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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-113786"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CME"
cik: "0001156375"
company_name: "CME GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:30:27.514393+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CME subsidiary amends credit facility to $7B, eligible to increase to $10B

## Summary
- Amendment No. 8 to existing 364-day multi-currency credit facility executed on April 24, 2024.
- Facility size: $7 billion, eligible to increase to $10 billion.
- Purpose: provide temporary liquidity in event of clearing member default, liquidity constraint, depositary default, or delay in payment systems.
- Collateral includes clearing firm guaranty fund contributions and performance bond assets.
- Parties: CME (borrower), Bank of America (admin agent), Citibank (collateral agent), and other banks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-113786
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CME
- cik: 0001156375
- company_name: CME GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524113786/0001193125-24-113786-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524113786/d818559d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  CME GROUP INC. amended revolving credit of $7 billion 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 maturing 364-day.
  - Instrument: revolving credit
  - Principal: $7 billion
  - Counterparty: 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
  - Maturity: 364-day
  - Event: amendment
  source text: Facility as amended by the Amendment is referred to as the “Amended Credit Facility.” The Amended Credit Facility is for a multi-currency revolving secured credit facility of $7 billion (which is eligible to be increased to $10 billion) and is intended to provide temporary liquidity to CME in the event of a clearing member default, a liquidity constraint or
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524113786/0001193125-24-113786-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  CME GROUP INC. amended Amendment 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 valued at $10 billion (effective 2024-04-24).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: 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
  - Value: $10 billion
  - Effective: 2024-04-24
  source text: On April 24, 2024, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CME Group Inc., entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its 364-day multi-currency credit facility (the “Existing 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524113786/0001193125-24-113786-index.htm

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