8-K

Dated: June 16, 2021

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC

/s/ Brett Soloway

Name: Brett Soloway

Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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): June 15, 2021

Cushman & Wakefield plc

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)


England and Wales	001-38611	98-1193584
(State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

125 Old Broad Street

London, United Kingdom EC2N 1AR

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+44 20 3296 3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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
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 Officer.

On June 15, 2021, Rajeev Ruparelia, a director nominated by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”) pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, dated August 6, 2018, by and among Cushman & Wakefield plc (the “Company”), TPG Global, LLC, PAG Asia Capital and OTPP (the “Shareholders Agreement”), resigned as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Ruparelia’s resignation was not a result of any disagreement with the Company or its management. OTPP has advised the Company that it will not nominate a replacement for Mr. Ruparelia and has waived further exercise of its director nomination rights under the Shareholders Agreement.

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.