8-KEarnings & ResultsExhibits & Filings

CME GROUP INC. 8-K Report, Financial Results (May 1, 2019)

Filed May 1, 2019For Securities:CME

Summary

CME Group Inc. (CME) filed an 8-K on May 1, 2019, to report its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. The report primarily directs investors to a press release (Exhibit 99.1) for detailed financial information. This press release includes both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, such as non-GAAP net income and earnings per share. Management believes these non-GAAP measures offer valuable supplemental information for assessing financial and business trends, enhancing comparability with prior periods. While these non-GAAP figures are presented as a supplement to GAAP results, investors should refer to the press release for reconciliations between the non-GAAP and the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, as required by Regulation G. This filing does not contain the detailed financial statements themselves but serves as a notification of their public release.

Key Highlights

  • 1CME Group Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2019 via an 8-K filing on May 1, 2019.
  • 2The primary content of the filing is a press release (Exhibit 99.1) containing the detailed financial results.
  • 3The press release includes both Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and non-GAAP financial measures.
  • 4Non-GAAP financial measures such as non-GAAP net income and earnings per share are presented as supplemental information.
  • 5Management asserts that non-GAAP measures aid in understanding financial and business trends and improve comparability with historical performance.
  • 6Reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures are provided within the press release, in accordance with Regulation G.
  • 7This 8-K filing serves as a notification of the results' release and incorporates the press release by reference.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to report CME Group Inc.'s financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. It incorporates by reference a press release that contains the detailed financial information.

No, the 8-K filing itself does not contain the detailed financial statements. It refers investors to Exhibit 99.1, a press release dated May 1, 2019, which includes the financial results.

Non-GAAP financial measures are financial metrics that are not calculated according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). CME Group includes non-GAAP net income and earnings per share to provide supplemental information to management and investors, believing they offer a better view of financial and business trends and enhance comparability with prior periods.

The press release (Exhibit 99.1), which is incorporated by reference in this 8-K filing, includes a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, as required by Regulation G.