---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001156375-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CME"
cik: "0001156375"
company_name: "CME GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:43:26.344914+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CME Group subsidiary amends $7B clearing house credit facility

## Summary
- Amendment No. 11 to 364-day multi-currency revolving secured credit facility, dated April 22, 2026.
- Facility size remains $7B with accordion feature to increase to $10B.
- Proceeds used for temporary liquidity in clearing firm default, depositary default, or payment system disruption.
- Collateral includes cash, U.S. Treasury securities, and performance bond assets.
- Facility requires CME to maintain a consolidated tangible net worth test.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001156375-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CME
- cik: 0001156375
- company_name: CME GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000022/0001156375-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000022/cme-20260422.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001156375-26-000022.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 09213d80de9805c69154c00ae97de63b0d6a209b
  claim: CME GROUP INC. amended Amendment No. 11 to the 364-Day Multi-Currency Credit Facility (Existing 364-Day Credit Facility) with Bank of America, N.A. valued at $7 billion multi-currency revolving secured credit facility, eligible to be increased to $10 billion (effective 2026-04-22).
  evidence_excerpt: Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Clearing House Credit Facility Effective as of April 22, 2026, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ("CME") entered into an amendment ("Amendment No. 11") to its 364-day multi-currency credit facility (the "364-Day Credit Facility") with Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Agent and Collateral Monitoring Agent, and the banks party thereto. The 364-Day Credit Facility as amended by Amendment No. 11 is referred to as the "Existing 364-Day Credit Facility." The Existing 364-Day Credit Facility is for a multi-currency revolving secured credit facility of $7 billion (which is eligible to be increased to $10 billion). The proceeds of the Existing 364-Day Credit Facility may be used to provide temporary liquidity in the unlikely event a clearing firm fails to promptly discharge an obligation to the clearing house operated by CME, in the event of a liquidity constraint or
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000022/0001156375-26-000022-index.htm

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