CME Group Inc. Names Slate of Director Nominees
CME Group (NYSE: CME) announced its board slate for election at the annual meeting on May 14, 2026.
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CME Group (NYSE: CME) announced its board slate for election at the annual meeting on May 14, 2026. The company nominated 14 directors for election by Class A and Class B shareholders voting together, and recommended five class-specific nominees to be elected by Class B subclasses.
The slate includes CEO Terrence A. Duffy and other current and former executives, academics, and industry professionals. Class B-1 will elect three directors; Class B-2 and B-3 will each elect one director.
Positive
- Annual meeting date set for May 14, 2026
- Board slate includes 14 nominees for combined Class A/B vote
- Class B subclasses to elect 5 class-specific nominees (3+1+1)
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- None.
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News Market Reaction – CME
On Feb 12, the day this news came out, CME closed 0.28% below the previous close.
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Key Figures
- Annual meeting date
- May 14, 2026
- Date of shareholder meeting to elect directors
- Class B-1 seats
- 3 directors
- Number of directors to be elected by Class B-1 shareholders
- Class B-2 seats
- 1 director
- Number of directors to be elected by Class B-2 shareholders
- Class B-3 seats
- 1 director
- Number of directors to be elected by Class B-3 shareholders
- Current price
- $302.48
- Price prior to director slate announcement
- Price change 24h
- -1.4%
- Move ahead of/around the governance announcement
- 52-week high
- $309.345
- Upper end of CME’s 52-week trading range
- 52-week low
- $239.70
- Lower end of CME’s 52-week trading range
Historical Context
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Planned launch of financially settled Single Stock futures on 50+ U.S. names.
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Reported record 2025 revenue, income, EPS and strong volume and cash metrics.
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Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer showed sharp drop in farmer sentiment metrics.
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Record January ADV of 29.6M contracts, with strong growth across asset classes.
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Multiyear deal as first-ever Chicago White Sox jersey patch sponsor and partner.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
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The board of directors recommends the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together elect the following individuals to the board:
- Terrence A. Duffy, 67, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CME Group
- Kathryn Benesh, 66, CPA, Retired Partner, Deloitte
- Timothy S. Bitsberger, 66, Retired Managing Director and Portfolio Specialist, The TCW Group; Former Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Freddie Mac;
U.S. Treasury Department (2001-2005) - Charles P. Carey, 72, Former Vice Chairman, CME Group; Lead Director, CME Group
- Bryan T. Durkin, 65, Former President, CME Group
- Harold Ford Jr., 55, Regional President, PNC Financial Services Group; Former Member of Congress (1997-2007)
- Martin J. Gepsman, 73, Independent Broker and Trader
- Daniel G. Kaye, 71, CPA, Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- Phyllis M. Lockett, 60, Founder & Senior Advisor, LEAP Innovations, CEO LEAP-X
- Deborah J. Lucas, 67, Sloan Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
- Rahael Seifu, 44, Director of Legal, Google LLC
- William R. Shepard, 79, President and Founder, Shepard International, Inc.
- Howard J. Siegel, 69, Independent Trader
- Dennis A. Suskind, 83, Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.
In addition, the CME Group Nominating and Governance Committee is recommending the following individuals for election by CME Group's Class B shareholders.
Three (3) directors will be elected by the Class B-1 shareholders from the following nominees:
- William W. Hobert, 62, Managing Director and Founder, WH Trading LLC
- Patrick J. Mulchrone, 68, Independent Trader
- Robert J. Tierney Jr., 50, Managing Member and Owner, Kore Trading LLC
One (1) director will be elected by the Class B-2 shareholders from the following nominee:
- Patrick W. Maloney, 64, Independent Floor Broker
One (1) director will be elected by the Class B-3 shareholders from the following nominee:
- Elizabeth A. Cook, 65, Independent Broker and Trader
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and
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