Holland Clearing House Renamed ICE Clear Netherlands

AMSTERDAM & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Intercontinental Exchange ICE, the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that Holland Clearing House will be renamed ICE Clear Netherlands, effective July 27, 2015. ICE acquired a majority stake in Holland Clearing House in December 2014, with ABN AMRO Clearing Bank holding a minority stake.

ICE Clear Netherlands is focused on providing a reliable service against transparent and predictable pricing, using robust risk management systems. The Dutch clearing house provides central counterparty clearing (CCP) services for a range of equity and index derivatives contracts listed on TOM (The Order Machine), a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) based in the Netherlands.

ICE operates seven clearing houses across North America, Europe and Asia to meet the requirements of market participants in their local jurisdictions, while providing leading risk management services across multiple asset classes.

Regulated in the Netherlands by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets (AFM), ICE Clear Netherlands received authorisation under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), EU No 648/2012, on December 12, 2014.

About Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange ICE operates the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses. ICE's futures exchanges and clearing houses serve global commodity and financial markets, providing risk management and capital efficiency. The New York Stock Exchange is the world leader in capital raising and equities trading.

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional 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, 2014, as filed with the SEC on February 5, 2015.

SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange

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