If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. Checkbox not checked

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).






SCHEDULE 13D




Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
The amount listed in Rows 8, 10 and 11 includes (i) 1,111,294 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the "Issuer") and (ii) 6,803,178 shares of Class V common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class V Common Stock", and together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock"), of the Issuer beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as of the date hereof. This amount includes 461,360 shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Warrant Shares") underlying the Acquired Warrants (as defined in Item 6 of the Amended Schedule 13D) that became exercisable on September 4, 2024, as described further in Item 6 of the Amended Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons will not have the power to vote the Warrant Shares unless, and to the extent, Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. ("ICEH"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ("ICE"), exercises its right to acquire Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Acquired Warrants. The percentage calculated in Row 13 is based on a total of 23,111,213 shares of Common Stock, consisting of 15,934,137 shares of Class A Common Stock and 7,177,076 shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of September 3, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 9, 2025. As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 6.8% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including the Warrant Shares but excluding any shares of Class V Common Stock).


SCHEDULE 13D




Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
The amount listed in Rows 8, 10 and 11 includes (i) 1,111,294 shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) 6,803,178 shares of Class V Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as of the date hereof. This amount includes the Warrant Shares underlying the Acquired Warrants that became exercisable on September 4, 2024, as described further in Item 6 of the Amended Schedule 13D. The percentage calculated in Row 13 is based on a total of 23,111,213 shares of Common Stock, consisting of 15,934,137 shares of Class A Common Stock and 7,177,076 shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of September 3, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on September 9, 2025. As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 6.8% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including the Warrant Shares but excluding any shares of Class V Common Stock).


SCHEDULE 13D


 
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC.
 
Signature:/s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski
Name/Title:Andrew J. Surdykowski, General Counsel
Date:10/20/2025
 
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.
 
Signature:/s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski
Name/Title:Andrew J. Surdykowski, General Counsel
Date:10/20/2025

Exhibit 99.24

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

Amendment, dated as of October 16, 2025 (this “Amendment”), among Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporate Taxpayer”), and each of the other persons from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Parties”), to the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2021 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to the allocation of certain payments due in connection with Exchanges as provided in the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, promptly following the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Corporate Taxpayer will publicly announce a reorganization of certain of its entities that, if consummated, will result in the elimination of its umbrella partnership-C-corporation structure and the Corporate Taxpayer becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company that will replace the Corporate Taxpayer as the public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Up-C Collapse”);

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the Up-C Collapse will constitute a Change of Control under the Agreement, resulting in all obligations under the Agreement being accelerated and calculated in accordance with Section 4.1(c) of the Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Parties hereby desire to make certain amendments to the Agreement, in each case to be effective only immediately prior and subject to the consummation of the Up-C Collapse;

WHEREAS, all of the participating members of the audit committee of the board of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer, which are disinterested, have approved the Up-C Collapse and the transactions contemplated thereby, including this Amendment, in accordance with the Corporate Taxpayer’s related person transactions policy; and

WHEREAS, a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer has approved the Up-C Collapse and the transactions contemplated thereby, including this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1.           Amendments to Section 1.1 of the Agreement.

(a)          The definition of “Early Termination Rate” in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Early Termination Rate” means 18% per annum, compounded annually.

(b)          The following definition is hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Agreement in proper alphabetical order:

 
 

 

Majority TRA Parties” means Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. (“ICE”) and Akshay Sudhir Naheta.

2.           Amendments to Section 4.3 of the Agreement.

(a)           Paragraph (b) of Section 4.3 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(b) “Early Termination Payment” in respect of a TRA Party shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of the applicable Early Termination Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the date on which the Change of Control is consummated in the event of a Change of Control), of all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of such TRA Party that would be required to be paid by the Corporate Taxpayer beginning from the Early Termination Date and assuming that (i) the Valuation Assumptions in respect of such TRA Party are applied and (ii) for each Taxable Year, the Tax Benefit Payment is paid on the due date (including extensions) under applicable law as of the Early Termination Date for filing of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer; provided, in no event shall the amount of an Early Termination Payment made to a Majority TRA Party exceed the applicable Early Termination Payment Cap. For the avoidance of doubt, an Early Termination Payment shall be made to each applicable TRA Party regardless of whether such TRA Party has exchanged all of its Common Units as of the Early Termination Date.”

(b)           Paragraph (c) shall be added to Section 4.3 of the Agreement as follows:

“(c) Early Termination Payment Cap” means, in respect of a Majority TRA Party, the amount of an applicable Early Termination Payment in respect of such Majority TRA Party, calculated as if the applicable Early Termination Date is the date hereof.

3.       Effective Time. This Amendment shall only be effective immediately prior and subject to the consummation of the Up-C Collapse, in which case, except as contemplated hereby, all other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Up-C Collapse is not consummated for any reason whatsoever, the Agreement shall remain unamended and in full force and effect.

