Howard W. Lutnick - Dec 21, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for NEWMARK GROUP, INC. (NMRK)

Signature
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Stock symbol
NMRK
Transactions as of
Dec 21, 2021
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
12/23/2021, 03:03 PM
Previous filing
Nov 1, 2021
Next filing
Dec 23, 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 Award +268K +4.12% 6.76M Dec 21, 2021 Direct F1, F2
holding NMRK Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 6.97M Dec 21, 2021 See Footnotes F3, F4, F5, F6
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On December 21, 2021, Newmark Group, Inc. (the "Company") granted to the reporting person 267,572 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), following the redemption and cancellation of an aggregate of 286,511 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests of Newmark Holdings, L.P. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
F2 The shares of Class A Common Stock held directly by the reporting person following the transaction herein consists of (i) 2,598,545 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 The reporting person's indirect pecuniary interest in 6,970,426 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) 3,503,911 shares of Class A Common Stock held in various trust, retirement and custodial accounts consisting of (a) 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, (b) 112,405 shares held in a Keogh retirement account for Mr. Lutnick, (c) 249,498 shares held by trust accounts for the benefit of Mr. Lutnick and members of his immediate family
F4 (continued from footnote 3) (d) 2,815,094 shares held in Mr. Lutnick's personal asset trust, of which he is the sole trustee, (e) 13,268 shares held in other retirement accounts, (f) 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 (g) 4,016 shares 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),
F5 (continued from footnote 4) (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) 232,386 shares held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of November 30, 2021.
F6 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.