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IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Chicago Board of Trade (NYSE: BOT) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange:
“We are reviewing this morning’s announcement and evaluating our options. ICE continues to believe the combination of CBOT and ICE offers CBOT shareholders and members greater immediate and long-term value as well as better growth prospects than its acquisition by CME.”
Additional Information
More information about the ICE proposal is available on the ICE website at www.theice.com
under About ICE/Investor Relations and at www.theicecbot.com.
About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE) operates the leading global, electronic marketplace for trading
both futures and OTC energy contracts and the leading soft commodity exchange. ICE’s markets
offer access to a range of contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and
emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice,
wood pulp and sugar, in addition to currency and index futures and options. ICE® conducts its energy
futures markets through its U.K. regulated London-based subsidiary, ICE Futures, Europe’s leading
energy exchange. ICE Futures offers liquid markets in the world’s leading oil benchmarks, Brent
Crude futures and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude futures, trading nearly half of the world’s
global crude futures by volume of commodity traded. ICE conducts its agricultural commodity
futures and options markets through its U.S. regulated subsidiary, the New York Board of Trade®. For
more than a century, the NYBOT® has provided global markets for food, fiber and financial products.
ICE was added to the Russell 1000® Index on June 30, 2006. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has
offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York and Singapore. For more information, please
visit www.theice.com and www.nybot.com.
