Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS

Certain of the information called for by this item relating to the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is hereby incorporated herein by reference to the relevant portions of the Proxy Statement.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

We currently maintain the following equity compensation plans: CME Group Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Stock Plan, CME Group Inc. Director Stock Plan and CME Group Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We do not maintain any equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders. A description of each of these plans and the number of shares authorized and available for future awards is included in note 16 of the notes to consolidated financial statements. The numbers in the following table are as of December 31, 2018.

The foregoing table does not include awards related to NEX’s 2016 Global Sharesave Plan. Under this plan, NEX employees were offered the opportunity to purchase shares of NEX by electing to participate in a specific grant of options to purchase shares of NEX at the end of the grant period. The last grant period will end six months from the date of the close. Elections received during this period will be calculated using the merger exchange rate and the current price of CME Group shares. As of December 31, 2018, there were approximately 1.3 million NEX options outstanding under this plan.