8-K
filed June 10, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
ticker CME
CIK 0001156375
other
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.15
CME Group shareholder proposals to eliminate Class B director election rights fail; Class B-3 director remains holdover
CME GROUP INC.
- Item 4 to eliminate Class B-1 right to elect three directors failed (27.84% B-1 FOR; 80.27% combined FOR but needed majority of outstanding B-1).
- Item 5 to eliminate Class B-2 right to elect two directors failed (23.37% B-2 FOR; 80.27% combined FOR).
- Item 6 to eliminate Class B-3 director election lacked quorum (28.44% of B-3 present).
- Item 7 (certificate amendment contingent on Items 4-6) passed but will not be filed due to those failures.
- Class B-1 and B-2 directors re-elected; Class B-3 director Elizabeth A. Cook continues as holdover.
Key facts
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.92
CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Election of Class B-2 Director at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-06-09
Exact text from the filing
The Class B-2 director has been re-elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.92
CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Eliminate the right of the Class B-1 shareholders to elect three directors at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2026-06-09
Exact text from the filing
Item 4 - The proposal to eliminate the right of the Class B-1 shareholders to elect three directors did not pass.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.92
CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Eliminate the right of the Class B-2 shareholders to elect two directors at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2026-06-09
Exact text from the filing
Item 5 - The proposal to eliminate the right of the Class B-2 shareholders to elect two directors did not pass.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.92
CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Election of Class B-1 Directors at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-06-09
Exact text from the filing
Each of the Class B-1 directors have been re-elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.92
CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Amendment to our certificate of incorporation at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
- Proposal
- charter amendment
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-06-09
Exact text from the filing
Item 7 - The proposal relating to an amendment to our certificate of incorporation passed; however, the amendment will not be filed, since its approval was contingent upon the approval of Items 4, 5 and 6.
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