mortgage servicing solutions, which help automate all areas of the servicing process, from loan boarding to final payment or default, to help lower costs, reduce risk and improve financial performance. Our servicing solutions support first lien mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit on a single platform to manage all servicing processes, including loan setup and maintenance, escrow administration, investor reporting, and regulatory requirements. We also provide solutions that provide consumers with access to customized, timely information about their mortgages and allow our clients’ customer service representatives to access the same customer information, which is key to increasing borrower retention. Another servicing solution provides clients, third-party providers and their developers access to our growing catalog of application programming interfaces, or APIs, across the mortgage life cycle. Revenues from servicing solutions are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature based on number of loans serviced.
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•Servicing software: Our servicing software revenues increased 3% for both the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by MSP and default management revenues. Our servicing software revenues include integrated mortgage servicing solutions, which help automate all areas of the servicing process, from loan boarding to final payment or default, to help lower costs, reduce risk and improve financial performance. Our servicing solutions support first lien mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit on a single platform to manage all servicing processes, including loan setup and maintenance, escrow administration, investor reporting, and regulatory requirements. We also provide solutions that provide consumers with access to customized, timely information about their mortgages and allow our clients’ customer service representatives to access the same customer information, which is key to increasing borrower retention. Another servicing solution provides clients, third-party providers and their developers access to our growing catalog of application programming interfaces, or APIs, across the mortgage life cycle. Revenues from servicing solutions are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature based on number of loans serviced.
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•Data and analytics: Our Data and Analytics revenues increased 3% and 7% during the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by continued adoption of data solutions and increased purchases by existing customers. Data and Analytics revenues include those related to ICE Mortgage Technology’s Data & Document Automation and Mortgage Analyzer solutions, or Analyzer, which offers customers greater efficiency by streamlining data collection and validation through our automated document recognition and data extraction capabilities. Analyzer revenues can be both recurring and transaction-based in nature. In addition, our data offerings include real-time industry and peer benchmarking tools, which provide originators a granular view into the real-time trends of the U.S. residential mortgage market, as well as credit and prepayment models, custom and proprietary analytics, valuation, and MLS solutions. We also provide de-identified mortgage origination data for lenders and industry participants to access industry data and origination information. Revenues related to our data products are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature. The data and insights from these solutions inform, support and enhance our other solutions to help lenders and servicers make more informed decisions, improve performance, identify and predict risk and generate more qualified leads. Revenues related to our data products are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature.
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•Data and analytics: Our Data and Analytics revenues increased 3% and 4% during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024, driven by continued adoption of data solutions and increased purchases by existing customers. Data and Analytics revenues include those related to ICE Mortgage Technology’s Data & Document Automation and Mortgage Analyzer solutions, or Analyzer, which offers customers greater efficiency by streamlining data collection and validation through our automated document recognition and data extraction capabilities. Analyzer revenues can be both recurring and transaction-based in nature. In addition, our data offerings include real-time industry and peer benchmarking tools, which provide originators a granular view into the real-time trends of the U.S. residential mortgage market, as well as credit and prepayment models, custom and proprietary analytics, valuation, and MLS solutions. We also provide de-identified mortgage origination data for lenders and industry participants to access industry data and origination information. Revenues related to our data products are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature. The data and insights from these solutions inform, support and enhance our other solutions to help lenders and servicers make more informed decisions, improve performance, identify and predict risk and generate more qualified leads. Revenues related to our data products are largely subscription-based and recurring in nature.
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During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, 8% and 7%, respectively, of our operating expenses were billed in pounds sterling or euros. During the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, 9% and 7%, respectively, of our operating expenses were billed in pounds sterling or euros. Due to fluctuations in the U.S. dollar compared to the pound sterling and euro, our consolidated operating expenses were higher by $5 million and $6 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, 9% and 7%, respectively, of our operating expenses were billed in pounds sterling or euros. During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, 9% and 8%, respectively, of our operating expenses were billed in pounds sterling or euros. Due to fluctuations in the U.S. dollar compared to the pound sterling and euro, our consolidated operating expenses were higher by $9 million and $4 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in 2024.
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•The remainder of our interest income primarily relates to interest earned on various unrestricted and restricted cash balances held within our group entities.
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