Edgar Filing: Short Johnathan H

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Short Johnathan H

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC [ICE]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Sr VP, Gen. Coun. & Corp. Sec.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2011

(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30328

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	01/03/2011		F		402 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 119.15	8,798	D
Common Stock	01/03/2011		F		964 ⁽²⁾	D	$ 119.15	7,834	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Short Johnathan H 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 500 ATLANTA, GA 30328			Sr VP, Gen. Coun. & Corp. Sec.

Signatures

/s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski, Attorney-in-fact		01/05/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of common stock underlying vested restricted stock that are being withheld to satisfy payment of the Issuer's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of the performance based restricted stock units. The shares of performance based restricted stock units were granted to the filing person on December 28, 2007. The vesting of the shares of performance based restricted stock units was conditioned upon the achievement of certain 2008 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") performance versus pre-established targets. The restricted stock units vested over a three year period from 2009 - 2011. The third and final tranche was issued on January 2, 2011.
(2)	Represents shares of common stock underlying vested restricted stock that are being withheld to satisfy payment of the Issuer's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of the performance based restricted stock units. The shares of performance based restricted stock units were granted to the filing person on December 16, 2008. The vesting of the shares of performance based restricted stock units was conditioned upon the achievement of certain 2009 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") performance versus pre-established targets. The restricted stock units vest over a three year period from 2010 - 2012. The remaining 2,968 shares are scheduled to be issued on January 2, 2012 and taxes for this future issuance will be withheld at the time the shares are issued.

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