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): November 8, 2005

 

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

  001-32205   94-3391143

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 1050, El Segundo, California

  90245
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(310) 606-4700


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the matters described herein.

 

Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On November 8, 2005, the Company and affiliates of Blum Capital Partners, L.P. (collectively, the “Blum Affiliates”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Lehman Brothers Inc. (the “Underwriter”) pursuant to which the Blum Affiliates sold to the Underwriter an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

10.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 8, 2005, by and among CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners II GmbH & Co. KG, and Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: November 9, 2005       By:   /S/    KENNETH J. KAY        
               

Kenneth J. Kay

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

10.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 8, 2005, by and among CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners II GmbH & Co. KG, and Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

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