ICE - Mergers and acquisitions

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on ICE's 2025 financial results or on ICE's deleveraging or capital return plans. "AFX becoming part of ICE marks an extraordinary opportunity for AFX and we are confident that ICE's leadership will amplify AFX's success and its purpose to serve regional and local American banks by creating a transparent, robust and effi

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC ("Paceline"), a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that it has made a debt investment in a subsidiary of Constellation Software, Inc. (("Constellation", TSX:CSU). Constellation acquires, manages and builds vertical market software businesses that provide mission-critical software solutions. As publicly announced on July 17, 2023, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) and Black Knight, Inc. entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which they also agreed to sell Black Knight's business known as Optimal Blue to a subsidiary of Constellation. The structure of the proposed transaction included a cash payment by Constellati

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, and home of ICE Mortgage Technology®, today announced that ICE's U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Index Futures reached record trading activity during September and the third quarter of 2023. A record 67,416 contracts traded during September 2023, with a record 113,641 contracts traded during the third quarter. ICE offers futures based on the ICE U.S. Conforming 30-year Fixed Mortgage Rate Lock Index which tracks U.S. residential mortgage loan applications where borrowers and lenders have committed to lock-in the interest rate prior to closing. The index provides lend

Divestiture contingent on closing of ICE's acquisition of Black Knight Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) and Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) today announced that, in connection with their previously announced merger agreement for ICE's acquisition of Black Knight, they have agreed to sell Black Knight's Optimal Blue business to a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU). Under terms of the divestiture agreement, Constellation will acquire Black Knight's Optimal Blue business for $700 million. The structure of the proposed transaction includes a payment by Constellation of $200 million in cash, with the remainder financed by a $500 million promissory note issued by Cons

Divestiture contingent on closing of ICE's acquisition of Black Knight Amended transaction terms value Black Knight at $75 per share Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) and Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) today announced that, in connection with their previously announced merger agreement for ICE's acquisition of Black Knight, they have agreed to sell Black Knight's Empower loan origination system (LOS) business, including its Exchange, LendingSpace and AIVA solutions, to a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU). ICE and Black Knight have also amended the terms of their merger agreement. ICE and Black Knight entered into the divestiture agreement in connection with effo

PLEASANTON,Calif. & TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICE Mortgage Technology™, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced it will deploy an eVault solution for secure storage of digital mortgages and notes, based upon technology acquired from DocMagic, Inc. The eVault technology will be integrated into ICE’s mortgage closing platform, Encompass eClose, a leading-edge solution that helps to transform the way loans are electronically closed in the United States. Encompass eClose enables lenders to electronically facilitate every aspect of the eClosing workflow, from ordering documen