CME Group (CME) Investor presentation summary

Market position and growth

• YTD 2026 ADV was 31.8M contracts, including 9.8M international ADV; products span major asset classes with centralized clearing and risk management.

• FY2025 set records with $6.5B revenue and 28.1M ADV; 1H26 revenue reached a record $3.6B, up 8%, and adjusted diluted EPS was a record $6.35, up 10%.

• 1H26 total ADV was 33.0M, up 10%; non-U.S. ADV was 10.3M, up 14%, with growth across EMEA, APAC and Latin America.

• 1H26 micro crypto products ADV reached a record 5.4M; the crypto suite expanded to 24/7 trading, with compute, Bitcoin Cash, Uniswap and energy-transition products in the pipeline.

• Average daily margin savings exceeded $95B in 2Q26 across six asset classes; OTC interest rate swap portfolio margining savings approach $12B per day.

Leadership succession

• Lynne Fitzpatrick becomes CEO and joins the board on March 1, 2027; Terrence Duffy becomes Executive Chairman on the same date.

• Jack Tobin becomes CFO on March 1, 2027, following a Deputy CFO overlap beginning November 2026; he has served as Chief Accounting Officer since 2015.

• John Marchese was promoted to Senior Managing Director and General Counsel in September 2026.

Board and governance

• The board is 95% independent, with 12 years average tenure and 26% gender diversity; independent Lead Director Charles P. Carey has held the role since May 2025.

• Board committees oversee audit, compensation, finance, clearing house risk, market regulation, enterprise risk, governance and strategic initiatives; risk and CISO reporting to the board is quarterly.

• 2026 routine vote support was 91.7% for equity director elections, 91.5% for auditor ratification and 88.0% for say on pay; Class B election-rights elimination proposals received 27.8%, 23.4% and 16.4%.

• Class B reform proposals failed to secure the required majority of affected outstanding shares despite 50+ outreach meetings; ownership fragmentation and voter apathy were cited as challenges.

• Governance practices include annual director elections, fully independent principal standing committees, annual board effectiveness assessment and a cybersecurity program aligned with NIST.