CME Group Announces New Members Of Its Board Of Directors And Special Dividend

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today announced the three new directors from NYMEX Holdings, Inc. who will serve on the company's board of directors effective immediately. The three new directors are:

• James Newsome, Class I with a term expiring in 2011
• Robert Steele, Class II, with a term expiring in 2009
• Dennis Suskind, Class III, with a term expiring in 2010

CME Group Inc. also declared a special dividend of $5.00 per share of its Class A and Class B common stock, as previously announced, payable October 10, 2008, to shareholders of record as of September 25, 2008.