IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. operates regulated exchanges, clearing houses, and over-the-counter (OTC) markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy, and equity index contracts. The company operates marketplaces for trading and clearing an array of energy, environmental, and agricultural commodities; emissions contracts; credit default swaps; equity indexes; and currency contracts. It also provides a range of risk management services, including trade execution, market data, pre-and post-trade processing, and clearing services on an integrated platform. The company operates in three segments: Futures, OTC, and Market Data. The Futures segment offers trading and clearing in standardized derivative contracts on its regulated exchanges. The OTC segment provides electronic trading, clearing, and brokerage services in energy markets and credit derivatives. The Market Data segment offers various products and services comprising publication of daily indexes, historical price and other transaction data, view-only and mobile data access to its trading platform, end of day settlements, and pricing data sets for futures and OTC market participants and observers. The company serves corporations, manufacturers, utilities, commodity producers and refiners, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, and government bodies in approximately 70 countries. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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