CME GROUP INC.

CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and over-the-counter (OTC) products, optimize portfolios and analyze data - empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group provides primary price discovery and referential pricing information through its market data in a variety of formats, including real-time, historical and derived data for customers in both listed and cash products. CME Group also offers industry-leading research and analytics tools to provide customers with market education resources. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers. Our principal executive offices are located at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, our telephone number is 312-930-1000 and our website is cmegroup.com . The graphic below provides a brief overview of key events within CME Group's history: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange (FX), and agricultural, energy and metals commodities. We also offer cash and repo fixed income trading via BrokerTec, and spot and OTC FX trading via EBS. Additionally, we operate one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing providers. Derivatives Exchange Business: Our broad set of products offered on our derivatives exchanges (CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX) are important risk management tools for our clients around the globe.