Issuing And Paying Agency Agreement

Exhibit 10.3

ISSUING AND PAYING AGENCY AGREEMENT

This Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2007, is by and between CME Group Inc. (the " Issuer" ) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (" JPMorgan" ).

1. APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

The Issuer hereby appoints JPMorgan as its issuing and paying agent in connection with the issuance and payment of certain short-term promissory notes of the Issuer (the " Notes" ), as further described herein, and JPMorgan agrees to act as such agent upon the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.

2. COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMS

The Issuer may establish one or more commercial paper programs under this Agreement by delivering to JPMorgan a completed program schedule (the " Program Schedule" ), with respect to each such program. JPMorgan has given the Issuer a copy of the current form of Program Schedule and the Issuer shall complete and return its first Program Schedule to JPMorgan prior to or simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement. In the event that any of the information provided in, or attached to, a Program Schedule shall change, the Issuer shall promptly inform JPMorgan of such change in writing.

3. NOTES

All Notes issued by the Issuer under this Agreement shall be short-term promissory notes, exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as indicated on the Program Schedules, and from applicable state securities laws. The Notes may be placed by dealers (the " Dealers" ) pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notes shall be issued in either certificated or book-entry form.

4. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES

The Issuer shall deliver to JPMorgan a duly adopted corporate resolution from the Issuer' s Board of Directors (or other governing body) authorizing the issuance of Notes under each program established pursuant to this Agreement and a certificate of incumbency, with specimen signatures attached, of those officers, employees and agents of the Issuer authorized to take certain actions with respect to the Notes as provided in this Agreement (each such person is hereinafter referred to as an " Authorized Representative" ). Until JPMorgan receives any subsequent incumbency certificates of the Issuer, JPMorgan shall be entitled to rely on the last incumbency certificate delivered to it for the purpose of determining the Authorized Representatives. The Issuer represents and warrants that each Authorized Representative may appoint other officers, employees and agents of the Issuer (the " Delegates" ), including without limitation any Dealers, to issue instructions to JPMorgan under this Agreement, and take other actions on the Issuer' s behalf hereunder, provided that notice of the appointment of each Delegate is delivered to JPMorgan in writing. Each such appointment shall remain in effect unless and until revoked by the Issuer in a written notice to JPMorgan.

5. CERTIFICATED NOTES

If and when the Issuer intends to issue certificated notes (" Certificated Notes" ), the Issuer and JPMorgan shall agree upon the form of such Notes. Thereafter, the Issuer shall from time to time deliver to JPMorgan adequate supplies of Certificated Notes which will be in bearer form, serially numbered, and shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Representative. JPMorgan will acknowledge receipt of any supply of Certificated Notes received from the Issuer, noting any exceptions to the shipping manifest or transmittal letter (if any), and will hold the Certificated Notes in safekeeping for the Issuer in accordance with JPMorgan' s customary practices. JPMorgan shall not have any liability to the Issuer to determine by whom or by what means a facsimile signature may have been affixed on Certificated Notes, or to determine whether any facsimile or manual signature is genuine, if such facsimile or manual signature resembles the specimen signature attached to the Issuer' s certificate of incumbency with respect to such Authorized Representative. Any Certificated Note bearing the manual or facsimile signature of a person who is an Authorized Representative on the date such signature was affixed shall bind the Issuer after completion thereof by JPMorgan, notwithstanding that such person shall have ceased to hold his or her office on the date such Note is countersigned or delivered by JPMorgan.

6. BOOK-ENTRY NOTES

The Issuer' s book-entry notes (" Book-Entry Notes" ) shall not be issued in physical form, but their aggregate face amount shall be represented by a master note (the " Master Note" ) in the form of Exhibit A executed by the Issuer pursuant to the book-entry commercial paper program of The Depository Trust Company (" DTC" ). JPMorgan shall maintain the Master Note in safekeeping, in accordance with its customary practices, on behalf of Cede & Co., the registered owner thereof and nominee of DTC. As long as Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the Master Note, the beneficial ownership interest therein shall be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof shall be effected through, entries on the books maintained by DTC and the books of its direct and indirect participants. The Master Note and the Book-Entry Notes shall be subject to DTC' s rules and procedures, as amended from time to time. JPMorgan shall not be liable or responsible for sending transaction statements of any kind to DTC' s participants or the beneficial owners of the Book-Entry Notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing the records of DTC or its participants with respect to such Notes. In connection with DTC' s program, the Issuer understands that as one of the conditions of its participation therein, it shall be necessary for the Issuer and JPMorgan to enter into a Letter of Representations, in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and for DTC to receive and accept such Letter of Representations. In accordance with DTC' s program, JPMorgan shall obtain from the CUSIP Service Bureau a written list of CUSIP numbers for Issuer' s Book-Entry Notes, and JPMorgan shall deliver such list to DTC. The CUSIP Service Bureau shall bill the Issuer directly for the fee or fees payable for the list of CUSIP numbers for the Issuer' s Book-Entry Notes.

7. ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS TO JPMORGAN; PURCHASE PAYMENTS

The Issuer understands that all instructions under this Agreement are to be directed to JPMorgan' s Commercial Paper Operations Department in accordance with Section 18 hereof. JPMorgan shall provide the Issuer, or, if applicable, the Issuer' s Dealers, with access to JPMorgan' s Money Market Issuance System or other electronic means (collectively, the " System" ) in order that JPMorgan may receive electronic instructions for the issuance of Notes. Electronic instructions must be transmitted in accordance with the procedures furnished by JPMorgan to the Issuer or its Dealers in connection with the System. These transmissions shall be the equivalent to the giving of a duly authorized written and signed instruction which JPMorgan may act upon without liability. In the event that the System is inoperable at any time, an Authorized Representative or a Delegate may deliver written, telephone or facsimile instructions to JPMorgan, which instructions shall be verified in accordance with any security procedures agreed upon by the parties. JPMorgan shall incur no liability to the Issuer in acting upon instructions believed by JPMorgan in good faith to have been given by an Authorized Representative or a Delegate. In the event that a discrepancy exists between a telephonic instruction and a written confirmation, the telephonic instruction will be deemed the controlling and proper instruction. JPMorgan may electronically record any customary conversations made pursuant to this Agreement, and the Issuer hereby consents to such recordings. All issuance instructions regarding the Notes must be received by 1:00 P.M. New York time in order for the Notes to be issued or delivered on the same day. (a) Issuance and Purchase of Book-Entry Notes.
Upon receipt of
issuance instructions from
the Issuer or its Dealers
with respect to Book-Entry
Notes, JPMorgan shall
transmit such instructions
to DTC and direct DTC to
cause appropriate entries
of the Book-Entry Notes to
be made in accordance with
DTC' s applicable rules,
regulations and procedures
for book-entry commercial
paper programs. JPMorgan
shall assign CUSIP numbers
to the Issuer' s Book-Entry
Notes to identify the
Issuer' s aggregate
principal amount of
outstanding Book-Entry
Notes in DTC' s system,
together with the
aggregate unpaid interest
(if any) on such Notes.
Promptly following DTC' s
established settlement
time on each issuance
date, JPMorgan shall
access DTC' s system to
verify whether settlement
has occurred with respect
to the Issuer' s Book-Entry
Notes. Prior to the close
of business on such
business day, JPMorgan
shall deposit immediately
available funds in the
amount of the proceeds due
the Issuer (if any) to the
Issuer' s account at
JPMorgan and designated in
the applicable Program
Schedule (the " Account" ),
provided that JPMorgan has
received DTC' s
confirmation that the
Book-Entry Notes have
settled in accordance with
DTC' s applicable rules,
regulations and
procedures. JPMorgan
shall have no liability to
the Issuer whatsoever if
any DTC participant
purchasing a Book-Entry
Note fails to settle or
delays in settling its
balance with DTC or if DTC
fails to perform in any
respect.(b) Issuance and Purchase of Certificated Notes.
Upon receipt of issuance
instructions with respect
to Certificated Notes,
JPMorgan shall: (a)
complete each Certificated
Note as to principal
amount, date of issue,
maturity date, place of
payment, and rate or
amount of interest (if
such Note is interest
bearing) in accordance
with such instructions;
(b) countersign each
Certificated Note; and (c)
deliver each Certificated
Note in accordance with
the Issuer' s instructions,
except as otherwise set
forth below. Whenever
JPMorgan is instructed to
deliver any Certificated
Note by mail, JPMorgan
shall strike from the
Certificated Note the word
" Bearer," insert as payee
the name of the person so
designated by the Issuer
and effect delivery by
mail to such payee or to
such other person as is
specified in such
instructions to receive
the Certificated Note.
The Issuer understands
that, in accordance with
the custom prevailing in
the commercial paper
market, delivery of
Certificated Notes shall
be made before the actual
receipt of payment for
such Notes in immediately
available funds, even if
the Issuer instructs
JPMorgan to deliver a
Certificated Note against
payment. Therefore, once
JPMorgan has delivered a
Certificated Note to the
designated recipient, the
Issuer shall bear the risk
that such recipient may
fail to remit payment of
such Note or return such
Note to JPMorgan.
Delivery of Certificated
Notes shall be subject to
the rules of the New York
Clearing House in effect
at the time of such
delivery. Funds received
in payment of Certificated
Notes shall be credited to
the Account.

8. USE OF SALES PROCEEDS IN ADVANCE OF PAYMENT

JPMorgan shall not be obligated to credit the Issuer' s Account unless and until payment of the purchase price of each Note is received by JPMorgan. From time to time, JPMorgan, in its sole discretion, may permit the Issuer to have use of funds payable with respect to a Note prior to JPMorgan' s receipt of the sales proceeds of such Note. If JPMorgan makes a deposit, payment or transfer of funds on behalf of the Issuer before JPMorgan receives payment for any Note, such deposit, payment or transfer of funds shall represent an advance by JPMorgan to the Issuer to be repaid promptly, and in any event on the same day as it is made, from the proceeds of the sale of such Note, or by the Issuer if such proceeds are not received by JPMorgan.

9. PAYMENT OF MATURED NOTES

Notice that the Issuer will not redeem any Note on the relative Initial Redemption Date (as defined in the applicable Extendible Commercial Note Announcement) must be received in writing by JPMorgan by 11:00 A.M. on such Initial Redemption Date. On any other day when a Note matures or is prepaid, the Issuer shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to the Account, prior to 2:00 P.M. New Yo ...