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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 
_________________________________________________________
FORM 8-K
 
_________________________________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 8, 2023
 
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CME GROUP INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 
_________________________________________________________ 
Delaware 001-31553 36-4459170
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 (Commission
File No.)
 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
20 South Wacker DriveChicagoIllinois 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312930-1000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common StockCMENasdaq
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) of this chapter or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.



Item 2.02.Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The information set forth under “Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of CME Group Inc. dated February 8, 2023, reporting CME Group Inc.’s financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
To supplement CME Group’s financial statements on a GAAP basis, the attached press release includes financial measures that are not in accordance with GAAP, consisting of non-GAAP net income and earnings per share. Management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP net income and earnings per share provide important supplemental information to management and investors about financial and business trends relating to CME Group Inc.’s financial condition and results of operations. Management believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provide a better measure of comparability with the Company’s prior financial reports. Management acknowledges that non-GAAP adjustments may include recurring items. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, CME Group Inc. has included a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the press release.
 
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
  Description
99.1   
104 The cover page from CME Group Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.




SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 CME Group Inc.
 Registrant
Date: February 8, 2023 By: /s/ John W. Pietrowicz
 Name:

Title:
 John W. Pietrowicz

Chief Financial Officer & Senior Managing
Director Finance

Principal Financial Offer and
Duly Authorized Officer
  









































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                                             Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CME Group Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results
    CHICAGO, February 8, 2023 - CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022.
    The company reported revenue of $1.2 billion and operating income of $668 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Net income was $638 million and diluted earnings per common share were $1.75. On an adjusted basis, net income was $698 million and diluted earnings per common share were $1.92. Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the fourth quarter of 2022 and 2021 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1
    Total revenue for full-year 2022 was $5.0 billion and operating income was $3.0 billion. Net income was $2.7 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $7.40. On an adjusted basis, net income was $2.9 billion, and diluted earnings per common share were $7.97.
    "Last year was the best year in our history as global market participants turned to CME Group to navigate tremendous economic and geopolitical uncertainty, generating a 19% increase in average daily volume to a record 23.3 million contracts," said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our 2022 performance was driven by new records in financial products, options on futures, and volume from outside the United States. In addition, CME Group had its best Q4 ever, with record ADV of 21.8 million contracts resulting from double-digit growth in equity index and foreign exchange. Significantly, our SOFR futures and options also hit new highs during what was a historic year for the LIBOR transition, and these contracts now serve as the leading tools for hedging short-term interest rates. As we kick off this new year, we remain focused on delivering the products and services our clients need to manage risk and invest in new opportunities in 2023."
    Fourth-quarter 2022 average daily volume (ADV) was 21.8 million contracts, up 6% versus fourth-quarter 2021. Non-U.S. ADV for full-year 2022 reached a record 6.3 million contracts, up 15% compared with the same period in 2021.

1. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial results mentioned to the respective GAAP figures can be found within the Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Measures chart at the end of the financial statements and earnings presentation materials.

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    Clearing and transaction fees revenue for fourth-quarter 2022 totaled $981 million. The total average rate per contract was $0.651. Market data revenue totaled $153 million for fourth-quarter 2022.
    As of December 31, 2022, the company had approximately $2.8 billion in cash (including $100 million deposited with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) and included in other current assets) and $3.4 billion of debt. The company declared dividends during 2022 of
$3.0 billion, including the annual variable dividend of $1.6 billion. The company has returned over $20.5 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends since the implementation of the variable dividend policy in early 2012. In addition, on February 2, 2023, the company declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.10 per share, a 10% increase from the prior level of $1.00 per share.

    CME Group will hold a Q&A conference call to discuss fourth-quarter 2022 results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today. A live audio webcast of the Q&A call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CME Group’s website at www.cmegroup.com. An archived recording will be available for up to two months after the call.

    As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data - empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest ratesequity indexesforeign exchangeenergyagricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and, E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec and EBS are trademarks of BrokerTec Europe LTD and EBS Group LTD, respectively. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”). “S&P®”, “S&P 500®”, “SPY®”, “SPX®”, US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.












