Howard W. Lutnick - Jun 28, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for NEWMARK GROUP, INC. (NMRK)

Signature
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Stock symbol
NMRK
Transactions as of
Jun 28, 2021
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
7/1/2021, 04:16 PM
Previous filing
May 21, 2021
Next filing
Jul 22, 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction NMRK Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share Options Exercise +263K +4.05% 6.76M Jun 28, 2021 Direct F1, F2
transaction NMRK Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share Award +2.74M +40.48% 9.5M Jun 28, 2021 Direct F2, F3
transaction NMRK Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share Award +29.1K +0.31% 9.52M Jun 28, 2021 Direct F2, F4
transaction NMRK Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share Tax liability -1.21M -12.73% 8.31M Jun 28, 2021 Direct F2, F5
holding NMRK Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share 5.15M Jun 28, 2021 See footnotes F6, F7, F8, F9

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction NMRK Newmark Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Units Options Exercise -280K -50% 280K Jun 28, 2021 Class A common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Direct F1
holding NMRK Newmark Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Units 25.3M Jun 28, 2021 Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share See footnote F9, F10
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On June 28, 2021, 279,275 exchangeable limited partnership units of Newmark Holdings, L.P. ("Holdings Units") held by the reporting person were exchanged into 263,025 shares of Newmark Group, Inc. (the "Company") Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), at the current exchange ratio of 0.9403 shares of Class A Common Stock per Holdings Unit. Exchangable Holdings Units are exchangeable by the holder at any time into shares of Class A Common Stock at the then-current exchange ratio.
F2 The shares of Class A Common Stock held directly by the reporting person following the transactions represented herein consist of (i) 4,149,227 shares held by the reporting person, and (ii) 4,162,864 shares receivable by the reporting person pursuant to deferred stock distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") on April 1, 2008 ("April 2008 distribution rights shares") and February 14, 2012 ("February 2012 distribution rights shares") (consisting of 3,591,626 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 571,238 February 2012 distribution rights shares).
F3 On June 28, 2021, the Company granted to the reporting person 2,736,103 shares of Class A Common Stock following the redemption of 2,909,819 non-exchangeable Holding Units held by the reporting person. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Compensation Committee") and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
F4 On June 28, 2021, the Company granted to the reporting person 29,059 shares of its Class A Common Stock. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
F5 In connection with the transactions described in footnotes (1), (3) and (4) above, the amount of Class A Common Stock held directly by the reporting person was reduced by 1,212,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to pay taxes on the transactions described above.
F6 The reporting person's indirect pecuniary interest in 5,154,105 shares of Class A Common Stock consists of : (i) 951,076 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 74,536 February 2012 distribution rights shares receivable by CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM"), (ii) 1,687,724 shares of Class A Common Stock held in various trust, retirement and custodial accounts consisting of (a) 960,989 shares held in Mr. Lutnick's grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT), (b) 301,803 shares held by a trust for the benefit of descendants of Mr. Lutnick and his immediate family (the "Trust"), of which Mr. Lutnick's wife is one of two trustees and Mr. Lutnick has limited powers to remove and replace such trustees, (c) 112,405 shares held in a Keogh retirement account for Mr. Lutnick, (d) 249,498 shares held by trust accounts for the benefit of Mr. Lutnick and members of his immediate family
F7 (continued from footnote 6) (e) 37,918 shares held in Mr. Lutnick's personal asset trust, of which he is the sole trustee, (f) 13,268 shares held in other retirement accounts, (g) 7,827 shares held in custodial accounts for the benefit of certain members of Mr. Lutnick's family under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, and (h) 4,016 shares of Class A Common Stock held in other retirement accounts for Mr. Lutnick's spouse; (iii) 746,955 shares represented by April 2008 distribution rights shares receivable by the Trust, (iv) 16,557 shares (representing the proportional interest of the spouse of the reporting person in shares owned by LFA LLC ("LFA")), (v) 82,589 shares represented by such spouse's proportional interest in the distribution rights shares receivable by LFA (consisting of 75,077 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 7,512 February 2012 distribution rights shares),
F8 (continued from footnote 7) (vi) 278,772 shares held by KBCR Management Partners, LLC ("KBCR"), (vii) 1,083,644 distribution rights shares receivable by KBCR (consisting of 950,057 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 133,587 February 2012 distribution rights shares), and (viii) 232,252 shares held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of May 31, 2021.
F9 CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and also the trustee of an entity that is the sole stockholder of CFGM. KBCR is a non-managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the managing member of KBCR. The reporting person is the managing member of LFA. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by CFLP, CFGM, KBCR and LFA in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for the purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or for any other purpose.
F10 The exchange rights with respect to the Units are exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock (or, at CFLP's option, shares of Class A Common Stock) at the exchange ratio in effect at the time of the exchange (which is currently 0.9403 shares per Unit (subject to adjustment)). The shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible at any time on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment) into shares of Class A Common Stock.