CME Announces Filing of Registration Statement for IPO of Class A Common Stock
CHICAGO, June 10, 2002 – Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME Holdings), parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., announced today that it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The offering will consist of shares to be offered by CME Holdings and by certain shareholders of CME Holdings.
Morgan Stanley will act as the book-running manager for the offering with UBS Warburg as joint-lead manager. Salomon Smith Barney, J.P. Morgan Securities and William Blair & Company will act as co-managing underwriters.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., the largest futures exchange in the United States based on trading volume, open interest and notional value. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEXÒ around-the-clock electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. CME traded 411.7 million futures and options on futures contracts in 2001, with an underlying value of $293.9 trillion. The exchange moves about $1.6 billion per day in settlement payments and manages $27.4 billion in collateral deposits. |
