Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Sep 15, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Sep 17, 2026
OfficerGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0002153052-26-000002
Filed / recorded
Sep 17, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
CME GROUP INC.
Issuer CIK
1156375
Ticker
CME
Reporting person
John Clifford Marchese
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
Sr MD, General Counsel
Security
Common Stock Class A
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Sep 15, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
784
Price per share
$275.09
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
3,839
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Represents a grant of restricted stock under the CME Group Omnibus Stock Plan, vesting in four equal annual installments, subject to continued service. This grant was determined based on the Reporting Person's role as of September 1, 2026 and prior to the effective date of his promotion to Senior Managing Director and General Counsel on September 11, 2026. Under CME Group's compensation program, the Reporting Person is entitled to a promotion-related equity grant in March 2027, which would be reported on a subsequent Form 4.