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CME Demutualization-- What's the play?

An SI Board Since January 2000

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Emcee: Tony	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

As most market participants know, the CME is in the process of demutualizing the exchange, through a set of mergers which will make the current membership (seat holders) stock holders with two sets of common stock, one representing the various trading rights, the other equity.

The S-4 is now available on FreeEdgar, and makes for interesting reading.

The question is, what's the play?
Discuss.

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4	I don't think, and didn't mean to imply that liquidity automatically be	LPS5	-	2/1/2000
3	Hmm... The thing is, the CME is already loosing position to the other exchange	Tony	-	2/1/2000
2	Tony, Here's how I break it down: 1. The CME is demutualizing, thereby op	LPS5	-	1/31/2000
1	It occurrs to me that I should have provided a link: freeedgar.com	Tony	-	1/31/2000

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