Declaration of Dividends, Monthly Trading Data, and Private Offerings of Convertible Debt - Research Report on Goldman Sachs, ICE, NYSE Euronext, Ares Capital, and CBOE Holdings

NEW YORK, July 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

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Today, Investors' Reports announced new research reports highlighting The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX), Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC), and CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Research Report

On July 12, 2013, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) announced that it has declared dividends on some of its series of non-cumulative preferred stock. The series for which the Company declared dividend include $244.79 per share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A; $387.50 per share of 6.20% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B; $261.11 per share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C; $261.11 per share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D; $371.88 per share of 5.95% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I; and $401.04 per share of 5.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J. Additionally, the Company has also declared a dividend of $1,022.22 per share of Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E and $1,022.22 per share of Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F. The Company informed that dividends on Series A, B, C and D preferred stock will be paid on August 12, 2013 to preferred shareholders of record as of July 28, 2013, while Series E and F Preferred Stock will be paid on September 3, 2013, to preferred shareholders of record as of August 19, 2013. The Full Research Report on The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.investorsreports.com/report/2013-07-16/GS]

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Research Report

On July 2, 2013, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) reported its futures volume for June 2013 and Q2 2013. The Company's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options for June 2013 was 3,465,509 contracts, reflecting a decline of 4% YoY, and ADV for Q2 2013 was 3,544,688 contracts, representing an increase of 3% YoY. Total volume in June 2013 was 69 million contracts. Q2 2013 revenues for the Company's credit default swap (CDS) trade execution, processing and clearing business totaled $40 million, an increase of 11.1% YoY. The Company expects acquisition-related transaction costs for Q2 FY 2013 in the range of $8 million to $10 million, in relation with the NYSE Euronext transaction, which will be excluded from non-GAAP results. The Full Research Report on IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.investorsreports.com/report/2013-07-16/ICE]

NYSE Euronext, Inc. Research Report

On July 11, 2013, The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext, Inc., released its weekly program-trading data, compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The data indicated that during July 1 to July 5, 2013, program trading amounted to 25.5% of NYSE average daily volume of 1,345.4 million shares of 342.4 million program shares traded per day. In other news dated July 10, 2013, the NYSE Liffe, the European based derivatives business of the Company, announced that it will launch equity options on the shares of the TKH Group N.V. According to Ade Cordell, Executive Director, Head of Equity Derivatives of NYSE Liffe, "With the listing of the TKH options our successful range of Dutch derivatives products is expanded. Our wide product range of single stock options on leading companies throughout different sectors offers our market participants a highly diversified set of investment opportunities." The Full Research Report on NYSE Euronext, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.investorsreports.com/report/2013-07-16/NYX]

Ares Capital Corporation Research Report

On July 15, 2013, Ares Capital Corporation (Ares Capital) announced that it plans to make a private offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its Convertible Senior Notes due 2019. The Company also plans to grant the initial purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $37.5 million principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes to cover overallotments, if any. The Convertible Senior Notes are unsecured and will mature on January 15, 2019, unless repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. In other news dated July 10, 2013, the Company announced that it will report its Q2 2013 earnings on August 6, 2013 and host a conference call at 12:00 p.m. ET to discuss the results. The Full Research Report on Ares Capital Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.investorsreports.com/report/2013-07-16/ARCC]

CBOE Holdings, Inc. Research Report

On July 1, 2013, CBOE Holdings, Inc. (CBOE Holdings) reported that June 2013 trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totaled 107.5 million contracts, the highest monthly volume to date in 2013. Average daily volume (ADV) in June 2013 was 5.4 million contracts, up from 4.7 million contracts in June 2012. On the same date, the Company also announced that June 2013 was the most-active trading month for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) in exchange history. VIX futures trading volume at CFE in June 2013 totaled a record of 4.2 million contracts, an increase of 95.6% YoY. The Full Research Report on CBOE Holdings, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.investorsreports.com/report/2013-07-16/CBOE]

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