CHICAGO, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc.
(NASDAQ: CME) today announced the preliminary shareholder voting
results from its 2016 annual meeting.
At the meeting, shareholders:
- elected Terrence A. Duffy,
Phupinder S. Gill, Timothy S. Bitsberger, Charles P. Carey, Dennis
H. Chookaszian, Ana Dutra,
Martin J. Gepsman, Larry G. Gerdes, Daniel
R. Glickman, Leo Melamed,
William P. Miller II, James E. Oliff, Alex J.
Pollock, John F. Sandner,
Terry L. Savage, William R. Shepard and Dennis A. Suskind each for a one-year term
expiring in 2017;
- ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for 2016; and
- approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named
executive officers.
In addition, the company's Class B-1 shareholders elected
Jeffrey M. Bernacchi, William W. Hobert and Howard J. Siegel for one-year terms, Class B-2
shareholders elected Ronald A.
Pankau and David J. Wescott
for one-year terms and Class B-3 shareholders elected Elizabeth A. Cook for a one-year term, each
ending in 2017.
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 and its exchanges based in
Chicago, New York and London. CME Group also operates one of the
world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME
Clearing and CME Clearing Europe, which offer clearing and
settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded and
over-the-counter derivatives. CME Group's products and services
ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk
and achieve growth.
CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME,
Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago
Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT, the Chicago Board of Trade, KCBOT, KCBT and
Kansas City Board of Trade are
trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York
Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are registered trademarks of New
York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity
Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Further information about CME Group (NASDAQ:
CME) and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com.
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