ICE Futures U.S. Announces Changes to Options Floor Trading Hours

    NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICE Futures U.S.(TM), a
 wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:   ICE), announced
 today that effective with the start of trading on April 1, 2008, the
 exchange is implementing amendments to Rule 4.07 - Open Outcry Trading
 Hours, to provide for extended floor trading hours, as shown below, for the
 following options contracts (all times are New York times):
 
 

     Sugar No. 11 options                    8:10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
     Coffee "C" options                      8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
     Cocoa options                           8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
     USDX and Euro Index options             8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
 
     For all other products, options floor trading hours are unchanged and
 remain as follows:
 
 

     Cotton No. 2 options                    10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
     FCOJ-A options                          10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
     RJ-CRB and CI Indexes options           10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
     Russell and NYSE Stock Index options    9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
 
     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,
 ethanol, 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). 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,
 Dublin, 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.
 
 
 

SOURCE ICE Futures U.S.