CHICAGO, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc.
(NASDAQ: CME) today announced the preliminary shareholder voting
results from its 2017 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, Leo Melamed,
Alex J. Pollock, John F. Sandner, Terry
L. Savage, William R. Shepard
and Dennis A. Suskind each for a
one-year term expiring in 2018;
- ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for 2017;
- approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named
executive officers;
- approved, on an advisory basis, holding future votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers on an annual
basis;
- approved the amended and restated CME Group Inc. Incentive Plan
for named executive officers; and
- approved the amended and restated CME Group Inc. Omnibus Stock
Plan.
In addition, the company's Class B-1 shareholders elected
Jeffrey M. Bernacchi, Gedon
Hertshten 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 2018.
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. Through its exchanges, CME Group offers 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. CME Group provides electronic trading globally on its
CME Globex platform. The company also offers clearing
and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded
and over-the-counter derivatives through its clearinghouses CME
Clearing and CME Clearing Europe. CME Group's products and
services ensure that businesses around the world can effectively
manage risk and achieve growth.
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