−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Class A Common Stock
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
−Removed: The graph below compares the cumulative five-year total return provided shareholders on CME Group Inc.'s Class A common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 index and two customized peer groups of three companies and five companies respectively, whose individual companies are listed in footnotes 1 and 2 below.
−Removed: An investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all dividends) is assumed to have been made in our Class A common stock, in each index and in each of the peer groups on December 31, 2014 and its relative performance is tracked through December 31, 2019.
−Removed: (1) There are three companies included in the company's 2018 customized peer group which are:
−Removed: Cboe Global Markets Inc, Intercontinental Exchange Inc and Nasdaq Inc.
−Removed: (2) The five companies included in the company's 2019 customized peer group are:
+Added: The graph below compares the cumulative five-year total return on CME Group Inc.'s Class A common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 index and a customized peer group of five companies that include:
Cboe Global Markets Inc, Deutsche Boerse Ag, Intercontinental Exchange Inc, London Stock Exchange Group Plc and Nasdaq Inc.
−Removed: We complied this revised peer group to more closely reflect our competitors in our industry.
−Removed: We believe the new peer group provides a more meaningful basis for comparison to our stock performance.
+Added: An investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all dividends) is assumed to have been made in our Class A common stock, in the peer group and the S&P 500 index on December 31, 2015 and its relative performance is tracked through December 31, 2020.
The stock price performance included in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
+Added: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
CME Group Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Peer Group
+Added: $ 133.93 $ 177.23 $ 234.16 $ 256.81 $ 240.54
+Added: S&P 500 111.96 136.40 130.42 171.49 203.04
Peer Group 104.28 141.75 145.74 204.15 241.29
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Period in 2019
+Added: Period in 2020 Total Number
of Shares (or Units)
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Average Price
−Removed: Paid Per Share (or Unit)
−Removed: Total Number of
+Added: Paid Per Share (or Unit) Total Number of
Shares (or Units) Purchased as
Part of Publicly
−Removed: Plans or Programs
−Removed: Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value)
+Added: Plans or Programs Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value)
of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under
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December 1 to December 31 24,810 182.02 — —
+Added: Total 24,924 —
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: On November 2, 2018, CME Group completed its acquisition of NEX Group plc (NEX).
+Added: On November 2, 2018, CME Group completed its acquisition of NEX.
The following data includes the financial results of NEX beginning November 3, 2018.
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Earnings per common share attributable to CME Group:
+Added: Basic $ 5.88 $ 5.93 $ 5.73 $ 12.00 $ 4.55
+Added: Diluted 5.87 5.91 5.71 11.94 4.53
Cash dividends per share 5.90 5.50 4.55 6.14 5.65
Balance Sheet Data:
+Added: Total assets $ 124,659.6 $ 75,215.3 $ 77,475.7 $ 75,791.2 $ 69,369.4
Short-term debt — — 574.2 — —
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Agricultural commodities 1,417 1,454 1,480 1,353 1,321
+Added: Energy 2,394 2,375 2,561 2,578 2,432
+Added: Metals 699 668 639 568 460
Total Average Daily Volume 19,054 19,167 19,224 16,292 15,649
Method of Trade:
+Added: CME Globex 17,977 17,182 17,371 14,513 13,766
+Added: Open outcry 410 1,205 1,168 1,107 1,149
Privately negotiated 667 780 685 672 734
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