8-K

Date: April 27, 2020

CBRE GROUP, INC.

/s/ DARA A. BAZZANO

Dara A. Bazzano

Senior Vice President, Global Finance and

Chief Accounting Officer

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): April 21, 2020

CBRE 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.)

400 South Hope Street

25^th Floor

Los Angeles, California

90071

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(213) 613-3333

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:

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

“CBRE”

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 21, 2020, the Company and James R. Groch, who is currently serving as the Company’s Global Group President and Chief Investment Officer, mutually agreed that Mr. Groch would transition from the Company on June 30, 2020. Mr. Groch will receive payments and benefits afforded to senior executives under the Company’s Change in Control and Severance Plan for Senior Management (the “Plan”), and will remain eligible to receive a pro rata portion of the one-time Strategic Equity Awards granted to Mr. Groch (along with other senior executives of the Company) in 2017. Mr. Groch will be subject to certain non-competition and non-solicitation obligations through June 30, 2021.

See the sections entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2020 for descriptions of the Plan and the Company’s Strategic Equity Awards, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Signature

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.