---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-271111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CME"
cik: "0001156375"
company_name: "CME GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:58:05.994026+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CME Group declares $2.1B annual variable dividend ($5.80/share) and $3B share repurchase program

## Summary
- Annual variable dividend of $5.80 per share ($2.1B total) payable Jan 16, 2025 to holders of record Dec 27, 2024.
- Board authorized $3B share repurchase program with no expiration date, subject to market conditions.
- Total dividend yield for 2024 is 4.9%, an 8% increase from dividends declared in 2023.
- Beginning in 2026, annual variable dividend will align with Q1 regular dividend paid in March rather than at year-end.
- Company has paid over $28B in quarterly and variable dividends since adopting the structure in 2012.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-271111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CME
- cik: 0001156375
- company_name: CME GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524271111/0001193125-24-271111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524271111/d888723d8k.htm

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