CME Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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CME Group M&A Summary

CME Group has acquired 6 companies. It has also divested 2 assets.

CME Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2006, when it acquired Swapstream for $15M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2016, when it sold CME Group - Suburban Data Center to CyrusOne for $130M. CME Group has acquired in 3 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (50%) and internet software and services (34%).

CME Group Business Overview

Where is CME Group headquartered?

CME Group is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

What is CME Group’s revenue?

CME Group disclosed revenue of 5,579M USD for 2023 and 5,019M USD for 2022.

How many employees does CME Group have?

CME Group has 3,565 employees.

What sector is CME Group in?

CME Group is a financial services company.

When was CME Group founded?

CME Group was founded in 1898.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 7

CME Group

CME Group, Inc.

20 South Wacker Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60606
United States,
(312) 930-1000
www.cmegroup.com

CME Group provides a marketplace for buyers and sellers, bringing together individuals, companies and institutions that need to manage risk or that want to profit by accepting risk. CME Group also offers a growing slate of cleared OTC products and services. CME Group was founded in 1898 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 6 - - - - - 6
vol $15M $15M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $130M $130M
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
NEX Group plc 2018-03-29 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.nex.com
CME Group - Suburban Data Center 2016-03-15 130M USD Divestiture
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) 2012-10-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Kansas City, Montana · www.kcbt.com
Credit Market Analysis Ltd. 2012-07-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Elysian Systems Ltd. 2010-12-09 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom
Carvill Hurricane Index 2009-04-06 - Divestiture
, United States
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. 2008-08-22 - Add-on Acquisition
New York City, New York
Swapstream Ltd. 2006-07-05 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
London,, United Kingdom
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 3 (50%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 2 (33%) 15M (100%) - -
Information Technology 1 (17%) - 1 (50%) 130M (100%)
Information Services - - 1 (50%) -
Total 6 $15M 2 $130M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 3 15M 1 -
United States 3 - 1 130M
  New York 1 - - -
  Montana 1 - - -
  Illinois - - 1 130M
Domestic 3 (50%) - 1 (50%) 130M (100%)
Cross-border 3 (50%) 15M (100%) 1 (50%) -
Total 6 $15M 2 $130M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
William Blair
1
Goldman Sachs
1
Barclays Investment Bank
1
Legal Deals
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
3
Goldberg Kohn
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $15M
TOTAL $15M
Largest Swapstream Ltd.
$15M (2006-07-05)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $130M
TOTAL $130M
Largest CME Group - Suburban Data Center
$130M (2016-03-15)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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