don't you think the rest are going to dump to move to ICN later? My suggestion is to let the ICN stables first before releasing and listing on exchange.
They are different things! It would even be very interesting ICN background to list ARK, sure this will happen when ARK have a few months of life and deliver some projects.
Who on the team is in touch with the exchanges. And does anyone in the crew have contacts there. Seen many coins burn their good work by listing on a bad exchange. ARK needs one like kraken or poloniex with good security and good trade volume.