CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME)(NASDAQ: CME) today announced the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) containing a preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus related to its proposed transaction with NYMEX Holdings, Inc. CME Group and NYMEX Holdings stockholders and members of NYMEX are expected to vote on the transaction and related matters later this year.
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."
