IntercontinentalExchange Files Registration Statement For Secondary Offering

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) today announced that it filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed secondary offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock. The selling stockholders will offer 7,975,000 shares in the proposed offering, and ICE will offer 25,000 shares primarily to cover expenses it will incur in connection with the proposed offering. ICE is undertaking the offering to facilitate an orderly entry into the market of freely tradable shares by certain founding shareholders. Members of management will not sell shares in the offering. In addition, the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 shares.

The registration statement relating to the common stock has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but has not yet become effective. The common stock may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement for more complete information about ICE and the offering. You may obtain a copy of these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may obtain a copy of the preliminary prospectus, when available, by contacting Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad St., Attention: Prospectus Department, New York, NY 10004, Fax: 212-902-3000 or by contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, or via email at prospectus@morganstanley.com. ICE will observe customary quiet period requirements in connection with the proposed offering.