INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC.

To the beneficial owners, or representatives acting on behalf of beneficial owners, of the securities listed under “Title of Series of BK Notes” below:

CUSIP Number
Title of Series of BK Notes
Title of Series of ICE Notes to be Issued in Exchange for BK Notes

092174AA9 (144A)
U0921BAA6 (Reg S)

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) is making an offer to exchange any and all of the outstanding 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 listed in the table above (the “BK Notes”) issued by Black Knight InfoServ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of ICE (“BK”), to the extent held by Eligible Noteholders (as defined below), for a series of newly-issued notes of ICE (the “ICE Notes”) having the same interest payment and maturity dates and interest rate as the BK Notes (the “Exchange Offer”), and is asking beneficial owners of, or duly authorized representatives of one or more beneficial owners of, the BK Notes to confirm that they are either (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), or (ii) located outside of the United States and are not, and are not acting for the account or benefit of, a U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) and, in each case, if the holder is in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, such holder is a “Non-U.S. Qualified Offeree” (as defined below), among other certifications as set forth in the Eligibility Certification.

Each beneficial owner of BK Notes that satisfies the requirements of either (i) or (ii) is referred to herein as an “Eligible Noteholder.” The definitions of “qualified institutional buyer”, “U.S. person” and “Non-U.S. Qualified Offeree” are set forth in Annexes A, B, and C hereto, respectively.

If you are an Eligible Noteholder, or a representative acting on behalf of such an Eligible Noteholder, please complete the enclosed Eligibility Certification and return it to D. F. King & Co., Inc. at the address set forth in the Eligibility Certification or submit it online on the next page

I am an "Eligible Holder"

I am not an "Eligible Holder"

This letter is neither an offer with respect to the BK Notes nor creates any obligations whatsoever on the part of ICE to make any offer or on the part of the recipient to participate if an offer is made.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS, ELIGIBLE NOTEHOLDERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MUST COMPLETE THE ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION ATTACHED HERETO CERTIFYING THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFERS.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS, ELIGIBLE NOTEHOLDERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MUST COMPLETE THE ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION ATTACHED HERETO CERTIFYING THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFERS.

THIS ELIGIBILITY LETTER IS NOT AN OFFER OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER WITH RESPECT TO THE ICE NOTES, NOR DOES IT CREATE ANY OBLIGATIONS WHATSOEVER ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY TO MAKE ANY OFFER OR ON THE PART OF THE RECIPIENT TO PARTICIPATE IF AN OFFER IS MADE. IF AND WHEN ISSUED, THE ICE NOTES WILL NOT BE AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

You may direct any questions to D. F. King & Co., Inc. at telephone number: (800) 628-8528 (Toll Free) / (212) 269-5550 (Banks and Brokers) or ice-blackknight@dfking.com.

Very truly yours,

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.


ANNEX A

“Qualified institutional buyer” means:

(1)    Any of the following entities, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $100 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated with the entity:

(a) Any insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Note: A purchase by an insurance company for one or more of its separate accounts, as defined by section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), which are neither registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act nor required to be so registered, shall be deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company);

(b) Any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act;

(c) Any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 or any Rural Business Investment Company as defined in section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act;

(d) Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees

(e) Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended;

(f) Any trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company and whose participants are exclusively plans of the types identified in paragraphs (D) or (E) above, except trust funds that include as participants individual retirement accounts or H.R. 10 plans.

(g) Any business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”);

(h) Any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation (other than a bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or a savings and loan association or other institution referenced in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act or a foreign bank or savings and loan association or equivalent institution), partnership, limited liability company, or Massachusetts or similar business trust;

(i) Any investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act; and

(j) Any institutional accredited investor, as defined in rule 501(a) under the Act (17 CFR 230.501(a)), of a type not listed in paragraphs (A) through (I) above or paragraphs (2) through (6) below.

