secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CME GROUP INC. (CME)
CIK:        0001156375
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-271111
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524271111/0001193125-24-271111-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000119312524271111/d888723d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-271111

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