CME Group Inc. officer Sunil Cutinho filed a Form 144 notice of proposed sale on October 27, 2026, indicating a plan to sell 5,000 shares of CME Group common stock on NASDAQ.

Key Highlights

  • Seller: Sunil Cutinho, listed as an officer of CME Group Inc.
  • Shares proposed for sale: 5,000 shares of common stock, with an aggregate market value of $1,493,500.50 as stated in the filing.
  • Approximate date of sale: October 27, 2026, to be executed on NASDAQ.
  • Broker named: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services, 1 New York Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
  • Shares outstanding: 357,930,746 shares of CME Group common stock, according to the filing.
  • Source of shares: 4,598 shares acquired as Performance Shares from the issuer on March 15, 2026, and 402 shares acquired as Restricted Stock from the issuer on September 15, 2026.
  • Prior sales: The filing reports nothing to disclose for securities sold during the past three months.

CME Group Officer Files Rule 144 Notice for Proposed Common Stock Sale

According to the Form 144 filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sunil Cutinho, identified as an officer of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME), provided notice of a proposed sale of 5,000 shares of the company's common stock. The filing lists an aggregate market value of $1,493,500.50 for the shares proposed to be sold, with an approximate sale date of October 27, 2026. The designated broker for the transaction is Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services.

The filing identifies two separate lots as the source of the securities to be sold. The first lot consists of 4,598 shares acquired on March 15, 2026, through a Performance Shares transaction from the issuer. The second lot consists of 402 shares acquired on September 15, 2026, as Restricted Stock, also from the issuer. Both lots are listed with a payment nature of "Not Applicable" and are not designated as gifts, according to the filing.

CME Group Inc. is headquartered at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, and carries SEC File Number 001-31553. The filing states that the person for whose account the securities are to be sold "does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed." The notice was dated October 27, 2026, and signed by Sunil Kiran Cutinho.

What Was Disclosed

CME Group officer Sunil Cutinho filed a Rule 144 notice proposing to sell 5,000 shares of common stock on NASDAQ, sourced from Performance Shares and Restricted Stock awards received from the issuer in 2026, with no prior sales reported for the preceding three months.