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CME Group Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 11/1/23, at 2:56pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1156375-23-190   ·   File #:  1-31553

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/01/23  CME Group Inc.                    10-Q        9/30/23   64:6.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.44M 
 2: EX-10.1     Equity Grant Letter Performance Shares              HTML     44K 
 3: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     22K 
 4: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.1     Section 906 Certification                           HTML     21K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     77K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    125K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     54K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Income                   HTML    114K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     78K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    112K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     20K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R8          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    123K 
19: R9          Basis Of Presentation                               HTML     23K 
20: R10         Revenue Recognition (Notes)                         HTML     68K 
21: R11         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     26K 
                (Notes)                                                          
22: R12         Intangible Assets And Goodwill                      HTML     80K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML     45K 
24: R14         Contingencies                                       HTML     26K 
25: R15         Leases (Notes)                                      HTML     88K 
26: R16         Guarantees                                          HTML     26K 
27: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Notes)      HTML     60K 
28: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     53K 
29: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
30: R20         Subsequent Events (Notes)                           HTML     21K 
31: R21         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     60K 
32: R22         Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     86K 
33: R23         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     48K 
34: R24         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     95K 
35: R25         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     59K 
36: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     49K 
37: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     55K 
38: R28         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     20K 
39: R29         Revenue Recognition Disaggregation of Revenue       HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R30         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R31         Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Narrative)          HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R32         Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Components Of       HTML     46K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
43: R33         Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Future Estimated    HTML     33K 
                Amortization Expense) (Details)                                  
44: R34         Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Components of       HTML     40K 
                Goodwill) (Details)                                              
45: R35         Debt (Schedule Of Short-Term And Long-Term Debt)    HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R36         Debt (Schedule Of Maturities Of Long-Term Debt)     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R37         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     24K 
48: R38         Leases Lease Costs (Details)                        HTML     34K 
49: R39         Leases Supplemental Cash Flow Information-Leases    HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Leases Supplemental Balance Sheet                   HTML     43K 
                Information-Leases (Details)                                     
51: R41         Leases Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Leases Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due  HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Guarantees (Details)                                HTML     35K 
54: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     60K 
55: R45         Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     23K 
56: R46         Fair Value Measurements (Financial Instruments      HTML     49K 
                Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Fair Value Measurements (Estimated Fair Values of   HTML     45K 
                Long-Term Debt) (Details)                                        
58: R48         Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     24K 
59: R49         Earnings Per Share (Net Income Attributable To CME  HTML     50K 
                Group) (Details)                                                 
62: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
60: XML         XBRL Instance -- cme-20230930_htm                    XML   1.54M 
61: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    101K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cme-20230930_cal                XML    142K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cme-20230930_def                 XML    490K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cme-20230930_lab                      XML   1.26M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cme-20230930_pre               XML    743K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cme-20230930                          XSD    125K 
63: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              405±   589K 
64: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001156375-23-000190-xbrl      Zip    276K

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