CME Group Announces New Board of Directors
CHICAGO, July 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today announced the 30 directors, 25 of which are independent, who will serve on the company's board of directors following the completed merger with CBOT Holdings effective immediately.
As previously announced, Terrence A. Duffy, Executive Chairman of CME, is now Executive Chairman of CME Group; Charles P. Carey, Chairman of CBOT is now Vice Chairman of CME Group; and, Craig S. Donohue, Chief Executive Officer of CME, is now Chief Executive Officer of CME Group.
Full members of the CME Group Board of Directors and Board Committees of CME Group, follow.
CME Group Board of Directors Class I (term expires 2008) Jackie M. Clegg* James A. Donaldson Craig S. Donohue Elizabeth Harrington* Bruce F. Johnson Patrick B. Lynch William P. Miller* Terry L. Savage* Myron S. Scholes* Christopher Stewart Class II (term expires 2009) Dennis H. Chookaszian* Robert F. Corvino Larry G. Gerdes* Daniel R. Glickman* James E. Oliff John L. Pietrzak Alex J. Pollock* William G. Salatich, Jr. William R. Shepard David J. Wescott Class III (term expires 2010) Charles P. Carey Mark E. Cermak Terrence A. Duffy Martin J. Gepsman Gary M. Katler Leo Melamed Joseph Niciforo C.C. Odom, II John F. Sandner Howard J. Siegel Board Committees of CME Group Inc. Audit Committee Dennis H. Chookaszian, Chairman Larry G. Gerdes William P. Miller II Terry L. Savage Board Nominating Alex J. Pollock, Chairman Mark E. Cermak Robert F. Corvino Martin J. Gepsman James E. Oliff Howard J. Siegel Compensation Alex J. Pollock, Chairman Mark E. Cermak Martin J. Gepsman Larry G. Gerdes Daniel R. Glickman Elizabeth Harrington William R. Shepard Executive Terrence A. Duffy, Chairman Charles P. Carey, Vice Chairman Craig S. Donohue Leo Melamed Joseph Niciforo C.C. Odom, II John F. Sandner William R. Shepard Governance Daniel R. Glickman, Chairman Jackie M. Clegg Dennis H. Chookaszian Larry G. Gerdes Alex J. Pollock Myron S. Scholes Market Regulation Oversight Committee William P. Miller II, Chairman Jackie M. Clegg Alex J. Pollock Terry L. Savage Myron S. Scholes *non-industry director
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com) is the world's largest and most diverse exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), 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 its trading floors. 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, agricultural commodities, energy, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."
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