Welcome to our dedicated page for CME Group SEC filings (Ticker: CME), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The CME Group Inc. (CME) SEC filings page on Stock Titan brings together the company’s regulatory disclosures as a publicly traded operator in the securities and commodity exchanges industry. CME Group files a range of documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including current reports on Form 8-K that provide updates on financial results, corporate events and governance matters.
Recent Form 8-K filings illustrate how CME Group uses SEC reports to communicate with investors. One 8-K describes the release of quarterly financial results, including the use of non-GAAP measures such as non-GAAP revenues, expenses, operating income, net income and earnings per share, together with reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP figures. Another 8-K reports a jury verdict in favor of CME Group and the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. in a class action involving certain Class B shareholders and members. A further 8-K discloses the planned retirement of the company’s Chief Accounting Officer and outlines the transition process.
In addition to 8-Ks, CME Group’s SEC reporting framework includes annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and other filings that address topics such as results of operations, financial condition, risk factors, corporate governance and compensation. These documents help investors understand the company’s role as a derivatives marketplace offering futures, options, cash and OTC trading across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products, metals and cryptocurrencies, as well as its operation of CME Clearing and electronic platforms like CME Globex, BrokerTec and EBS.
On Stock Titan, CME filings are supplemented with AI-powered summaries designed to explain the key points of lengthy documents, such as 10-K and 10-Q reports, in accessible language. Users can quickly identify major themes, while still having access to the full text of each filing. The page also provides visibility into event-driven filings like Form 8-K, which can include announcements about earnings releases, legal outcomes, executive changes and other material developments.
CME Group Inc. director William R. Shepard reported buying a net 1,469.84 shares of Class A common stock at $297.38 per share. The purchases on March 26, 2026 included 1,407.78 shares acquired indirectly through a trust and 62.06 shares acquired in his direct account.
The indirectly held shares rose to 260,117.54 held by a trust, while directly held shares increased to 2,539.45. A footnote explains that the acquired shares reflect a dividend reinvestment plan administered by his broker, meaning cash dividends were automatically used to buy additional CME shares.
CME Group Inc - Amendment to Schedule 13G
The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 10 reporting 0 shares beneficially owned of CME Group common stock, representing 0% of the class. The amendment explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 leading certain Vanguard subsidiaries or business divisions to report ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
CME Group is asking shareholders to vote at its May 14, 2026 annual meeting on director elections, auditor ratification, executive pay and major charter changes to Class B director election rights. The proxy highlights record 2025 results, including $6.5 billion in revenue, $4.1 billion in net income and diluted EPS of $11.16. Average daily volume reached 28.1 million contracts, with international volume of 8.4 million contracts per day. CME declared more than $4 billion in 2025 dividends, including a $2.2 billion variable dividend, and increased the regular dividend to $5.00 per share annually. The filing also details a heavily independent, skills-diverse board, extensive risk and cybersecurity oversight, and a pay program tying over half of executive compensation to performance.
CME Group Inc. senior managing director and general counsel Jonathan L. Marcus reported an open-market sale of 3,291 shares of Class A common stock on March 17, 2026 at $313.37 per share. The sale was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and he now holds 7,192 shares directly. This Form 4/A amendment only corrects the reported sale price; all other details from the original Form 4 remain the same.
CME Group Inc. senior managing director and general counsel Jonathan L. Marcus reported an open-market sale of 3,291 shares of Class A common stock at $333.37 per share. After this transaction, he directly holds 7,192 shares. The sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 18, 2025, indicating it was scheduled in advance rather than timed discretionarily.
CME Group reported a Form 144 notice for a proposed sale of issuer-held equity. The filing lists 3,291 total shares identified for sale: 398 Restricted Stock and 2,893 Performance Shares, each dated 03/15/2026. The securities are described as ISSUER-held on NASDAQ.
CME Group Inc. senior managing director Timothy Francis McCourt reported equity compensation activity involving Class A common stock. He received a grant or award of 5,504 shares at a reference price of $311.40 per share tied to performance share vesting from a 2022 award. In related non-market transactions, he surrendered 2,810 shares and separately 94 shares back to the company to cover tax withholding obligations on the performance share award and restricted stock vesting. After these transactions, he holds 12,108 shares of CME Group Class A common stock directly.
CME Group Inc. senior managing director and general counsel Jonathan L. Marcus received an equity award of 5,270 shares of Class A common stock on March 15, 2026. The vesting amount was based on CME’s total shareholder return versus the S&P 500 over a three-year period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
On the same date, Marcus surrendered 2,377 shares to the company to cover tax withholding on the performance share award and 261 shares to cover taxes on restricted stock vesting. These tax-withholding dispositions were not open-market sales. After these transactions, he directly holds 10,483 CME Class A shares.
CME Group Sr MD & Chief HR Officer Hilda Harris Piell reported compensation-related share activity. She received 7,076 shares of Class A common stock as a grant tied to performance shares awarded in 2022 under CME Group's Omnibus Stock Plan, based on total shareholder return relative to the S&P 500 over a three-year period ending December 31, 2025. To cover tax withholding on this award, she surrendered 3,039 shares back to the company. After these transactions, she directly holds 33,455 shares of CME Group Class A common stock.