4.       Consent. Pursuant to Section 7.6(b) of the Agreement, each of ICE and Akshay Sudhir Naheta hereby provide their written consent to amend the Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case subject to Section 3 of this Amendment. The Corporate Taxpayer and ICE further agree that the foregoing consent shall also constitute ICE’s written consent in respect of the Up-C Collapse (and not in respect of any Termination Transaction other than the Up-C Collapse) pursuant to Section 10.8 of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Opco dated as of October 15, 2021, as amended, restated and/or amended and restated prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment, including as amended as of April 26, 2024.

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5.       Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, each Party hereby agrees to promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, such documents and other instruments, and to take, or cause to be taken, such further actions, in each case, as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions of this Amendment.

6.       Miscellaneous. Sections 7.2, 7.4 through 7.9, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14 and 7.15 of the Agreement shall apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis. No amendment to the Agreement shall be required to the extent any entity becomes a successor of any of the parties thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the undersigned as of the date first above written.

BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC.
   
By:    /s/ Marc D’Annunzio
    Name: Marc D’Annunzio    
    Title: General Counsel    
 
 
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE HOLDINGS, INC.
   
By:    /s/ Andrew Surdykowski
    Name: Andrew Surdykowski    
    Title: General Counsel    
 

 

AKSHAY SUDHIR NAHETA

   
By:    /s/ Akshay Sudhir Naheta
    Akshay Sudhir Naheta
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Tax Receivable Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.25

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

This Contribution Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 16, 2025, is by and among Bakkt Holdings, Inc.(the “Corporate Taxpayer”), Akshay Sudhir Naheta (“AN”) and Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. (“ICE,” and together with AN, the “Contributors”). Unless context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2021 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the “TRA”).

WHEREAS, promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Corporate Taxpayer will publicly announce a reorganization of certain of its entities that, if consummated, will result in the elimination of its umbrella partnership-C-corporation structure and the Corporate Taxpayer becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company (“NewCo”) that will replace the Corporate Taxpayer as the public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Up-C Collapse”);

WHEREAS, the Corporate Taxpayer intends that for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Up-C Collapse and the Contributions will qualify as a nonrecognition transaction under Section 351 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Corporate Taxpayer and the Contributors are agreeing to certain amendments to the TRA, in each case to be effective only immediately prior to and subject to the consummation of the Up-C Collapse (the “TRA Amendment”); and

WHEREAS, the Contributors are TRA Parties and, along with the Corporate Taxpayer, desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Contributors agree that immediately prior to the effectiveness of the TRA Amendment, the Contributors shall contribute the Contributed Rights to NewCo in exchange for cash and shall contribute such cash to NewCo in exchange for newly issued common shares of NewCo, in each case upon the terms described herein and on a net-settled basis (the “Contributions”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Contribution. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) each Contributor hereby agrees to transfer to NewCo, and NewCo agrees to acquire and accept from each Contributor, all of such Contributor’s respective rights, title, interests, and obligations under the TRA (the “Contributed Rights”) in exchange for a payment to such Contributor by NewCo of cash in an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment to which such Contributor would otherwise be entitled under the TRA (provided, the amount of such Early Termination Payment shall not exceed the applicable Early Termination Payment Cap),
 
 

 

and (ii) each Contributor agrees to contribute such amount of cash to NewCo, and NewCo agrees to issue to such Contributor in exchange therefor, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock of NewCo as shall be equal to the quotient of (A) the Early Termination Payment to which such Contributor would otherwise be entitled under the TRA (provided, the amount of such Early Termination Payment shall not exceed the applicable Early Termination Payment Cap) divided by (B) the “Minimum Price” as defined in NYSE Rule 312.04(h); provided, for purposes of determining the amount of the Early Termination Payment pursuant to this Section 1(a), the Early Termination Rate means 18% per annum, compounded annually; provided, further, that the parties hereto agree that the respective obligations of each Contributor and NewCo to transfer cash to each other in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be net-settled and offset against one another. “Early Termination Payment Cap” means, in respect of a Contributor, the amount of an applicable Early Termination Payment in respect of such Contributor, calculated as if the applicable Early Termination Date is the date of the TRA Amendment.

2.Intended Tax Treatment. The Corporate Taxpayer and the Contributors intend that for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Contributions will qualify for nonrecognition treatment under Section 351 of the Code, and agree to file all tax returns and information returns consistently with such treatment except as otherwise required by applicable law or as otherwise agreed between the parties.
3.Effective Time. The Contributions shall be effective immediately prior to the effectiveness of the TRA Amendment.
4.Representations and Warranties of the Contributors. Each Contributor hereby represents and warrants to the Corporate Taxpayer as follows:
(a)Authority. Such Contributor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to carry out its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Contributor and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Corporate Taxpayer and the other Contributor) shall constitute such Contributor’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
5.Representations and Warranties of the Corporate Taxpayer. The Corporate Taxpayer hereby represents and warrants to each Contributor as follows:
(a)Organization of the Corporate Taxpayer. The Corporate Taxpayer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b)Authority. The Corporate Taxpayer has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to carry out its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Corporate Taxpayer has obtained all necessary corporate approvals for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Corporate Taxpayer and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Contributors) shall constitute the Corporate Taxpayer’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

6.Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party hereto hereby agrees to promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, such documents and other instruments, and to take, or cause to be taken, such further actions, in each case, as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
7.Miscellaneous. Sections 7.2, 7.4 through 7.9, 7.12, 7.13 and 7.15 of the TRA shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. No amendment to the TRA shall be required to the extent any entity becomes a successor of any of the parties thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the undersigned as of the date first above written.

