CME Group Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders

CHICAGO, Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today filed its definitive proxy statement for a special meeting of shareholders to be held at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday, November 5, 2018, at CME Group headquarters, located at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. 

The purpose of the meeting is to consider and vote on a proposal to amend and restate the company's certificate of incorporation to eliminate some or all of the election rights held by its Class B shareholders. 

The special meeting will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the exchange's web site at http://investor.cmegroup.com.  Additional information about the Special Meeting is contained in the company's proxy statement for the Special Meeting. 

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk.  CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.  Around the world, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform.  CME Group also operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME Clearing, which offers clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives.  CME Group products and services ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk and achieve growth.

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SOURCE CME Group Inc.