Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 11, 2021, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Bakkt Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and majority-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company ("Bakkt"), has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("VIH"), and Pylon Merger Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of VIH ("Merger Sub").

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, VIH will domesticate and become a Delaware corporation (the "Domestication") and be renamed "Bakkt Holdings, Inc." ("Bakkt Pubco") and, following the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into Bakkt (the "Merger"), with Bakkt surviving the Merger. Upon the consummation of the Merger (the "Closing"), Bakkt Pubco will be organized in an "Up-C" structure in which substantially all of the assets and the business of Bakkt Pubco will be held by Bakkt and its subsidiaries, and Bakkt Pubco's only direct assets will consist of its membership interests in Bakkt. Upon the Closing, Bakkt Pubco is expected to have a class of common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Also on January 11, 2020, following the entry into the Merger Agreement, Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. ("ICEH"), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of the Company and holder of a majority of the membership interests in Bakkt, entered into a support agreement with Bakkt and VIH, pursuant to which ICEH has agreed to vote in favor of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and against any competing transaction. Neither the Merger Agreement nor any transaction contemplated thereby, including the Merger, requires the approval of the stockholders of the Company.

The Merger Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, ICEH, which is expected to own a majority of the common stock of Bakkt Pubco immediately following the Merger, will enter into a voting agreement with Bakkt Pubco (the "Voting Agreement"). Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, ICEH will agree to vote on any matter submitted to a vote or consent of the stockholders of Bakkt Pubco, for so long as ICEH owns at least 50% of the total voting power of Bakkt Pubco common stock, any shares of common stock of Bakkt Pubco owned by ICEH in excess of 30% of the outstanding voting power of Bakkt Pubco, in the same percentages, for and against the relevant matter, as votes were cast by all stockholders of Bakkt Pubco other than ICEH. As a consequence of the Voting Agreement and Bakkt Pubco's other governance arrangements, following the Closing, the Company expects to reclassify Bakkt Pubco as an equity method investment of the Company and Bakkt will therefore cease to be consolidated with the Company's financial statements.

Also on January 11, 2021, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, VIH entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (collectively, the "PIPE Investors"), pursuant to which, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, the PIPE Investors have collectively subscribed for additional equity in Bakkt Pubco for an aggregate purchase price equal to $325,000,000 (the "PIPE Investment"). The PIPE Investors include ICEH, which committed to purchase additional equity in Bakkt Pubco that would comprise up to $50,000,000 of the PIPE Investment. The PIPE Investment will be consummated immediately prior to the Closing.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Bakkt's entry into the Merger Agreement and ICEH's participation in the PIPE Investment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d)  Exhibits



Exhibit
  No.       Description

99.1          Press Release dated January 11, 2021

 104        The cover page from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.'s Current Report
            on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

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