 

 

BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC.
   
By:    /s/ Marc D’Annunzio
    Name: Marc D’Annunzio    
    Title: General Counsel    
 
 
 
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE HOLDINGS, INC.
   
By:    /s/ Andrew Surdykowski
   

Name: Andrew Surdykowski

Title: General Counsel

   
     
AKSHAY SUDHIR NAHETA
   
By:    /s/ Akshay Sudhir Naheta
    Akshay Sudhir Naheta
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Contribution Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.26

 

 

WAIVER, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT

 

DATE:October 16, 2025

 

RE:

Common Stock Purchase Warrants (Class 1) exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (the “First Tranche Class 1 Warrants”) and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (Class 2) exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the “First Tranche Class 2 Warrants” and together with the First Tranche Class 1 Warrants, the “First Tranche Warrants”), each issued on March 4, 2024 to Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. (the “Holder”) and exercisable until September 4, 2029, and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (Class 1) exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the “Second Tranche Class 1 Warrants”) and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (Class 2) exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the “Second Tranche Class 2 Warrants” and together with the Second Tranche Class 1 Warrants, the “Second Tranche Warrants&dquo; and together with the First Tranche Warrants, the “Warrants”), each issued on April 25, 2024 to the Holder and exercisable until September 4, 2029

 

 

Unless context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the corresponding meanings assigned to them in the Warrants.

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent, the Company is publicly announcing a reorganization of certain of its corporate entities that, if consummated, will result in the elimination of its umbrella partnership-C-corporation structure and the Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company (“New Pubco”) that will replace the Company as the public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Up-C Collapse”).

The Up-C Collapse would constitute a Fundamental Transaction entitling the Holder to certain rights under the Warrants. The Holder hereby irrevocably waives any rights to which the Holder is or may be entitled under Section 3(d) of each of the Warrants in connection with the Up-C Collapse. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder reserves, and does not waive, all rights which the Holder has under Section 3(d) of each of the Warrants in connection with any Fundamental Transaction other than the Up-C Collapse. Except as contemplated hereby, all other terms and provisions of the Warrants are and shall remain in full force and effect.

Each of the Holder and the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the waiver set forth herein is conditioned upon the receipt by Holder, upon consummation of the Up-C Collapse, of an equivalent warrant in New Pubco, substantially consistent in form and substance with the respective Warrant, subject to mutually agreed modifications, in exchange for each Warrant outstanding at such time (the “Warrant Exchange”). The Company hereby undertakes to issue, or cause to be issued, to the Holder such equivalent warrants in New Pubco to effect the Warrant Exchange upon consummation of the Up-C Collapse.

 
 

 

The Holder hereby agrees that, until the earlier of (a) the consummation by the Company of the Up-C Collapse and (b) November 14, 2025, it will not transfer the Warrants.

Each of the Holder and the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Warrant Exchange is intended to qualify for nonrecognition treatment as part of a reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (ii) the Holder’s receipt of New PubCo common stock in exchange for its limited liability company units in Bakkt Opco Holdings, LLC and its rights under the tax receivable agreement between the Holder and the Company are intended to qualify for nonrecognition treatment pursuant to Section 351 of the Code, in each case, for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes (the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and the Company and its affiliates shall use reasonable best efforts to structure the foregoing transactions in a manner consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment. The Holder and the Company and their respective affiliates shall prepare and file, and cause their respective affiliates to prepare and file, all tax returns in a manner consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent, each of the Holder and the Company hereby agrees to promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, such documents and other instruments, and to take, or cause to be taken, such further actions, in each case, as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions of this Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent.

This Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent shall terminate and be of no further force and effect if the Up-C Collapse is not consummated on or before November 14, 2025.

This Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent may be executed in several counterparts and by the Holder and the Company on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. An executed facsimile or electronic copy of this Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent shall be effective for all purposes as an original hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Holder and the Company have caused this Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent effective as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Andrew Surdykowski             

Name: Andrew Surdykowski

Title: General Counsel

 

Number of First Tranche Class 1 Warrants Owned: 55,240

Number of First Tranche Class 2 Warrants Owned: 55,240

Number of Second Tranche Class 1 Warrants Owned: 175,440

Number of Second Tranche Class 2 Warrants Owned: 175,440

 

 

 

BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Marc D’Annunzio             

Name: Marc D’Annunzio

Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Waiver, Acknowledgment and Consent]