CME Group Inc. Announces Preliminary Results from its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

CHICAGO, May 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today announced the preliminary shareholder voting results from its 2018 annual meeting. 

At the meeting, shareholders:

• elected Terrence A. Duffy, Timothy S. Bitsberger, Charles P. Carey, Dennis H. Chookaszian, Ana Dutra, Martin J. Gepsman, Larry G. Gerdes, Daniel R. Glickman, Deborah J. Lucas, Alex J. Pollock, Terry L. Savage, William R. Shepard, Howard J. Siegel and Dennis A. Suskind, each for a one-year term expiring in 2019;
• ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2018; and
• approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.

In addition, the company's Class B-2 shareholders elected Ronald A. Pankau and David J. Wescott, and Class B-3 shareholders elected Elizabeth A. Cook, each for a one-year term expiring in 2019.

The election of the Class B-1 directors and the Class B-1 nominating committee was adjourned to May 23, 2018, due to the lack of a quorum.

The official results and voting percentages for each of these proposals will be disclosed in a report to be filed early next week with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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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