Cme Group Inc 8-K, filed Jul 25, 2025
Cme Group Inc. (CME)
8-K
2025-07-25
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About this 8-K
Cme Group Inc filed this 8-K on July 25, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 25, 2025 (July 25, 2025 )
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events | ||||
On July 25, 2025, a jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of CME Group Inc. (“CME Group”) and the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (“CBOT”) in the putative class action that was filed on January 15, 2014 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division. The plaintiffs, certain Class B shareholders of CME Group and Class B members of CBOT, had alleged breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing for violations of their core rights granted in the defendants’ respective Certificates of Incorporation.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: July 25, 2025 | By: | /s/ Lynne Fitzpatrick | ||||||||||||
| Name: Title: | Lynne Fitzpatrick Senior Managing Director, President and Chief Financial Officer Principal Financial Offer and Duly Authorized Officer | |||||||||||||