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Cme Group Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/25/22, at 2:51pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1156375-22-76   ·   File #:  1-31553

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

 2/25/22  Cme Group Inc.                    10-K       12/31/21  108:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.53M 
 2: EX-4.11     Description of Securities                           HTML     62K 
 3: EX-21.1     List of Subsidiaries of Cme Group Inc               HTML     45K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                        HTML     30K 
 5: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     32K 
 6: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     32K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification Pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350       HTML     31K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    104K 
14: R2          Auditor Information                                 HTML     33K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    152K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    132K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    100K 
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    140K 
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     32K 
                Equity Statement Parentheticals                                  
20: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    164K 
21: R9          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Parentheticals          HTML     67K 
22: R10         Organization and Business                           HTML     33K 
23: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
24: R12         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Notes)     HTML     68K 
25: R13         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     67K 
26: R14         Property                                            HTML     45K 
27: R15         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     98K 
28: R16         Long-term Investments                               HTML     34K 
29: R17         Debt                                                HTML     57K 
30: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    114K 
31: R19         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    110K 
32: R20         Commitments                                         HTML     82K 
33: R21         Contingencies                                       HTML     36K 
34: R22         Guarantees                                          HTML     34K 
35: R23         Capital Stock                                       HTML     46K 
36: R24         Stock-Based Payments                                HTML     57K 
37: R25         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     88K 
38: R26         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     83K 
39: R27         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
40: R28         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
41: R29         Schedule II?Valuation and Qualifying Accounts       HTML     49K 
42: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    116K 
                (Policy)                                                         
43: R31         Accounting Policies (Tables)                        HTML     43K 
44: R32         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     58K 
45: R33         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     54K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R34         Property (Tables)                                   HTML     44K 
47: R35         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     74K 
48: R36         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Goodwill (Tables)    HTML     59K 
49: R37         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     62K 
50: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    118K 
51: R39         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    108K 
52: R40         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     93K 
53: R41         Capital Stock (Tables)                              HTML     43K 
54: R42         Stock-Based Payments (Tables)                       HTML     58K 
55: R43         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     87K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R44         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     77K 
57: R45         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     56K 
58: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     59K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
59: R47         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     69K 
60: R48         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     52K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
61: R49         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     41K 
                (Cash and Securities Held as Performance Bonds and               
                Guaranty Fund Contributions at Fair Value)                       
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Performance Bonds and Guaranty Fund Contributions   HTML     32K 
                (Performance Bond Deposits and Security Deposits)                
                (Details)                                                        
63: R51         Property (Details)                                  HTML     71K 
64: R52         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Narrative)          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R53         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Components of       HTML     53K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
66: R54         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     41K 
                and Goodwill (Useful Lives of Intangible Assets)                 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R55         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Future Estimated    HTML     42K 
                Amortization Expense) (Details)                                  
68: R56         Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets    HTML     50K 
                and Goodwill (Components of Goodwill) (Details)                  
69: R57         Long-Term Investments (Details)                     HTML     58K 
70: R58         Debt (Schedule of Short-Term and Long-Term Debt)    HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R59         Debt (Long-Term Debt Maturities at Par Value)       HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Income Taxes (Income Tax Provision) (Details)       HTML     65K 
73: R61         Income Taxes (Federal Income Tax Rate) (Details)    HTML     47K 
74: R62         Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) )   HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R63         Income Taxes (Summary Of Unrecognized Tax           HTML     37K 
                Benefits) (Details)                                              
76: R64         Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax    HTML     43K 
                Benefits) (Details)                                              
77: R65         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     33K 
78: R66         Employee Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     68K 
79: R67         Employee Benefit Plans (Summary of the change in    HTML     44K 
                projected benefit obligation) (Details)                          
80: R68         Employee Benefit Plans (Change in Plan Assets)      HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R69         Employee Benefit Plans (Fair Value of Plan Assets)  HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R70         Employee Benefit Plans (Components of Net Pension   HTML     65K 
                Expense) (Details)                                               
83: R71         Employee Benefit Plans (Accumulated Other           HTML     41K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss), of the Prior Service                
                Costs and Actuarial Losses) (Details)                            
84: R72         Employee Benefit Plans (Anticipated Benefit         HTML     40K 
                Payments from the Plan in Future Years) (Details)                
85: R73         Leases and Other Commitments (Narrative) (Details)  HTML     51K 
86: R74         Leases and Other Commitments Lease Costs (Details)  HTML     44K 
87: R75         Leases and Other Commitments Supplemental Cash      HTML     33K 
                Flow Information-Leases (Details)                                
88: R76         Leases and Other Commitments Supplemental Balance   HTML     56K 
                Sheet Information-Leases (Details)                               
89: R77         Leases and Other Commitments Operating Leases       HTML     47K 
                Future Minimum Payments Due (Details)                            
90: R78         Leases and Other Commitments Capital Lease Future   HTML     47K 
                Minimum Payments (Details)                                       
91: R79         Guarantees (Details)                                HTML     41K 
92: R80         Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     61K 
93: R81         Capital Stock (Capital stock) (Details)             HTML     53K 
94: R82         Stock-Based Payments (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     80K 
95: R83         Stock-Based Payments (Compensation Expense And      HTML     34K 
                Income Tax Benefit Recognized) (Details)                         
96: R84         Stock-Based Payments (Stock Option Activity)        HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R85         Stock-Based Payments (Restricted Stock Activity)    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R86         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     75K 
                (Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive                     
                Income) (Details)                                                
99: R87         Fair Value Measurements (Financial Instruments      HTML     59K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
100: R88         Fair Value Measurements (Debt Instruments)          HTML     51K  
                (Details)                                                        
101: R89         Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     39K  
102: R90         Earnings Per Share (Basic and Diluted Earnings Per  HTML     88K  
                Share) (Details)                                                 
103: R91         Schedule II?Valuation and Qualifying Accounts       HTML     41K  
                Schedule II?Valuation and Qualifying Accounts                    
                (Details)                                                        
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