Wednesday, 06 June 2007

Chicago Board of Trade Says Intercontinental Chief Misled Its Shareholders

(Bloomberg) -- The top two executives at the Chicago
Board of Trade, subject of two competing takeover bids, said
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff
Sprecher misled their shareholders in a meeting last week.

Sprecher is trying to break up CBOT Holdings Inc.'s
agreement to be acquired by its cross-town rival, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, for $10 billion. Sprecher, who has offered
$11.1 billion in stock for CBOT, met May 31 for over two hours
with more than 400 shareholders to field questions about his bid.


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