As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2024

Registration No. 333-   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

England and Wales
  98-1193584
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

125 Old Broad Street

London, United Kingdom, EC2N 1AR

Telephone: +44 20 3296 3000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 

SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED

2018 OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED

2018 OMNIBUS NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Noelle J. Perkins

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Cushman & Wakefield

225 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Telephone: (312) 470-1800

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Robert M. Hayward, P.C.

Kevin M. Frank

Katie J. Holahan

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

333 West Wolf Point Plaza

Chicago, Illinois 60654

(312) 862-2000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On May 16, 2024, the shareholders of Cushman & Wakefield plc (the “Registrant”) approved the Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Management Omnibus Plan”) and the Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Director Omnibus Plan” and, together with the Management Omnibus Plan, the “Plans”), in order to, among other amendments: (i) increase the number of ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), reserved for issuance under the Management Omnibus Plan by 3,500,000; increase the number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Director Omnibus Plan by 400,000; and extend the scheduled expiration date of the Management Omnibus Plan and Director Omnibus Plan from May 6, 2031 and May 5, 2032, respectively, to May 16, 2034.

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purposes of registering (i) an additional 3,500,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant under the Management Omnibus Plan and (ii) an additional 400,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant under the Director Omnibus Plan, which have been authorized and reserved for issuance under the applicable Plan and include Ordinary Shares that may again become available for delivery with respect to awards under the applicable Plan pursuant to share counting and other terms and conditions of the applicable Plan.

In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plans and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 16, 2018 (File No. 333-226875), January 27, 2022 (File No.  333-262372) and June 28, 2022 (File No.  333-265876) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

 

  1.

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February  21, 2024, which incorporates by reference certain portions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant’s 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on April 5, 2024;

 

  2.

The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2024;

 

  3.

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March  18, 2024, March  29, 2024, April  9, 2024 and May 8, 2024 (excluding any portions of such reports that were “furnished” rather than “filed”); and

 

  4.

The description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38611), filed with the Commission on July 30, 2018.

All other reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 8. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit
Number
   Description
  4.1    Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2021).
  4.2    Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan, effective May 16, 2024.
  4.3    Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan, effective May 16, 2024.
  5.1    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
 23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 23.2    Consent of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 24.1    Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
107    Calculation of Filing Fee Tables.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May 16, 2024.

 

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD plc
By:  

/s/ Michelle MacKay

Name:   Michelle MacKay
Title:   Chief Executive Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of Cushman & Wakefield plc whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michelle MacKay, Neil Johnston and Noelle J. Perkins, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any or all amendments including any post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

Name    Title   Date

/s/ Michelle MacKay

Michelle MacKay

   Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Representative in the United States)
  May 16, 2024

/s/ Neil Johnston

Neil Johnston

   Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  May 16, 2024

/s/ Laurida Sayed

Laurida Sayed

   Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  May 16, 2024

/s/ Jonathan Coslet

Jonathan Coslet

   Director   May 16, 2024

/s/ Michelle Felman

Michelle Felman

   Director   May 16, 2024

/s/ Jodie McLean

Jodie McLean

   Director   May 16, 2024

/s/ Jennifer J. McPeek

Jennifer J. McPeek

   Director   May 16, 2024

/s/ Angela Sun

Angela Sun

   Director   May 16, 2024

/s/ Rajesh Vennam

Rajesh Vennam

   Director   May 16, 2024


/s/ Brett White

Brett White

   Non-Executive Chairman   May 16, 2024

/s/ Billie Williamson

Billie Williamson

   Lead Director   May 16, 2024

Exhibit 4.2

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC

SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED

2018 OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

(Effective as of May 16, 2024)

 

1.

Purpose of the Plan

This Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing certain employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Company with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in the service of the Company.

 

2.

Definitions

As used in the Plan or in any instrument governing the terms of any Incentive Award, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person.

(b) “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement, in a form determined by the Committee from time to time, entered into by each Participant and the Company, evidencing the grant of an Incentive Award under the Plan.

(c) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of C&W.

(d) “C&W” means Cushman & Wakefield pic, a public limited company incorporated under the law of England and Wales, whose registration number is 11414195 (and any successor thereto).

(e) “Cash Incentive Award” means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

(f) “Change in Control” means, unless otherwise defined in the Award Agreement, (i) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), other than C&W, the Consortium or any employee benefit plan sponsored by C&W, acquires ownership of shares of C&W that, together with shares held by such Person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total Voting Power of the shares of C&W; (ii) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) other than C&W, the Consortium or any employee benefit plan sponsored by C&W acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons) ownership of shares of C&W possessing 30 percent or more of the total Voting Power of the shares of C&W; (iii) a majority of members of the Board of Directors is replaced during any 36-month period by directors whose appointment or election is (x) not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors before the date of each appointment or election or (y) approved


in connection with any actual or threatened contest for election to positions on the Board of Directors; (iv) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions, or (v) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction with or into C&W or in which securities of C&W are issued, as a result of which the holders of Voting Securities of C&W immediately before such event own, directly or indirectly, immediately after such event less than 50% of the combined Voting Power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the parent corporation resulting from, or issuing its Voting Securities as part of, such event. For purposes of subsection (iv), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an event described herein shall be considered a “Change in Control” for distribution or payment purposes only if it constitutes a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code, to the extent necessary to avoid adverse tax consequences thereunder.