(2) Any dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $ 10 million of securities of issuers that are not affiliated with the dealer; provided, that securities constituting the whole or a part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by a dealer as a participant in a public offering shall not be deemed to be owned by such dealer;

(3) Any dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act acting in a riskless principal transaction on behalf of a Qualified Institutional Buyer;

(4) Any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, acting for its own account or for the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that is part of a family of investment companies which own in the aggregate at least $ 100 million in securities of issuers, other than issuers that are affiliated with the investment company or are part of such family of investment companies. Family of investment companies means any two or more investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act, except for a unit investment trust whose assets consist solely of shares of one or more registered investment companies, that have the same investment adviser (or, in the case of unit investment trusts, the same depositor), provided that, for purposes of this section:

(a) Each series of a series company (as defined in Rule 18f-2 under the Investment Company Act) shall be deemed to be a separate investment company; and

(b) Investment companies shall be deemed to have the same adviser (or depositor) if their advisers (or depositors) are majority-owned subsidiaries of the same parent, or if one investment company’s adviser (or depositor) is a majority-owned subsidiary of the other investment company’s adviser (or depositor);

(5) Any entity, all of the equity owners of which are qualified institutional buyers, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers; and

(6) Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, any savings and loan association or other institution as referenced in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, or any foreign bank or savings and loan association or equivalent institution, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $ 100 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated with it and that has an audited net worth of at least $ 25 million as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, as of a date not more than 16 months preceding the date of sale under the rule in the case of a U.S. bank or savings and loan association, and not more than 18 months preceding such date of sale for a foreign bank or savings and loan association or equivalent institution.

For purposes of the foregoing definition:

(1) In determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and invested on a discretionary basis by an entity, the following instruments and interests shall be excluded: bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit; loan participations; repurchase agreements; securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement; and currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

(2) The aggregate value of securities owned and invested on a discretionary basis by an entity shall be the cost of such securities, except where the entity reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and no current information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published. In the latter event, the securities may be valued at market for purposes of the foregoing definition.

(3) In determining the aggregate amount of securities owned by an entity and invested on a discretionary basis, securities owned by subsidiaries of the entity that are consolidated with the entity in its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles may be included if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the direction of the entity, except that, unless the entity is a reporting company under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, securities owned by such subsidiaries may not be included if the entity itself is a majority-owned subsidiary that would be included in the consolidated financial statements of another enterprise.

(4) “Riskless principal transaction” means a transaction in which a dealer buys a security from any person and makes a simultaneous offsetting sale of such security to a qualified institutional buyer, including another dealer acting as riskless principal for a qualified institutional buyer.

ANNEX B

“U.S. Person” means:

(1)       Any natural person resident in the United States;

(2)       Any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States;

(3)      Any estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. person;

(4)      Any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person;

(5)      Any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States;

(6)     Any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. person;

(7)     Any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and

(8)      Any partnership or corporation if:

(a)        Organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and

(b)       Formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts.


The following are not “U.S. persons”:

(1)       Any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held for the benefit or account of a non-U.S. person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States;

(2)       Any estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as executor or administrator is a U.S. person if:

(a) An executor or administrator of the estate who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the assets of the estate; and

(b) The estate is governed by foreign law;

(3)       Any trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as trustee is a U.S. person, if a trustee who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no settlor if the trust is revocable) is a U.S. person;

(4)       An employee benefit plan established and administered in accordance with the law of a country other than the United States and customary practices and documentation of such country;

(5)       Any agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside the United States if:

(a) The agency or branch operates for valid business reasons; and

(b) The agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking and is subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively, in the jurisdiction where located; and

(6)        The International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar international organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension plans.

For purposes of this Annex B, “United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia.

 

ANNEX C

“Non-U.S. Qualified Offeree” means:

(1)    Any person that is located and/or resident in a Member State of the European Economic Area and is (x) a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended, the “Prospectus Regulation”) and (y) not a retail investor. For these purposes, a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:
(i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or
(ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; and

(2)    Any person that is located and/or resident in the United Kingdom and is:

(a) a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”);

(b) not a retail investor; and

(c) an investment professional falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or a high net worth entity or other person to whom it may be lawfully communicated, falling within Article 49(2) (a) to (d) of the Order;

and for the purposes of this paragraph (2), a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:
(i) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA; or
(ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (“UK MiFIR”).