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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · CME (CME)

CME Group extends CEO Terry Duffy's contract to 2026, promotes Fitzpatrick to president

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

CME Group's board approved an amended employment agreement extending Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy's term through December 31, 2026, with base salary, target bonus and long-term incentive targets unchanged. The company also named CFO Lynne Fitzpatrick President and CFO, and COO Julie Holzrichter is stepping down to become an advisor, with Suzanne Sprague succeeding her as COO. The filing reports no financial results, so the changes affect shareholders mainly through leadership continuity and the terms of executive compensation.

Key points

  • Duffy's employment term extended to December 31, 2026; the agreement may be extended further to December 31, 2027
  • Lynne Fitzpatrick promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer; she has served as CFO since April 2023
  • Julie Holzrichter, COO since 2014, steps down and will remain with the company as an advisor
  • Suzanne Sprague, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Clearing and Post-Trade Services, assumes the COO role

The filing

CompanyCME (CME)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 7, 2024, 1:19 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-24-252912

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 07, 2024.

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