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CME Group Declares Annual Variable Dividend

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CME Group declared an annual variable dividend of $2.50 per share, totaling approximately $900 million, payable on January 13, 2021, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2020. Including this dividend and a previously announced fourth-quarter dividend of $0.85 per share, the total 2020 dividend yield reaches 3.3%. Since initiating the variable dividend structure in February 2012, CME Group has returned over $15 billion to shareholders through dividends, reflecting its commitment to capital return based on operating results.

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  • Declared annual variable dividend of $2.50 per share, totaling $900 million.
  • Total dividend yield for 2020 is 3.3% based on average stock price.
  • Over $15 billion returned to shareholders since 2012 through dividends.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $2.50 per share. The dividend is payable January 13, 2021, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2020.

The annual variable dividend of $2.50 per share to be paid in January 2021 totals approximately $900 million. Including today's announced variable dividend and the previously announced fourth-quarter 2020 dividend of $0.85 per share to be paid in December, the total dividend yield for dividends announced during 2020 is 3.3% based on the average closing stock price in 2020 to date. The company will have paid a total of more than $15 billion in quarterly and variable dividends since adopting the annual variable dividend structure in the beginning of 2012. 

When CME Group adopted its annual variable dividend structure in February 2012, the intention was to determine the excess cash available at the end of each year, with the level to increase or decrease from year to year based on operating results, potential investment activity and other forms of capital return.  

As the world's leading and most diverse 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. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.

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, EBS, TriOptima, and Traiana are trademarks of BrokerTec Europe LTD, EBS Group LTD, TriOptima AB, and Traiana, Inc., respectively. Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and S&P are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, as the case may be, and have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

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FAQ

What is the amount of CME's annual variable dividend for 2020?

CME Group declared an annual variable dividend of $2.50 per share.

When is the CME Group dividend payable?

The dividend is payable on January 13, 2021.

What is the total dividend yield for CME Group in 2020?

The total dividend yield for dividends announced during 2020 is 3.3%.

How much has CME Group paid in dividends since 2012?

CME Group has paid over $15 billion in dividends since adopting its variable dividend structure in 2012.

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