CME Group Announces Final Shareholder Election Results and Proration Factor in Connection...

CME Group Announces Final Shareholder Election Results and Proration Factor in
Connection With NYMEX Holdings Merger

CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group (Nasdaq: CME) today
announced the final results of the elections received in connection with its
merger with NYMEX Holdings. As specified in the Merger Agreement, NYMEX
Holdings shareholders were entitled to elect to receive consideration
consisting of cash or shares of CME Group Class A common stock for each share
outstanding at the effective time of the merger. Elections were subject to
proration in order to distribute the mandatory cash consideration of
approximately $3.4 billion. The results of the elections and proration are as
follows:
-- Sixty-one percent of NYMEX Holdings shareholders elected to receive
consideration in the form of shares of CME Group Class A common stock, and
thirty-nine percent elected to receive cash or did not submit an election.
-- NYMEX Holdings shareholders who made a valid stock election will
receive, per share of NYMEX Holdings common stock held at the effective time,
approximately $7.29 in cash and 0.2164 shares of CME Group Class A common
stock, plus additional cash in lieu of any fractional shares.
-- NYMEX Holdings shareholders who made a valid cash election, as well as
shareholders who made no election, will receive $81.16 per NYMEX share.
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com) is the world's largest and most
diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT and
NYMEX, CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the
globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers
together on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on trading floors
in Chicago and New York. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark
products available across all major asset classes, including futures and
options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy,
agricultural commodities, metals, and alternative investment products such as
weather and real estate. CME Group is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol
"CME."
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Mercantile Exchange. Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc.
These trademarks are used herein under license. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group and
its products can be found at http://www.cmegroup.com.
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