{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-23-139299","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CME","cik":"0001156375","company_name":"CME GROUP INC.","filed_at":"2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:38.068272+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-15T08:12:34.017367+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.15,"confidence":"high","headline":"CME shareholders reject executive compensation in say-on-pay vote at 2023 annual meeting","bullets":["Advisory vote on executive compensation failed: 192,824,961 against vs 91,525,185 for.","All 17 equity directors elected; Terrence A. Duffy received 257,479,451 votes for.","Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 288,023,555 votes for.","Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay: 1 year approved with 280,593,543 votes.","Class B-1, B-2, B-3 director elections lacked quorum; incumbent directors continue as holdovers."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-139299","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-139299.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-139299.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-139299.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/d420771d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-15T08:12:34.017367+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"38ba94938ab15eb9874f4b87ae80ab3d35b2309a","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Election of seventeen Equity Directors to serve until 2024 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The results of the proposals are as follows: 1. The election of seventeen Equity Directors to serve until 2024 (elected by the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class): Name Votes For Against Abstain Terrence A. Duffy 257,479,451 25,732,170 2,098,057 Kathryn Benesh 282,267,364 2,555,828 486,486 Timothy S. Bitsberger 198,497,526 86,445,091 367,061 Charles P. Carey 155,494,092 129,564,682 250,904 Bryan T. Durkin 267,937,596 17,028,091 343,991 Harold Ford Jr. 281,691,480 3,189,468 428,730 Martin J. Gepsman 235,257,908 49,757,675 294,095 Larry G. Gerdes 230,887,901 53,928,040 493,737 Daniel R. Glickman 176,633,967 108,293,802 381,909 Daniel G. Kaye 273,525,747 11,242,868 541,063 Phyllis M. Lockett 188,837,757 95,728,347 743,574 Deborah J. Lucas 279,035,366 5,735,455 538,857 Terry L. Savage 181,492,942 103,516,285 300,451 Rahael Seifu 208,237,395 76,506,646 565,637 William R. Shepard 259,019,070 25,988,278 302,350 Howard J. Siegel 250,269,690 34,605,690 434,298 De","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"4b925c915bd4e3e63d36819d53463c7558e19750","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Election of Class B-3 Director (no quorum) at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"b. In the election of one Class B-3 Director, no quorum was achieved. Therefore, Elizabeth A. Cook is a “holdover” under Delaware law and the Company’s bylaws.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"failed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"4e8a9e6093138c679ab6b66057a3d645df3d75ee","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Election of Class B-1 Directors (no quorum) at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"a. In the election of the three Class B-1 Directors, no quorum was achieved. Therefore, William W. Hobert, Patrick J. Mulchrone and Robert J. Tierney Jr. are each a “holdover” under Delaware law and the Company’s bylaws.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"failed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"6c0c6ba6c78ef9f154d56914db01af536f42a442","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"3. The advisory vote of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (by the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class) was not approved: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 91,525,185 192,824,961 959,532 There were a total of 25,062,995 broker non-votes in this proposal.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"failed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"873dce25ab4a130207a4fe092c0b8eb757d20238","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders rejected Election of Class B-2 Directors (no quorum) at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"a. In the election of the two Class B-2 Directors, no quorum was achieved. Therefore, Michael G. Dennis and Patrick W. Maloney are each a “holdover” under Delaware law and the Company’s bylaws.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"failed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"cc2297c46995140b5b1926df01259850de45038f","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for 2023 (ratified by the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class): Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 288,023,555 22,067,160 281,958","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"d50a334d43d7726efcffb04c23313ebecbf5b2d1","claim":"CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"4. The advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers of one year was approved: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions 280,593,543 331,495 3,580,093 804,547 There were a total of 25,062,995 broker non-votes in this proposal.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312523139299/0001193125-23-139299-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay frequency"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-04"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}