Form 8-K

8-K — CME GROUP INC.

Accession: 0001156375-26-000042

Filed: 2026-07-22

Period: 2026-07-22

CIK: 0001156375

SIC: 6200 (SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES)

Item: Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 22, 2026

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CME GROUP INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware 001-31553 36-4459170

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation) (Commission

File No.) (IRS Employer

Identification No.)

20 South Wacker Drive Chicago Illinois 60606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 930-1000

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading symbol Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock CME Nasdaq

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) of this chapter or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The information set forth under “Item 2.02. Results Of Operations and Financial Condition,” including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of CME Group Inc. dated July 22, 2026, reporting CME Group Inc.’s financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

To supplement CME Group’s financial statements on a GAAP basis, the attached press release includes financial measures that are not in accordance with GAAP, consisting of non-GAAP revenues, expenses, operating income, net income and earnings per share. Management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP revenues, expenses, operating income, net income and earnings per share provide important supplemental information to management and investors about financial and business trends relating to CME Group Inc.’s financial condition and results of operations. Management believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provide a better measure of comparability with the Company’s prior financial reports. Management acknowledges that non-GAAP adjustments may include recurring items. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, CME Group Inc. has included a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the press release.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number Description

99.1

Press Release, dated July 22, 2026.

104 The cover page from CME Group Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CME Group Inc.

Registrant

Date: July 22, 2026 By: /s/ Lynne Fitzpatrick

Name:

Title: Lynne Fitzpatrick

Senior Managing Director, President and Chief Financial Officer

Principal Financial Offer and

Duly Authorized Officer

EX-99.1

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Document

Exhibit 99.1

Media contact Investor contact

Timothy Barello, 212.299.2256 Adam Minick, 312.340.8365

Laurie Bischel, 312.648.8698 investors@cmegroup.com

news@cmegroup.com CME-G

cmegroup.mediaroom.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CME Group Inc. Reports Strong Financial Results for Q2 2026

CHICAGO, July 22, 2026 - CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2026.

The company reported revenue of $1.7 billion and operating income of $1.1 billion for the second quarter of 2026. Net income was $1.0 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $2.88. On an adjusted basis, operating income was $1.2 billion, net income was $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $2.99. Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the second quarter of 2026 and 2025 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1

"The first half of 2026 was the strongest in CME Group's history,” said CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy. “We delivered record H1 performance across revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share, all of which were powered by record trading in Q1 and our second-highest Q2 volumes ever. During Q2, market data revenue increased 20% to a record $238 million. Importantly, we provided more than $95 billion in daily margin efficiencies during the quarter, a new high that represents unparalleled capital savings that our clients can redeploy in their businesses. We also continue to innovate a number of new tools to help clients manage risk and pursue opportunities, including Single-Stock futures, 1-Ounce Gold contracts available 24/7, U.S. Treasury clearing and Compute futures."

Second-quarter 2026 average daily volume (ADV) was the third highest quarterly ADV reaching 29.8 million contracts, which included non-U.S. ADV of 9.1 million contracts.

Clearing and transaction fees revenue for second-quarter 2026 totaled $1.4 billion. The total average rate per contract was $0.678. Market data revenue totaled a record $238 million for second-quarter 2026.

1. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial results mentioned to the respective GAAP figures can be found within the Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Common Share charts at the end of the financial statements.

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As of June 30, 2026, the company had $2.3 billion in cash (including $200 million deposited with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, which is included in other current assets) and $3.4 billion of debt. The company paid dividends during the second quarter of approximately $468 million and repurchased $695 million in CME Group common shares.

CME Group will hold a Q&A conference call to discuss second-quarter 2026 results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today. A live audio webcast of the Q&A call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CME Group's website at investor.cmegroup.com under Events & Presentations. An archived recording will be available for up to two months after the call.

