UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) of THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2008
INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-32671
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58-2555670 |
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
2100 RiverEdge Parkway, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (770) 857-4700
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Item 2.03. |
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CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET
ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT |
On June 13, 2008, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) entered into the Second Amendment (the
Amendment) to the Credit Agreement (the Agreement) by and between ICE and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the
lenders named therein. The Amendment permits ICE to enter into a new 364-day $150 million credit
facility in connection with its establishment of a European-based clearing house, to use the
Agreement for the issuance of letters of credit, to incur additional unsecured subsidiary
indebtedness of up to $5 million, to issue debt up to $400 million in addition to the new 364-day
credit facility referenced above, to guaranty a proposed overdraft clearing line of credit relating
to ICE Clear Europe up to a maximum of $200 million, and, provided that ICEs total leverage ratio
on a pro forma basis is less than 1.5 to 1.0, to have more flexibility in connection with
investments, acquisitions and stock repurchases
None of the terms for financing or amount of funds available to ICE were altered or revised. The
foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and Amendment do not purport to be complete and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to ICEs Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on January 12, 2007 with respect to the
Agreement, Exhibit 10.1 to ICEs Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 30, 2007
with respect to the First Amendment to the Agreement and to Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K with respect to the Amendment.
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Item 9.01. |
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibit
The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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10.1 |
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Second Amendment to Credit Agreement among IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication
Agent, and the lenders named therein dated as of June 13, 2008. |
Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain
forward-looking information regarding IntercontinentalExchanges business that are intended to be
covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and
actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statement. For a
discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see the Companys Securities and Exchange Commission
filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 13, 2008.
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