Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 2, 2017, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ("CME"), a wholly owned subsidiary of CME Group Inc., entered into a renewal of its 364-day multi-currency credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with each of the banks from time to time party thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent; Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent and Collateral Monitoring Agent; Bank of China, Chicago Branch, BMO Harris Bank N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Commerzbank AG New York Branch, Lloyds Bank PLC, United Overseas Bank Limited, New York Agency, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Agricultural Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, as Syndication Agents, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bank of China, Chicago Branch, BMO Harris Bank N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Commerzbank AG New York Branch, Lloyds Bank PLC, United Overseas Bank Limited, New York Agency, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Agricultural Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.
The Credit Facility is for a line of credit of $7 billion and is intended to provide temporary liquidity to CME in the event of a clearing member default, a liquidity constraint or depositary default, or in the event of temporary delays in the payment systems utilized by CME. CME’s obligations under the Credit Facility will be collateralized by the guaranty fund contributions and performance bond assets deposited by clearing members with CME. The Credit Facility also provides CME the ability to seek to increase the line of credit from $7 billion to $10 billion, provided, however, the participating banks are not obligated to comply with our request and additional banks may be added.
The foregoing description of the Credit Facility is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the complete text of the Credit Facility, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference under this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
A copy of the 364-day multi-currency credit facility, dated as of November 2, 2017, between Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., certain lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.1
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