Tuesday, 03 July 2007

Intercontinental Exchange May Improve $10.9 Billion Bid for Board of Trade

(Bloomberg) -- Intercontinental Exchange Inc., one of
two bidders vying for the Chicago Board of Trade, said it is
prepared to improve its $10.9 billion offer for the second-
largest U.S. futures exchange.

Intercontinental has raised its bid twice since March in an
attempt to sway shareholders to reject a $9.8 billion offer from
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Atlanta-based Intercontinental
has said it will pay Board of Trade members about $800,000 each
to settle a disputed ownership privilege, or so-called exercise
right, with the Chicago Board Options Exchange.


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