Listing of the foreign exchange futures contracts will occur in phases. In the initial phase, the following futures contracts will be offered electronically 22 hours a day on the ICE platform:

ICE Futures U.S. Contract	Contract Size	Symbol
British pound/Japanese yen	125,000 British pounds	SY
British pound/Swiss franc	125,000 British pounds	SS
British pound/US dollar	62,500 British pounds	MP
Euro/British pound	100,000 euros	GB
Euro/Japanese yen	100,000 euros	EJ
Euro/Swiss franc	100,000 euros	RZ
Euro/US dollar	100,000 euros	EO
Swiss franc/Japanese yen	200,000 Swiss francs	ZY
US dollar/Japanese yen	100,000 US dollars	SN
US dollar/Swiss franc	100,000 US dollars	MF

These foreign exchange contracts will begin electronic trading on the ICE platform at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 8 for trade date November 9. Electronic trading hours for currency futures are from 8:00 p.m. ET through 6:00 p.m. ET each trading day. These futures contracts also trade in the exchange's floor-based markets in New York and Dublin, which operate from 2:00 a.m. ET through 3:00 p.m. ET. The US Dollar Index(R) futures contract (DX), a leading benchmark for the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies, began trading electronically in June. The electronic launch of additional cunchmark for the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies, began trading electronically in June. The electronic launch of additional currency contracts will be announced at a later date.

The products will be available in a test environment beginning Thursday, October 11, to allow independent software vendors (ISVs), market data vendors, brokers, algorithmic traders and other registered market participants time to complete system connectivity and functionality testing.

"We're pleased to expand our unique foreign exchange offering through the distribution and accessibility of the ICE platform," said Tom Farley, ICE Futures U.S. President and Chief Operating Officer. "This is a first step toward unlocking the potential in our products and in serving our participants in the large and growing foreign exchange market."

ICE Futures U.S. successfully introduced side-by-side trading of its soft commodity contracts on February 2, 2007. Contracts offered include futures based on cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice and sugar. Today, approximately 80% of the exchange's soft commodity futures contracts are traded electronically on the ICE platform.