CME GROUP BENCHMARK ADMINISTRATION LIMITED

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.796 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. CME GROUP BENCHMARK ADMINISTRATION LIMITED 2020-01-31 → present
2. NEX DATA SERVICES LIMITED 2016-12-30 → 2020-01-31
3. ICAP GLOBAL INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED 2015-12-14 → 2016-12-30

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After reviewing the liquidity requirements, capital requirements, plans and financing arrangements, the directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and confirm that the Company is a going concern. For this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 2 October 2025, the directors approved a dividend of $10,000,000 to be paid to the immediate parent, NEX Optimisation Ltd.”
• “From 1 January 2026, CME Amsterdam B.V. became the legal representative of the Company within the European Union, as recommended by the European Union Benchmark Administration regulatory framework.”
• “In 2025, the Company submitted an application for Term SOFR to be recognized for continued use in the European Union, hy the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA"). The application was approved in March 2026, with an annual fee of €150,000 commencing 1 January 2026.”
• “On 13 February 2026, the parent company changed from NEX Optimisation Limited to NEX Group Holdings Limited and finally, NEX International Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.