ICE Announces Launch of Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) Futures Contracts

LONDON, November 11 - IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global
regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC)
markets, today announced the introduction of two cash-settled futures
contracts based on the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) and cleared by ICE Clear
Europe.

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The new futures contracts are the ICE Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI)
Future, which is an outright contract, and the ICE Argus Sour Crude Index
(ASCI) Differential Future, which is the differential between the ASCI and
the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price. The futures contracts will be listed
by ICE Futures Europe and will be available on the trade date of Monday,
December 7, pending regulatory approval. ICE previously announced the
November 13 availability of two ASCI-based cleared OTC contracts.

David Peniket, President and COO of ICE Futures Europe, said: "We're
pleased to add the ICE Argus Sour Crude Index products to ICE's offering of
futures and OTC cleared crude and refined oil benchmarks. We believe the
availability of a U.S. Gulf Coast benchmark ASCI, together with our ICE WTI
and Brent crude contracts, enhances the ability of our customers to
effectively manage price risk in the global energy markets."

Argus Media launched its ASCI sour crude index in May to represent the
daily value of U.S. Gulf Coast medium sour crude, based on physical spot
market transactions. The daily ASCI price is the volume-weighted average of
all transactions for three grades of Gulf Coast crude combined: Mars,
Poseidon and Southern Green Canyon.

For more information, please see www.theice.com/oil or www.argusmedia.com

Editor's Note

"Argus", "Argus Sour Crude Index" and "ASCI" are trade marks of Argus
Media Limited and are used under license. All intellectual property rights in
the Argus indices referred to herein belong to Argus Media. Argus Media
accepts no liability to third parties arising from or in connection with any
use of the Argus indices.

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for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index
markets. ICE Futures Europe(R) hosts trade in half of the world's crude and
refined oil futures. ICE Futures U.S.(R) and ICE Futures Canada(R) list
agricultural, currency and Russell Index markets. ICE(R) offers trade
execution and processing for the credit derivatives markets through
Creditex(R) and ICE Link(TM), respectively, and CDS clearing through ICE
Trust(TM). A component of the Russell 1000(R) and S&P 500 indexes, ICE serves
customers in more than 50 countries and is headquartered in Atlanta, with
offices in New York, London, Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Houston and
Singapore. www.theice.com

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ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on February 11, 2009.

Investor & Media Contacts: Kelly Loeffler, VP, Investor Relations & Corp. Communications, IntercontinentalExchange, +1-770-857-4726, kelly.loeffler at theice.com, or Sarah Stashak, Director, Investor & Public Relations, IntercontinentalExchange, +1-770-857-0340, sarah.stashak at theice.com