CME Group Inc. (CME) announced the preliminary shareholder voting results from its 2012 annual meeting. At the meeting, the company's shareholders elected Dennis Chookaszian, Larry Gerdes, Daniel Glickman, James Oliff, Edemir Pinto, Alex Pollock and William Shepard each for a two-year term expiring in 2014; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012; approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the company's named executive officers.
CME Group's shareholders approved the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CME Group Inc. to eliminate the classification of the company's board as of the 2014 annual meeting; approved the CME Group Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Stock Plan; and approved the CME Group Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
The company stated that its shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to amend the company's By-Laws to allow shareholders to nominate director candidates for inclusion in the company's proxy materials.
In addition, the company's Class B-1 shareholders elected Jeffrey Bernacchi to a two-year term; Class B-2 shareholders elected David Wescott for a two-year term; and Class B-1 shareholders elected the members of its nominating committee. The election of the Class B-3 nominating committee was adjourned to June 13, 2012.
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