CME announced public offering of 2,200,000 class A shares at USD70 per share with an option to purchase additional 330,000 shares at USD70 per share. The offering is expected to close on March 28 (Tuesday). Trading with CME’s shares will be suspended on the Prague stock exchange today until 3.30pm CET. The proceeds from the share issue should be primarily spend on new acquisitions in Ukraine and investments into internet services and potential consolidation of its Ukrainian operations where the CME has 60% economic stake and 18% voting stake in Studio 1+1.