UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~SECURITIES~~WASHINGTON, ~~AND~~D.C. ~~EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~20549

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) of THE

~~Pursuant~~SECURITIES toEXCHANGE ~~Section~~ACT 13OF ~~or 15(d)~~1934

Date of ~~the~~Report ~~Securities~~(Date ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~earliest ofevent reported): ~~1934~~October 30, 2025

~~Date~~Intercontinental ~~of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 7~~Exchange, ~~2025~~Inc.

~~INTERCONTINENTAL~~(Exact ~~EXCHANGE,~~Name ~~INC.~~ of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-36198	46-2286804
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

5660 New Northside Drive, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30328

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 857-4700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	ICE	New York Stock Exchange
		NYSE Texas, Inc.

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Item 82.0102. ~~Other~~Results ~~Events~~of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 7 30, 2025, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Company~~ICE”) announced ~~that~~its itfinancial ~~has~~results ~~entered~~for ~~into~~the anfiscal ~~agreement~~quarter toended ~~invest up to $2 billion in Polymarket~~September 30, a ~~prediction market and information platform tracking event probabilities across markets, politics, sport and culture~~2025. ~~Alongside~~A ~~its investment,~~copy of ICE’s ~~will~~press ~~become~~release aannouncing ~~global~~such ~~distributor’s~~financial ofresults ~~Polymarket’s~~is ~~event-driven~~attached ~~data~~as Exhibit 99.1 to ~~provide~~this ~~customers~~Current ~~with~~Report ~~sentiment indicators~~ on ~~topics of market relevance~~Form 8-K.

AThe ~~copy~~information ofcontained herein, including the attached press release, is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” ~~issued~~for bypurposes of Section 18 of the ~~Company~~Securities isExchange ~~attached~~Act asof ~~Exhibit~~1934 ~~99.1~~nor ~~hereto~~shall ~~and~~it isbe deemed incorporated by reference ~~herein~~in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

~~Item~~ICE 9makes references to non-GAAP financial information in the attached press release.01 ~~Financial~~A ~~Statements~~description of the non-GAAP financial information and ~~Exhibits~~a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial information to the comparable GAAP financial measures are contained in the attached press release and ICE’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

~~(d)~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:~~(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description	~~Description~~
99.1	Press release dated October 30, 2025.	~~Press Release dated as of October 7, 2025.~~
104	The cover page from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.	~~The cover page from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.~~

~~SIGNATURE~~ SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC. By: /s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski Andrew J. Surdykowski General Counsel

		INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC.

Date:	October 30, 2025	/s/ A. Warren Gardiner
		A. Warren Gardiner
		Chief Financial Officer

Dated: October 7, 2025

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