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Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. We want to caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Among the factors that might affect our performance are increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities, including increased competition from new entrants into our markets and consolidation of existing entities; our ability to keep pace with rapid technological developments, including our ability to complete the development, implementation and maintenance of the enhanced functionality required by our customers while maintaining reliability and ensuring that such technology is not vulnerable to security risks; our ability to continue introducing competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis, including through our electronic trading capabilities, and our ability to maintain the competitiveness of our existing products and services, including our ability to provide effective services to the swaps market; our ability to adjust our fixed costs and expenses if our revenues decline; our ability to maintain existing customers at substantially similar trading levels, develop strategic relationships and attract new customers; our ability to expand and globally offer our products and services; changes in regulations, including the impact of any changes in laws or government policies with respect to our products or services or our industry, such as any changes to regulations and policies that require increased financial and operational resources from us or our customers; the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights and our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others; decreases in revenue from our market data as a result of decreased demand or changes to regulations in various jurisdictions; changes in our rate per contract due to shifts in the mix of the products traded, the trading venue and the mix of customers (whether the customer receives member or non-member fees or participates in one of our various incentive programs) and the impact of our tiered pricing structure; the ability of our credit and liquidity risk management practices to adequately protect us from the credit risks of clearing members and other counterparties, and to satisfy the margin and liquidity requirements associated with the BrokerTec matched principal business; the ability of our compliance and risk management programs to effectively monitor and manage our risks, including our ability to prevent errors and misconduct and protect our infrastructure against security breaches and misappropriation of our intellectual property assets; our dependence on third-party providers and exposure to risk through third parties, including risks related to the performance, reliability and security of technology used by our third-party providers; volatility in commodity, equity and fixed income prices, and price volatility of financial benchmarks and instruments such as interest rates, credit spreads, equity indices, fixed income instruments and foreign exchange rates; economic, social, political and market conditions, including the volatility of the capital and credit markets and the impact of economic conditions on the trading activity of our current and potential customers; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response by governments and other third parties; our ability to accommodate increases in contract volume and order transaction traffic and to implement enhancements without failure or degradation of the performance of our trading and clearing systems; our ability to execute our growth strategy and maintain our growth effectively; our ability to manage the risks, control the costs and achieve the synergies associated with our strategy for acquisitions, investments and alliances, including those associated with the performance of our joint ventures with S&P Dow Jones (S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) in index services and in trade processing/post trade services (OSTTRA), our primary data distribution partners’ actions and our partnership with Google Cloud; volatility in our collateral income and non-cash collateral that we hold for clients; customer demand elasticity/reaction to our pricing and incentive changes; impact of aggregation services and internalization on trade flow and volumes; any negative financial impacts from changes to the terms of intellectual property and index rights; uncertainty related to the adoption and growth of SOFR and its impact on our business; our ability to continue to generate funds and/or manage our indebtedness to allow us to continue to invest in our business; industry, channel partner and customer consolidation; decreases in trading and clearing activity; the imposition of a transaction tax or user fee on futures and options transactions and/or repeal of the 60/40 tax treatment of such transactions; our ability to maintain our brand and reputation; and the unfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings. For a detailed discussion and additional information concerning these and other factors that might affect our performance, see our other recent periodic filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 25, 2022, under the caption "Risk Factors".


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CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions)
 
December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$2,720.1 $2,834.9 
Marketable securities96.0 115.0 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance483.2 434.5 
Other current assets (includes $4.9 and $4.8 in restricted cash)529.8 427.8 
Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions135,249.2 157,949.6 
Total current assets139,078.3 161,761.8 
Property, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization455.5 505.3 
Intangible assets—trading products17,175.3 17,175.3 
Intangible assets—other, net3,269.7 3,532.0 
Goodwill10,482.5 10,528.0 
Other assets (includes $0.1 and $0.5 in restricted cash)3,714.4 3,277.9 
Total Assets$174,175.7 $196,780.3 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable$121.4 $48.8 
Short-term debt16.0 749.4 
Other current liabilities2,300.9 1,650.6 
Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions135,249.2 157,949.6 
Total current liabilities137,687.5 160,398.4 
Long-term debt3,422.4 2,695.7 
Deferred income tax liabilities, net5,361.1 5,390.4 
Other liabilities826.0 896.5 
Total Liabilities147,297.0 169,381.0 
CME Group Shareholders’ Equity26,878.7 27,399.3 
Total Liabilities and Equity$174,175.7 $196,780.3 

















CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)
Quarter Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
 2022202120222021
Revenues
Clearing and transaction fees$981.4 $949.3 $4,142.7 $3,765.1 
Market data and information services153.2 142.1 610.9 576.9 
Other73.2 55.9 265.8 347.7 
Total Revenues1,207.8 1,147.3 5,019.4 4,689.7 
Expenses
Compensation and benefits193.0 201.7 753.1 837.0 
Technology50.0 45.8 188.6 192.6 
Professional fees and outside services38.5 32.3 137.4 151.7 
Amortization of purchased intangibles56.7 58.6 227.7 237.6 
Depreciation and amortization33.9 35.9 134.9 147.8 
Licensing and other fee agreements72.4 60.4 320.0 236.9 
Other95.0 80.9 241.8 240.9 
Total Expenses539.5 515.6 2,003.5 2,044.5 
Operating Income668.3 631.7 3,015.9 2,645.2 
Non-Operating Income (Expense)
Investment income1,152.2 67.8 2,198.4 306.9 
Interest and other borrowing costs(39.9)(41.9)(162.7)(166.9)
Equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries64.0 67.5 301.1 245.8 
Other non-operating income (expense)(1,017.3)74.2 (1,862.4)342.6 
Total Non-Operating Income (Expense)159.0 167.6 474.4 728.4 
Income before Income Taxes827.3 799.3 3,490.3 3,373.6 
Income tax provision 189.4 174.1 799.3 736.7 
Net Income637.9 625.2 2,691.0 2,636.9 
Less: net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests— — — (0.5)
Net Income Attributable to CME Group637.9 625.2 2,691.0 2,636.4 
Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group$629.9 $613.3 $2,657.2 $2,617.1 
Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:
Basic$1.76 $1.71 $7.41 $7.30 
Diluted1.75 1.71 7.40 7.29 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:
Basic358,885 358,582 358,713 358,340 
Diluted359,190 359,019 359,181 358,929 








CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Quarterly Operating Statistics
 
4Q 20211Q 20222Q 20223Q 20224Q 2022
Trading Days64 62 62 64 63 
Quarterly Average Daily Volume (ADV)(1)
CME Group ADV (in thousands)
 
Product Line4Q 20211Q 20222Q 20223Q 20224Q 2022
Interest rates9,805 12,484 10,630 10,357 9,832 
Equity indexes5,943 7,950 7,751 7,445 7,465 
Foreign exchange800 904 950 1,091 1,000 
Energy2,252 2,515 1,932 1,837 1,829 
Agricultural commodities1,216 1,474 1,308 1,208 1,171 
Metals475 593 484 498 508 
Total20,490 25,920 23,055 22,437 21,803 
Venue
CME Globex19,043 24,060 21,531 21,021 20,279 
Open outcry
792 1,030 725 704 746 
Privately negotiated656 830 799 711 778 
Total20,490 25,920 23,055 22,437 21,803 
Quarterly Average Rate Per Contract (RPC)(1)
CME Group RPC
 
Product Line4Q 20211Q 20222Q 20223Q 20224Q 2022
Interest rates$0.487 $0.484 $0.493 $0.479 $0.500 
Equity indexes0.526 0.526 0.532 0.524 0.535 
Foreign exchange0.779 0.800 0.767 0.729 0.756 
Energy1.111 1.124 1.171 1.140 1.181 
Agricultural commodities1.323 1.378 1.411 1.351 1.356 
Metals1.452 1.482 1.506 1.520 1.519 
Average RPC$0.650 $0.644 $0.647 $0.631 $0.651 
1. ADV and RPC includes futures and options on futures only.













CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Measures
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)
Quarter Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
2022202120222021
Net Income Attributable to CME Group$637.9 $625.2 $2,691.0 $2,636.4 
Restructuring and severance1.0 10.1 11.2 35.9 
Amortization of purchased intangibles(1)
69.6 69.9 276.0 253.0 
Litigation matters— (15.7)— (18.8)
Strategic transaction-related costs(2)
(3.7)5.3 (0.3)41.3 
Foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses10.5 (0.6)(13.1)(0.4)
Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on investments(0.7)(62.5)(5.3)(518.0)
Gain on sale of real estate— (30.4)— (30.4)
Debt costs related to refinancing— — 7.7 — 
Realized and unrealized losses on assets— 0.3 0.7 2.0 
Trading floor enhancements— 4.6 4.8 6.0 
Income tax effect related to above(15.4)6.6 (55.5)(27.5)
Other income tax items(1.2)(5.3)(17.4)32.2 
Adjusted Net Income Attributable to CME Group$698.0 $607.5 $2,899.8 $2,411.7 
Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group$689.1 $595.7 $2,863.2 $2,392.8 
Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:
     Basic$1.76 $1.71 $7.41 $7.30 
     Diluted1.75 1.71 7.40 7.29 
Adjusted Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:
     Basic$1.92 $1.66 $7.98 $6.68 
Diluted 1.92 1.66 7.97 6.67 
Weighted Average Number of Shares:
     Basic common shares358,885 358,582 358,713 358,340 
     Diluted common shares359,190 359,019 359,181 358,929 
Preferred shares(3)
4,584 2,890 4,584 728 
1. Includes $10.5 million of amortization of purchased intangibles (net of tax) at OSTTRA and $2.4 million of amortization of purchased intangibles at S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, reported in Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
2. Strategic transaction-related costs primarily include costs related to the NEX transaction and the formation of the OSTTRA joint venture.
3. Preferred shares have similar rights as common shares without voting rights.