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-2 common stock. Morgan Stanley is acting as the book-running manager for the offering with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC as senior co-managing underwriters. Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities and William Blair & Company are acting as co-managing underwriters.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This announcement 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.
When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. became the first publicly traded U.S. financial exchange on Dec. 6, 2002. The company was added to the Russell 1000® Index on July 1, 2003. It is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., the largest futures exchange in the United States. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and its GLOBEX electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts and options on futures contracts primarily in four areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first nine months of 2003 and managed $29.6 billion in collateral deposits at Sept. 30, 2003. Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME and GLOBEX are registered trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
