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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): May 5, 2022

 

 

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

England and Wales   001-38611   98-1193584
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

125 Old Broad Street

London, United Kingdom EC2N 1AR

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

+44 20 3296 3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value   CWK   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. ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.02

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

As described under Item 5.07 below, the Amended & Restated Cushman & Wakefield plc 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was approved by the shareholders of Cushman & Wakefield plc (the “Company”) and became effective on May 5, 2022. The amendments to the Plan increased the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 200,000. A copy of the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 5, 2022. A total of 211,155,751 shares, or 93.66% of the total shares entitled to vote, were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

1.  To elect the Class I Directors listed below:

           

Angelique Brunner

     181,515,959        18,477,260        28,293        11,134,239  

Jonathan Coslet

     198,129,265        1,864,244        28,003        11,134,239  

Anthony Miller

     198,166,411        1,827,063        28,038        11,134,239  

2.  To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.

     210,805,983        284,158        65,610        —    

3.  To appoint KPMG LLP as the Company’s UK statutory auditor until the Company’s annual meeting in 2023.

     210,805,757        283,920        66,074        —    

4.  To authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to determine the compensation of KPMG LLP as the Company’s UK statutory auditor.

     210,889,625        204,282        61,844        —    

5.  To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2021.

     191,113,011        8,876,697        31,804        11,134,239  

6.  To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the director compensation report, which was included in Annex B of the Proxy Statement.

     198,099,451        1,894,431        27,630        11,134,239  

7.  To approve the amended director compensation policy, which was included as part of the director compensation report in Annex B of the Proxy Statement.

     190,899,208        9,085,153        37,151        11,134,239  

8.  To approve an amendment and restatement of the 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Incentive Plan, which was included in Annex C of the Proxy Statement.

     199,301,714        693,596        26,202        11,134,239  

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit #

  

Description

10.1    Amended & Restated Cushman & Wakefield plc 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan, effective May 5, 2022
104    Cover Page Interactive Data file (formatted as Inline XBRL)


SIGNATURES

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.

Date: May 6, 2022

 

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC
By:  

/s/ Brett Soloway

Name:   Brett Soloway
Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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