0001381197-13-000013.txt : 20130228 0001381197-13-000013.hdr.sgml : 20130228 20130228164803 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001381197-13-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130228 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001381197 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33440 FILM NUMBER: 13652922 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PICKWICK PLAZA CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 BUSINESS PHONE: 203-618-5800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PICKWICK PLAZA CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 8-K 1 ibkr_metrics-20130228.htm IBKR RELEASE ibkr_metrics-20130228.htm
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 

 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  February 28, 2013
 
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
001-33440
30-0390693
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
One Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(203) 618-5800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 
 
 
 

 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
Announcement regarding method of releasing monthly brokerage metrics

Today Interactive Brokers Group Inc. issued a press release regarding a change to the method of releasing its monthly brokerage metrics.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: February 28, 2013
 
 
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Paul J. Brody
 
Name:
Paul J. Brody
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
and Secretary

 
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
99.1           Press Release dated February 28, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 EX-99.1 2 press_release.htm PRESS RELEASE press_release.htm
Exhibit 99.1

 
INTERACTIVE BROKERS: ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING METHOD OF RELEASING MONTHLY BROKERAGE METRICS

GREENWICH, CT, February 28, 2013 — Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) announces that in an effort to disseminate monthly brokerage data in the most efficient manner possible for investors, Interactive Brokers will post the information on its website (www.interactivebrokers.com/ir ) and submit it to the newswire services at the same time.

This change will be effective with the dissemination of February brokerage metrics, which will be reported on March 1, 2013, and thereafter on the first business day of each month.

The data will be posted on the website at or about 1 pm Eastern Standard Time.

About Interactive Brokers Group:

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is an automated global electronic broker that specializes in catering to financial professionals by offering state-of-the-art trading technology, superior execution capabilities, worldwide electronic access, and sophisticated risk management tools at exceptionally low costs.  The brokerage trading platform utilizes the same innovative technology as the Company’s market making business, which specializes in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and funds on more than 100 electronic exchanges and trading venues around the world.  As a market maker, we provide liquidity at these marketplaces and, as a broker, we provide professional traders and investors with electronic access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and mutual funds from a single IB Universal AccountSM.  Employing proprietary software on a global communications network, Interactive Brokers is continuously integrating its software with a growing number of exchanges and trading venues into one automatically functioning, computerized platform that requires minimal human intervention.
 
For Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Investors: Deborah Liston 203-618-4070 or Media: Caitlin Duffy, 203-913-1369.