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”). “S&P®”, “S&P 500®”, “SPY®”, “SPX®”, US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. We want to caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Among the factors that might affect our performance are increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities, including increased competition from new entrants into our markets and consolidation of existing entities; our ability to keep pace with rapid technological developments, including our ability to complete the development, implementation and maintenance of the enhanced functionality required by our customers while maintaining reliability and ensuring that such technology is not vulnerable to security risks; our ability to continue introducing innovative and competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis, including through our electronic trading capabilities, and derive revenues that are commensurate with our efforts and expectations, and our ability to maintain the competitiveness of our existing products and services; our ability to adjust our fixed costs and expenses if our revenues decline; our ability to manage variable costs associated with CME Group’s transition to the Google Cloud, and minimize duplicative costs of maintaining both on-premise and Google Cloud environments during the transition; the resilience of our electronic platforms and the soundness of our business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including in the event of cyberattacks and cyberterrorism or as impacted by a failure of or disruption at one of our suppliers; our ability to maintain existing customers at substantially similar trading levels, develop strategic relationships and attract new customers; our ability to expand and globally offer our products and services; changes in regulations, including the impact of any changes in laws or government policies with respect to our products or services or our industry, such as any changes to regulations and policies that require increased financial and operational resources from us or our customers, as well as the impact of tariffs and tax policy changes, restrictions on our ability to offer CME Group products and services in specific geographies or to specific customers or limitations or changes in underlying/physical product flows across geographies; the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights and our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others; decreases in revenue from our market data as a result of decreased demand or changes to regulations in various jurisdictions; changes in our rate per contract due to shifts in the mix of the products traded, the trading venue and the mix of customers (whether the customer receives member or non-member fees or participates in one of our various incentive programs) and the impact of our tiered pricing structure; the ability of our credit and liquidity risk management practices to adequately protect us from the credit risks of clearing firms and other counterparties, and to satisfy the margin and liquidity requirements associated with the BrokerTec matched principal business; the ability of our compliance and risk management programs to effectively monitor and manage our risks, including our ability to prevent errors and misconduct and protect our infrastructure against security breaches and misappropriation of our intellectual property assets; our dependence on third-party providers and exposure to risk from third parties, including risks related to the performance, reliability and security of technology used by, or facilities provided by, our third-party providers and third-party providers that our clients and third-parties rely on; our reliance on third-party distribution partners, including independent software vendors, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, broker-dealers, regulatory reporting and data distributors and platform operators, and other partners, for facilitating trading and for market data information, and potential impacts from changes in their business models and priorities; volatility in commodity, equity and fixed income prices, and price volatility of financial benchmarks and instruments such as interest rates, equity indices, fixed income instruments and foreign exchange rates; economic, social, political and market conditions, including new and existing geopolitical tensions or conflicts, the volatility of the capital and credit markets and the impact of economic conditions on the trading activity of our current and potential customers; our ability to accommodate increases in contract volume and market data and order transaction traffic across the entire trade cycle and the ability to implement enhancements meeting our regulatory obligations and customer needs without failure or degradation of the performance of our trading and clearing systems; our ability to execute our growth strategy and maintain our growth effectively; our ability to manage the risks, control the costs and achieve the synergies associated with our strategy for acquisitions, investments, alliances, strategic partnerships and joint ventures; variances in earnings on cash accounts and collateral that our clearing house holds; impact of CME Group pricing/fee level and structure and incentive changes; impact of aggregation services and internalization on trade flow and volumes; any negative financial impacts from changes to the terms of intellectual property and index rights; our ability to continue to generate funds and/or manage our indebtedness to allow us to continue to invest in our business; industry, channel partner and customer consolidation and/or concentration; decreases in trading and clearing activity; the imposition of a transaction tax or user fee on

futures and options transactions and/or repeal of the 60/40 tax treatment of such transactions; increases in effective tax rates, borrowing costs, or changes in tax policy; our ability to maintain our brand and reputation; and the unfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings. For a detailed discussion and additional information concerning these and other factors that might affect our performance, see our other recent periodic filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 26, 2026, under the caption "Risk Factors".

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CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in millions)

June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025

ASSETS

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,144.2 $ 4,416.9

Marketable securities 131.4 125.0

Accounts receivable, net of allowance 753.1 639.2

Other current assets (includes $4.4 and $6.5 in restricted cash) 491.7 522.1

Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions 158,110.7 159,656.1

Total current assets 161,631.1 165,359.3

Property, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization 351.2 362.7

