Shareholders request that the board of directors take the necessary steps to permit written consent by the shareholders entitled to cast the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize an action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting (without any unnecessary restriction based on length of stock ownership or the method by which Cboe Global Markets shareholders hold their CBOE shares). This includes shareholder ability to initiate any appropriate topic for written consent. Shareholders acting by written consent and calling for a special shareholder meeting are 2 means that shareholders of a company can use to put forth a proposal on a timely basis without waiting for the annual shareholder meeting. CBOE recently adopted a right for 25% of CBOE shares to call for a special shareholder meeting following a shareholder vote on a CBOE proposal on this topic at the 25% mark. However on the same ballot 44% of CBOE shareholders approved a proposal on the same topic but at the 10% mark. This 44% approval likely represented more than 50% approval from the CBOE shares that have access to independent proxy voting advice and who are the most informed shareholders on matters put to a vote. Shareholders whose 44% support was unanswered by CBOE may wish to direct their votes to this proposal because it is another means to put forth a proposal on a timely basis without waiting for the annual shareholder meeting. Shareholder proposals obtain good support at CBOE. For instance the 2025 Political Spending Disclosure proposal received 56% support at CBOE.