SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Baes Nicholas

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC.
10000 AVALON BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000

(Street)
ALPHARETTA GA 30009

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/04/2024
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bakkt Holdings, Inc. [ BKKT ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
checkbox checked Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
checkbox checked Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 2,310 D
Class A Common Stock 4,690(1) D(1)
Class A Common Stock 14,612(2) D(2)
Class A Common Stock 4,679(3) D(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. These securities are restricted stock units ("RSUs"). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's Class A Common Stock. The RSUs will vest in equal annual installments on April 1, 2025 and April 1, 2026, provided that the reporting person continues employment with the issuer as of each vesting date.
2. These securities are RSUs. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's Class A Common Stock. The RSUs will vest in equal annual installments on April 22, 2025 and April 22, 2026, provided that the reporting person continues employment with the issuer as of each vesting date.
3. These securities are RSUs. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's Class A Common Stock. The RSUs will vest in equal annual installments on September 24, 2025 and September 24, 2026, provided that the reporting person continues employment with the issuer as of each vesting date.
/s/ Paul Simmons Attorney-in-Fact for Nicholas Baes 12/16/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Marc D'Annunzio, Karen Alexander,
and Paul Simmons, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.	complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his discretion
determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

2.	do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with
the SEC, any securities exchange or national association, the
Company and such other person or agency as the attorneys-in-fact
shall deem appropriate.

The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 16th day of December, 2024.


Signature:  /s/ Nicholas Baes

Print Name:  Nicholas Baes