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ICE ADDED TO RUSSELL 1000® STOCK INDEX

Jul 05, 2006

ICE Added to Russell 1000(R) Stock Index

Russell 1000 ® Index Tracks Performance of the 1,000 Largest U.S. Companies

ATLANTA, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, today announced that the company has been added to the Russell 1000® Index following the annual reconstitution of the index, as announced July 3 by the Russell Investment Group at http://www.russell.com. The reconstituted index is effective for one year beginning June 30, 2006. ICE was also named for inclusion in the Russell Midcap® Index.

Annual reconstitution of Russell indexes captures the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks as of the end of May, ranking them by total market capitalization to create the Russell 3000. The largest 1,000 companies in the ranking comprise the Russell 1000 while the remaining 2,000 companies become the widely used Russell 2000.

About IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE) operates the leading global, electronic marketplace for trading both futures and OTC energy contracts. ICE offers a range of contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions. ICE conducts its futures markets through its 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, as well as the leading heating oil futures contract. ICE introduced the concept of cleared OTC energy contracts and today offers the most liquid and transparent electronic OTC market in North America. ICE also offers a range of risk management and trading support services, including customized energy market data offerings through its ICE Data business unit and electronic trade confirmations. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York and Singapore, with regional telecommunications hubs in Chicago, London and Singapore. For more information, please visit http://www.theice.com.

About Russell Investment Group

Russell, a global leader in multi-manager investment services, provides investment products and services in 44 countries. Russell manages more than $167 billion in assets and advises clients worldwide representing $2.4 trillion. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual and is headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., with additional offices in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and Tokyo. For more information, go to http://www.russell.com.

SOURCE IntercontinentalExchange

CONTACT: 
Kelly Loeffler
VP, Investor and Public Relations of IntercontinentalExchange
+1-770-857-4726
kelly.loeffler@theice.com
or
Ellen Resnick 
of Crystal Clear Communications
+1-773-929-9292, Cell: +1-312-399- 9295
eresnick@crystalclearPR.com 
for IntercontinentalExchange

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