AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAgreement and Plan of Merger • July 23rd, 2008 • Cme Group Inc. • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Delaware
This AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated as of July 18, 2008 (this “Amendment”), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 17, 2008 and amended as of June 30, 2008 (the “Agreement”), is by and among CME Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CME Group”), CMEG NY Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of CME Group (“Merger Sub”), NYMEX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NYMEX Holdings”), and New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a Delaware non-stock corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings (“NYMEX”).
