0000950144-08-005953 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE, INC., COLUMBIA MERGER CORPORATION, CREDITEX GROUP INC., and TA ASSOCIATES, INC., as the Stockholders’ Representative (for the limited purposes described herein) June 3, 2008

Merger Agreement • August 4th, 2008 • Intercontinentalexchange Inc • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  August 4th, 2008
• Company
  Intercontinentalexchange Inc
• Industry
  Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 3, 2008, is by and among IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), Columbia Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“MergerCo”), Creditex Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and TA Associates, Inc., solely in the capacity of Stockholders’ Representative and only for the express purposes provided for herein and for no other purpose (the “Stockholders’ Representative”). An index of defined terms used in this Agreement is attached as Annex A hereto.