The selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 183,093 shares of Class A common stock to cover over-allotments.
The offering is being conducted in accordance with the company's charter in connection with the termination of the transfer restrictions on the company's Class A-1 common stock. Morgan Stanley is acting as the book-running manager for the offering with UBS Securities LLC as joint-lead manager. Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities and William Blair & Company are acting as co-managing underwriters.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. A copy of the final prospectus may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., the largest futures exchange in the United States based on notional value, trading volume and open interest. On Dec. 6, 2002, CME became the first publicly traded U.S.financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX around-the-clock electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first quarter of 2003 and managed $28.5 billion in collateral deposits at March 31, 2003.