Intangible assets—trading products 17,175.3 17,175.3

Intangible assets—other, net 2,494.6 2,610.7

Goodwill 10,505.8 10,514.7

Other assets 2,518.6 2,401.5

Total Assets $ 194,676.6 $ 198,424.2

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable $ 68.0 $ 71.8

Other current liabilities 538.6 568.8

Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions 158,110.7 159,656.1

Total current liabilities 158,717.3 160,296.7

Long-term debt 3,424.2 3,422.3

Deferred income tax liabilities, net 5,220.9 5,242.2

Other liabilities 793.8 734.8

Total Liabilities 168,156.2 169,696.0

Total CME Group Shareholders’ Equity 26,520.4 28,728.2

Total Liabilities and Equity $ 194,676.6 $ 198,424.2

CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income

(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)

Quarter Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 2025 2026 2025

Revenues

Clearing and transaction fees $ 1,352.5 $ 1,388.0 $ 2,895.1 $ 2,725.3

Market data and information services 238.1 198.1 462.2 392.6

Other 115.6 105.9 229.0 216.4

Total Revenues 1,706.2 1,692.0 3,586.3 3,334.3

Expenses

Compensation and benefits 233.5 221.6 456.5 428.3

Technology 83.3 70.9 159.9 136.6

Professional fees and outside services 29.1 37.4 57.3 65.9

Amortization of purchased intangibles 56.0 56.1 112.1 111.3

Depreciation and amortization 28.2 27.3 55.4 54.6

Licensing and other fee agreements 109.1 96.2 215.9 192.8

Other 59.9 53.2 112.4 107.5

Total Expenses 599.1 562.7 1,169.5 1,097.0

Operating Income 1,107.1 1,129.3 2,416.8 2,237.3

Non-Operating Income (Expense)

Investment income 1,429.7 1,518.4 2,819.0 2,411.1

Interest and other borrowing costs (43.6) (44.0) (87.2) (85.7)

Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries 97.7 99.0 200.1 187.2

Other non-operating income (expense) (1,263.2) (1,372.4) (2,510.1) (2,174.8)

Total Non-Operating Income (Expense) 220.6 201.0 421.8 337.8

Income before Income Taxes 1,327.7 1,330.3 2,838.6 2,575.1

Income tax provision 285.9 305.2 642.5 593.8

Net Income $ 1,041.8 $ 1,025.1 $ 2,196.1 $ 1,981.3

Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic(1)

$ 1,041.8 $ 1,012.2 $ 2,200.4 $ 1,956.4

Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Diluted(1)

$ 1,041.8 $ 1,012.2 $ 2,196.1 $ 1,956.4

Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:

Basic $ 2.89 $ 2.81 $ 6.11 $ 5.44

Diluted 2.88 2.81 6.06 5.43

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:

Basic 360,684 359,658 360,005 359,636

Diluted(2)

361,282 360,355 362,233 360,297

1. The difference between Net Income and Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic and Diluted is the result of the distribution of earnings allocated to preferred shares.

2. Preferred shares of 4,584,000 were all converted to Class A Common stock on March 5, 2026 with their weighted-average impact included in the Diluted shares starting in the first quarter of 2026.

CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries

Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income

(dollars in millions)

Quarter Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 2025 2026 2025

Total Revenues $ 1,706.2 $ 1,692.0 $ 3,586.3 $ 3,334.3

Adjusted Total Revenues $ 1,706.2 $ 1,692.0 $ 3,586.3 $ 3,334.3

Total Expenses $ 599.1 $ 562.7 $ 1,169.5 $ 1,097.0

Restructuring and severance (6.0) (1.4) (10.0) (2.5)

Deferred compensation(1)

(12.4) (7.7) (11.6) (5.5)

Amortization of purchased intangibles (56.0) (56.2) (112.1) (111.3)

Strategic transaction-related (costs) credits (1.0) (2.8) (1.6) (2.8)

Real estate-related (costs) credits 0.7 8.1 — 8.1

Foreign exchange transaction gains (losses) (0.3) (3.5) 0.6 (5.9)

Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on assets — (0.4) — (0.4)

Litigation matters or settlements (2.9) (7.6) (1.9) (10.9)

Adjusted Total Expenses $ 521.2 $ 491.2 $ 1,032.9 $ 965.8

Operating Income $ 1,107.1 $ 1,129.3 $ 2,416.8 $ 2,237.3

Adjusted Operating Income $ 1,185.0 $ 1,200.8 $ 2,553.4 $ 2,368.5

1. Includes $12.4 million and $11.6 million for changes in our non-qualified deferred compensation liability in the second quarter and first six months of 2026. This impact does not affect net income and adjusted net income, because the compensation and benefits change has an equal and offsetting change in investment income.

CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries

Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Common Share

(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)

Quarter Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 2025 2026 2025

Net Income $ 1,041.8 $ 1,025.1 $ 2,196.1 $ 1,981.3

Restructuring and severance 6.0 1.4 10.0 2.5

Amortization of purchased intangibles(1)

60.0 69.4 120.1 137.6

Strategic transaction-related costs (credits)(2)

0.3 2.8 0.4 2.8

Real estate-related costs (credits) (0.7) (8.1) — (8.1)

Foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses 0.3 3.6 (0.6) 6.0

Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on investments (3.9) — 19.0 6.4

Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on assets — 0.4 — 0.4

Litigation matters or settlements 2.9 7.6 1.9 10.9

Income tax effect related to above (15.3) (15.5) (36.3) (31.6)

Other income tax items(3)

(9.7) (7.3) (8.8) (8.9)

Adjusted Net Income $ 1,081.7 $ 1,079.4 $ 2,301.8 $ 2,099.3

Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic(4)

$ 1,081.7 $ 1,065.8 $ 2,305.6 $ 2,072.9

Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Diluted(4)

$ 1,081.7 $ 1,065.8 $ 2,301.8 $ 2,072.9

Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:

Basic $ 2.89 $ 2.81 $ 6.11 $ 5.44

Diluted 2.88 2.81 6.06 5.43

Adjusted Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:

Basic $ 3.00 $ 2.96 $ 6.40 $ 5.76

Diluted 2.99 2.96 6.35 5.75

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:

Basic 360,684 359,658 360,005 359,636

Diluted(5)

361,282 360,355 362,233 360,297

1. Includes $2.6 million and $5.2 million of amortization of purchased intangibles at S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and $1.4 million and $2.8 million of amortization of purchased intangibles at FanDuel Prediction Markets Holdings LLC in the second quarter and first six months of 2026. This is reported in Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

2. The values shown above may differ from what is shown in the Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income as

that schedule does not include adjustment items or portions of items included in non-operating results.

3. Other income tax items in the second quarter of 2026 include benefits related to the resolution of certain state income tax examinations and adjustments to tax reserves and tax receivables.

4. The difference between Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic and Diluted is the result of the distribution of earnings allocated to preferred shares.

5. Preferred shares of 4,584,000 were all converted to Class A Common stock on March 5, 2026 with their weighted-average impact included in the Diluted shares starting in the first quarter of 2026.

CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries

Quarterly Operating Statistics

2Q 2025 3Q 2025 4Q 2025 1Q 2026 2Q 2026

Trading Days 62 64 64 61 62

Quarterly Average Daily Volume (ADV)(1)

CME Group ADV (in thousands)

Product Line 2Q 2025 3Q 2025 4Q 2025 1Q 2026 2Q 2026

Interest rates 15,472 13,378 13,010 18,674 14,532

Equity indexes 7,661 6,278 7,738 8,655 8,633

Foreign exchange 1,096 834 853 1,193 989

Energy 3,082 2,295 2,523 3,985 2,667

Agricultural commodities 1,964 1,712 1,787 2,042 2,080

Metals 943 825 1,441 1,682 941

Total 30,217 25,322 27,353 36,231 29,843

Venue

CME Globex 28,097 23,418 25,542 33,633 27,935

Open outcry 993 989 816 1,241 830

Privately negotiated 1,127 915 995 1,357 1,078

Total 30,217 25,322 27,353 36,231 29,843

Quarterly Average Rate Per Contract (RPC)(1)

CME Group RPC

Product Line 2Q 2025 3Q 2025 4Q 2025 1Q 2026 2Q 2026

Interest rates $ 0.481 $ 0.487 $ 0.486 $ 0.457 $ 0.480

Equity indexes 0.635 0.652 0.611 0.597 0.605

Foreign exchange 0.772 0.841 0.847 0.780 0.813

Energy 1.138 1.214 1.245 1.084 1.131

Agricultural commodities 1.435 1.423 1.427 1.344 1.426

Metals 1.456 1.505 1.295 1.153 1.315

Average RPC $ 0.690 $ 0.702 $ 0.707 $ 0.652 $ 0.678

1. ADV and RPC includes futures and options on futures only.

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A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.

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Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.

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Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.

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Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.

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The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.

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The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.

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Local phone number for entity.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

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Title of a 12(b) registered security.

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Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

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Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

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