CME Group annual meeting: all equity directors elected, Class B quorum not met

CME GROUP INC.

All 17 Equity Directors elected; Phyllis Lockett received 103.8M against, highest dissent.
Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 289.8M votes for.
Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 253.1M for and 37.3M against.
Class B-1, B-2, B-3 director elections failed to achieve quorum; incumbents hold over until 2025.
Total shares present 314.5M of 360.0M outstanding (87.3%).

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Election of seventeen Equity Directors to serve until 2025 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-09

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1. The election of seventeen Equity Directors to serve until 2025 (elected by the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class):

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-09

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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 approved: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 253,068,323 37,272,265 362,707

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

CME GROUP INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-09

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2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for 2024 (ratified by the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a single class): Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 289,766,319 24,482,330 218,858

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