ICE Clear Europe Awarded Best OTC Clearing House at Financial News Excellence in Trading and Technology, Europe 2010 Event

LONDON, October 7, 2010 - IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated
global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets,
announced that ICE Clear Europe has been awarded Best OTC Clearing House by
Financial News at the 8th Annual Awards for Excellence in Trading and
Technology, Europe 2010, in the City of London.

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ICE Clear Europe is a leading global central counterparty clearing house,
which provides clearing services for all ICE Futures Europe contracts and all
swap contracts transacted in ICE's global OTC energy markets, as well as
European credit default swaps (CDS). ICE Clear Europe was established in 2008
as the first major new clearing house in the U.K. in over a century.

Paul Swann, President and COO, ICE Clear Europe said: "ICE's CDS clearing
initiatives are the result of intensive collaboration and planning with
customers, regulators and other market participants. We are grateful for this
recognition by Financial News and we look forward to building upon our
customer-focused risk management services."

About IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) is a leading operator of
regulated futures exchanges and over-the-counter markets for agricultural,
credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index contracts. 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, currencies
and Russell Index markets. ICE(R) is also a leading operator of central
clearing services for the futures and over-the-counter markets, with five
regulated clearing houses across North America and Europe. ICE serves
customers in more than 55 countries. www.theice.com

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Elaine Bailey, Corporate Communications, ICE Futures Europe, +44-207-012-8766, Elaine.bailey at theice.com