Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective its Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the proposed merger of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) and CBOT Holdings, Inc. Accordingly, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings will begin mailing a definitive joint proxy statement to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, 2007.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings will hold a special shareholder meeting on April 4, 2007, at the W Chicago City Center hotel to seek approval for the proposed merger and other merger related issues.
Completion of the merger requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of CME's Class A and Class B common stock, and a majority of the outstanding shares of CBOT's Class A common stock. The merger also requires certain approvals from certain members of the CBOT.
CME's Board of Directors has unanimously recommended that its shareholders vote "for" the approval and adoption of the merger agreement. Pending certain regulatory approvals, the parties expect to close the transaction in mid-year 2007. The joint proxy statement/prospectus is available at: http://www.sec.gov , http://www.cme.com and http://www.cbot.com .
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) became the first publicly traded U.S. financial exchange on Dec. 6, 2002. The company was added to the Russell 1000(R) Index on July 1, 2003, and to the S&P 500(R) Index on Aug. 10, 2006. It is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ( http://www.cme.com ), the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME offers futures and options on futures in these product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and alternative investment products such as weather, real estate and economic derivatives. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME).
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