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CME acquisitions, on the record

The businesses CME bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
CBOT Holdings, Inc.
Word for word“CME Group subsequently acquired CBOT Holdings, Inc. in 2007, NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX and COMEX) in 2008, the Kansas City Board of Trade in 2012 and NEX Group plc (NEX) in 2018.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2007—
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX and COMEX)
Word for word“CME Group subsequently acquired CBOT Holdings, Inc. in 2007, NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX and COMEX) in 2008, the Kansas City Board of Trade in 2012 and NEX Group plc (NEX) in 2018.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2008—
Kansas City Board of Trade
Word for word“CME Group subsequently acquired CBOT Holdings, Inc. in 2007, NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX and COMEX) in 2008, the Kansas City Board of Trade in 2012 and NEX Group plc (NEX) in 2018.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2012—
NEX Group plc (NEX)
Word for word“CME Group subsequently acquired CBOT Holdings, Inc. in 2007, NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYMEX and COMEX) in 2008, the Kansas City Board of Trade in 2012 and NEX Group plc (NEX) in 2018.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2018—
Dow Jones Indexes (majority stake)
Word for word“In 2010, CME Group acquired a majority stake in Dow Jones Indexes, which was combined with S&P’s index business in 2012 to form S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, of which CME Group now has a 27% ownership stake.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2010—
Pivot, Inc.
Word for word“These amounts primarily related to losses from the acquisition of NEX Group plc, the acquisition of Pivot, Inc., and losses incurred in the operation of various foreign entities.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Optimization business (Traiana, TriOptima and Reset) contributed to OSTTRA
Word for word“In September 2021, we contributed the net assets of our optimization business to OSTTRA, our joint venture with IHS Markit (later acquired by S&P Global).” 10-K for 2023
divestitureSeptember 2021—
OSTTRA joint venture with IHS Markit
Word for word“In 2021, CME Group and IHS Markit (later acquired by S&P Global) established a 50/50 joint venture, OSTTRA.” 10-K for 2023
merger2021—
Dow Jones Indexes
Word for word“In 2010, CME Group acquired a majority stake in Dow Jones Indexes, which was combined with S&P’s index business in 2012 to form S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, of which CME Group now has a 27% ownership stake.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition2010—
IHS Markit indices business
Word for word“Our acquisition of the IHS Markit indices business (S&P Dow Jones Indices), includes leading fixed income and credit indices, such as iBoxx, iTraxx and CDX.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
OSTTRA joint venture
Word for word“In addition, there was an increase in net realized and unrealized gains on investments, including the $306.1 million gain on the sale of the OSTTRA joint venture.” 10-K for 2025
divestiture—$306.1 million gain
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Cash received from selling businessesGoodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$0$8.8 million$0
2017-12-31$0$267.6 million—
2018-12-31$1.8 billion$20.7 million—
2019-12-31$0$89.6 million—
2020-12-31$0$26.3 million—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from CME’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.