ICE Futures Europe Sets Daily Volume Record; Over 1.2 Million Contracts Traded on December 9; Record Volume for Brent and WTI Crude Futures

ATLANTA, December 10 - IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global
regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC)
markets, announced that ICE Futures Europe set an exchange-wide daily volume
record of 1,249,239 contracts on December 9. The new record was established
on the exchange's first ever million-plus volume day and surpassed by 27% the
previous daily record of 982,151 contracts, which was set on June 6, 2008.

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The exchange also established new daily volume records for its benchmark
crude oil contracts. Volume in the ICE Brent Crude futures contract reached
581,685 contracts, surpassing by 12% the May 14, 2008, record of 518,053
contracts. The ICE WTI contract crossed the 400,000 volume mark for the first
time, reaching 409,727 contracts. The previous ICE WTI record of 385,502
contracts was established on November 29, 2007.

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Creditex(R) and ICE Link(TM), respectively, and CDS clearing through ICE
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offices in New York, London, Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Houston and
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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