**Russell Futures and Options to Trade Exclusively on ICE Beginning September 19**
ATLANTA, Aug 28, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- ICE Futures U.S.(TM) today announced the extension of its Exchange Member fee program for the Russell Index mini futures contracts to facilitate the transition of the Russell Index futures markets to ICE.
Qualified exchange members of CME, CBOT, NYMEX, CBOE, and International Securities Exchange (ISE), including individual, clearing and corporate members, may trade the "mini size" Russell Index futures and options on futures contracts at a rate of $0.30 per side, inclusive of exchange and clearing fees. The program, which is now in effect, has been extended through December 31, 2008, and includes both the Russell 2000(R) mini and the Russell 1000(R) mini futures and options on futures contracts.
Detailed information and an application for the Exchange Member program can be found on the ICE website at www.theice.com/russell.
About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) is a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets. ICE offers futures and OTC markets on a single trading platform, including markets for crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as agricultural commodities and financial products such as canola, cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice, wood pulp, sugar, foreign currency and equity index futures and options. ICE(R) conducts its energy futures markets, including the leading oil benchmark contracts, through its London-based exchange, ICE Futures Europe(TM). ICE conducts its global agricultural commodity, foreign exchange and equity index futures markets through its U.S. and Canadian exchanges, ICE Futures U.S.(TM) and ICE Futures Canada(TM), and offers clearing services through ICE Clear U.S.(TM) and ICE Clear Canada(TM). ICE's state-of-the-art electronic trading platform serves market participants in more than 55 countries. ICE is included in the Russell 1000(R) Index and the S&P 500 Index. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE has offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York, Singapore and Winnipeg. For more information, please visit www.theice.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding IntercontinentalExchange's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the SEC on February 13, 2008 and ICE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, as filed with the SEC on August 4, 2008.
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