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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 Director or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On May 20, 2022, the Company announced new executive leadership assignments for key senior executives. Daniel G. Queenan, who most recently served as CEO, Advisory Services, has assumed the responsibilities of CEO, Real Estate Investments (“REI”). Michael J. Lafitte, who most recently held dual roles as CEO of both REI and Trammell Crow Company (“TCC”), will now focus on his TCC CEO responsibilities and has also assumed oversight of the Company’s Client Care program. John E. Durburg, who most recently served as CEO, Global Workplace Solutions (“GWS”) has assumed the responsibilities of CEO, Advisory Services. Chandra Dhandapani, who most recently served as COO of GWS and Chief Transformation Officer for the entire CBRE enterprise, has assumed the responsibilities of CEO, GWS.
In connection with her promotion to CEO, GWS, Ms. Dhandapani’s equity award target for 2022 was increased by $750,000. To implement this change, the Compensation Committee of the Board granted to Ms. Dhandapani an incremental equity award of approximately $466,438, representing the pro-rated portion of the $750,000 increase for 2022, split equally between a time-vesting award and adjusted EPS award.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
| (a) | The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 18, 2022. |
| (b) | The voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows: |
| 1. | Each of the following 10 directors was elected to our Board of Directors, to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Each director received the number of votes set forth below. For each director, there were 8,763,918 broker non-votes. |
| Name | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
| Brandon B. Boze |
282,048,357 | 3,192,112 | 340,410 | |||||||||
| Beth F. Cobert |
275,825,777 | 9,419,636 | 335,466 | |||||||||
| Reginald H. Gilyard |
266,773,435 | 18,468,341 | 339,103 | |||||||||
| Shira D. Goodman |
195,042,273 | 86,181,614 | 4,356,992 | |||||||||
| Christopher T. Jenny |
201,344,376 | 79,874,526 | 4,361,977 | |||||||||
| Gerardo I. Lopez |
265,817,988 | 19,427,587 | 335,304 | |||||||||
| Susan Meaney |
284,947,122 | 300,028 | 333,729 | |||||||||
| Oscar Munoz |
281,737,402 | 3,509,011 | 334,466 | |||||||||
| Robert E. Sulentic |
283,678,401 | 1,480,225 | 422,253 | |||||||||
| Sanjiv Yajnik |
200,731,187 | 80,482,883 | 4,366,809 | |||||||||
| 2. | The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 was approved by a vote of 289,643,375 shares in favor, 4,425,359 shares against and 276,063 shares abstaining. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal. |
| 3. | The advisory approval of named executive officer compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 was approved by a vote of 269,318,955 shares in favor, 15,885,388 shares against and 376,536 shares abstaining. There were 8,763,918 broker non-votes on this proposal. |
| 4. | The Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by a vote of 272,276,314 shares in favor, 12,911,551 shares against and 393,014 shares abstaining. There were 8,763,918 broker non-votes on this proposal. |
| 5. | The stockholder proposal regarding the stock ownership threshold necessary for our stockholders to call special stockholders meetings was not approved. This stockholder proposal received a vote of 94,684,727 shares in favor, 190,613,374 shares against and 282,778 shares abstaining. There were 8,763,918 broker non-votes on this proposal. |
| 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.
| Date: May 23, 2022 | CBRE GROUP, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ MADELEINE G. BARBER | |||||
| Madeleine G. Barber | ||||||
| Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||