Summary
CME Group Inc. filed this Current Report on Form 8-K on June 5, 2008, to furnish XBRL-formatted financial statements from its previously filed Quarterly Report for the period ended March 31, 2008. These XBRL documents, including the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows, are provided as Exhibit 100 to this 8-K filing. It is crucial for investors to understand that these XBRL documents are provided for technological testing purposes and are explicitly stated as unaudited. The filing emphasizes that investors should continue to rely on the officially filed version of the 10-Q and not the XBRL-formatted data when making investment decisions. This filing does not alter CME Group's liability under Section 18 of the Exchange Act for the XBRL data itself.
Key Highlights
- 1CME Group Inc. furnished XBRL-formatted financial statements as an exhibit to this 8-K.
- 2The XBRL data pertains to the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows for the period ending March 31, 2008.
- 3These XBRL documents were derived from CME's Form 10-Q filed on May 9, 2008.
- 4The filing explicitly states the XBRL financial information is unaudited.
- 5Investors are advised to rely on the official filed financial statements, not the XBRL versions, for investment decisions.
- 6The purpose of furnishing the XBRL data is for format and technology testing.
- 7The information furnished in this 8-K, including Exhibit 100, is not deemed 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.