CME Group Congratulates New CFTC Chairman Gensler

CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group released the following
statement on the confirmation of Gary Gensler as the new chairman of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC):

"We congratulate Mr. Gensler on his appointment to head the CFTC. Mr.
Gensler's depth of experience and knowledge make him well qualified for the
Chairmanship of the Commission. We look forward to working with Mr. Gensler to
ensure that our U.S. futures and options markets remain at the forefront of
our industry in terms of low transaction costs for market users, superior
technology solutions, leading customer protection programs, and safety and
soundness in the clearing and settlement of transactions.

We also intend to work with Mr. Gensler to ensure that legislators and
regulators understand the critical importance of hedging and risk-transfer
markets to our global economy; the globally competitive nature of futures,
options and derivative markets; and the risk that these important markets can
be injured by the adoption of misguided regulations and tax policies.

CME Group operates at the highest tier of regulation under the CFTC. Working
with the CFTC as our regulator, CME Group markets have functioned extremely
well during these difficult economic conditions. CME Group has never
experienced a default in more than 110 years and no customer has ever lost
money as a result of a clearing member default. Most importantly, CME Group
ensures the performance of all contracts between buyers and sellers that trade
on our exchanges."

CME Group (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 Clearing is designed to eliminate counterparty credit risk by
acting as the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer. CME
Clearing also offers financial safeguards to help mitigate systemic risk,
providing the security and confidence market participants need to operate,
invest and grow. 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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