CHICAGO, IL -- May ­­29, 2015 -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) was named "Derivatives Exchange of the Year -- Americas" Thursday night at GlobalCapital's (www.globalcapital.com) Americas Derivatives Awards 2015 ceremony in New York City.

According to the GlobalCapital Derivatives editorial team, "CBOE was chosen as this year's exchange of the year in our Americas Derivatives Awards because of its commitment to client service through its extended trading hours initiative, its work on regulatory issues, the breadth of the range of its index products, and its commitment to developing new ones as the derivatives market evolves."

The event Thursday honored the people and companies throughout the Americas that have made an impact on the global derivatives industry during the year. Over the last decade, CBOE and its executives have received more than two dozen industry awards for leadership and product innovation, including last year's "Equities Exchange of the Year" from GlobalCapital at the 2014 Global Derivatives Awards ceremony in London. Last night's award was the fourth industry honor CBOE has received in 2015.

About CBOE:

CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index). Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources.

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