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CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today announced it priced an underwritten public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.300% notes due 2043. The offering is being made under CME Group's existing shelf registration statement and is expected to close on September 9, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.
CME Group intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to retire at maturity its outstanding 5.75% notes due February 2014. Although CME Group does not currently anticipate doing so, it may use some or all of the net proceeds from the offering for other, general corporate purposes.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offers of the notes will be made exclusively by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement.
Bookrunners for the transaction include Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets, Lloyds Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities and UBS Investment Bank. Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as representatives of the underwriters. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-603-5847, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-326-5897.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, which offers clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk.
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