CHICAGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group released the following statement regarding the change in leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee: "We want to thank Senator Tom Harkin for his long-standing service and leadership during his tenure as chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. We wish him continued success in his new important role as chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee. We also wish to congratulate Senator Blanche Lincoln who will take over as chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. We look forward to working with Senator Lincoln to ensure that U.S. futures and options markets remain competitive, transparent, and safe for the farmers, ranchers, companies and investors who rely on our markets to manage their commercial and financial risks." As the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the largest central counterparty clearing services in the world, which provides clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort . These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets. The Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex, E-mini and CME ClearPort are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. NYMEX and New York Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group and its products can be found at http://www.cmegroup.com/. CME-G DATASOURCE: CME Group CONTACT: Allan Schoenberg, +1-312-930-8189, or Anita Liskey, +1-312-466-4613, both of CME Group Web Site: http://www.cme.com/

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