Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Shareholders Elect 10 To Board Of Directors

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) yesterday announced the election results from its annual meeting. Shareholders elected 10 directors to two-year terms expiring in 2005.

The following were elected as "equity" directors by Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class:

• Terrence A. Duffy, 44, President, T.D.A. Trading, Inc. and CME's Chairman since April 2002
• Daniel R. Glickman, 58, Director, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Senior Advisor and Consultant, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
• James J. McNulty, 51, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
• William P. Miller II, 47, Risk Management Advisor for the Rockefeller Foundation
• James E. Oliff, 54, President and Chief Executive Officer, FFast Trade U.S., LLC; Chief Operating Officer, FFastFill Inc.; Executive Director, International Futures and Options Associates; CME's Vice Chairman since April 2002
• John F. Sandner, 61, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RB&H Financial Services, LP; Special Policy Advisor to CME since 1998
• Terry L. Savage, 58, financial journalist, author and President of Terry Savage Productions, Ltd.

The following was elected by holders of Class B-1 shares:

• William G. Salatich, Jr. 51, independent floor broker and traderThe following was elected by holders of Class B-2 shares:
• David J. Wescott, 45, President, The Wescott Group Ltd.The following was elected by holders of Class B-3 shares:
• Gary M. Katler, 56, Vice President, O'Connor & Co. LLC

In other actions, shareholders:

• Elected five members to each of the Class B-1 and Class B-2 nominating committees, which will select Board candidates for election by Class B shareholders next year;
• Approved an amendment to the company's Amended and Restated Omnibus Stock Plan;
• Approved the company's Annual Incentive Plan; and
• Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent auditors for the 2003 fiscal year.
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com), 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, 2002.