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and all regulations, interpretations and administrative guidance issued thereunder.

(h) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or such other committee as the Board of Directors shall appoint from time to time to administer the Plan and to otherwise exercise and perform the authority and functions assigned to the Committee under the terms of the Plan.

(i) “Company” means C&W and all of its Subsidiaries, collectively.

(j) “Consortium” means, collectively or individually as the context requires, TPG Asia VI SF Pte. Ltd, PAGAC Drone Holding ILP, and 2339532 Ontario Ltd and/or their respective Affiliates for so long as such Person is subject to any orderly market sell-down provision, or any other trading restriction, contained in the Coordination Agreement (as defined in the GenPar LPA) and provided such Person has agreed to be bound by, and adhere to, the governance arrangements of the Partnership or, if applicable, the IPO Company (each as defined in the GenPar LPA) contemplated by the Coordination Agreement.

(k) “Deferred Compensation Plan” means any plan, agreement or arrangement maintained by the Company from time to time that provides opportunities for deferral of compensation.

(l) “Effective Date” means the date set forth in Section 24.

(m) “Employment” means the period during which an individual is classified or treated by the Company as an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company.

 

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(n) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(o) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to an Ordinary Share, as of the applicable date of determination or if the exchange is not open for trading on such date, the immediately preceding day on which the exchange is open for trading, the closing price as reported on the date of determination on the principal securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are then listed or admitted to trading (the “Securities Exchange”). In the event that the price of an Ordinary Share shall not be so reported, the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion taking into account the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(p) “GenPar LPA” means the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Partnership Agreement of DTZ Investment Holdings GenPar LLP, as such may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

(q) “Incentive Award” means one or more Share Incentive Awards and/or Cash Incentive Awards, collectively.

(r) “Option” means a stock option to purchase Ordinary Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6.

(s) “Ordinary Shares” means C&W’s ordinary shares of $0.10 nominal value, or any other security into which the ordinary shares shall be changed pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 9 of the Plan, or depositary receipts or instruments representing the same.

(t) “Other Share-Based Award” means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.

(u) “Participant” means an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company who is eligible to participate in the Plan and to whom one or more Incentive Awards have been granted pursuant to the Plan and have not been fully settled or cancelled and, following the death of any such Person, his successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be.

(v) “Person” means a “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including any “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act.

(w) “Plan” means this Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

(x) “Registration Date” means the effective date of the first registration statement that is filed by C&W and declared effective pursuant to 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with respect to any class of C&W’s securities.

(y) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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(z) “Share Incentive Award” means an Option or Other Share-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

(aa) “Subsidiary” means any “subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(bb) “Substitute Award” means Incentive Awards that result from the assumption of, or are in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired, directly or indirectly, by C&W or one of its Subsidiaries or with which C&W or one of its Subsidiaries combines.

(cc) “Voting Power” means the number of votes available to be cast (determined by reference to the maximum number of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Voting Securities upon any matter submitted to shareholders where the holders of all Voting Securities vote together as a single class) by the holders of Voting Securities.

(dd) “Voting Securities” means any securities or other ownership interests of an entity entitled, or which may be entitled, to vote on the election of directors, or securities or other ownership interests which are convertible into, or exercisable in exchange for, such Voting Securities, whether or not subject to the passage of time or any contingency.

 

3.

Shares Subject to the Plan

(a) Shares Subject to the Plan

The maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be covered by Incentive Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 8,876,517Ordinary Shares in the aggregate. Out of such aggregate, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be covered by Options that are designated as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall not exceed 8,876,517Ordinary Shares. The maximum number of shares referred to in the preceding sentences of this Section 3 shall in each case be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 and the following provisions of this Section 3. Of the shares described, 100% may be delivered in connection with “full-value Awards,” meaning Incentive Awards other than Options or stock appreciation rights. Any shares granted under any Incentive Awards shall be counted against the share limit on a one-for-one basis. Any Incentive Award under the Plan settled in cash shall not be counted against the foregoing maximum share limitations. Ordinary Shares issued under the Plan may be unissued shares, treasury shares, shares purchased by the Company or by an employee benefit trust or similar vehicle in the open market, or any combination of the preceding categories as the Committee determines in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Ordinary Shares subject to an Incentive Award under the Plan shall not again be made available for issuance or delivery under the Plan if such Ordinary Shares are (i) Ordinary Shares delivered, withheld or surrendered in payment of the exercise or purchase price of an Incentive Award or (ii) Ordinary Shares delivered, withheld, or surrendered to satisfy any tax withholding obligation.

 

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(b) Minimum Vesting Schedule

A vesting period of at least one year shall apply to all Incentive Awards issued under the Plan; provided, that up to five percent of the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date may be issued pursuant to Incentive Awards that do not comply with such minimum one-year vesting period.

 

4.

Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by a Committee of the Board of Directors consisting of two or more Persons, each of whom qualifies as a “non-employee director” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act), and as “independent” as required by NYSE or any security exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are listed, in each case if and to the extent required by applicable law or necessary to meet the requirements of such Rule, Section or listing requirement at the time of determination. From time to time, the Board may increase or decrease the size of the Committee, add additional members to, remove members (with or without cause) from, appoint new members in substitution therefor, and fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee shall, consistent with the terms of the Plan, from time to time designate those individuals who shall be granted Incentive Awards under the Plan and the amount, type and other terms and conditions of such Incentive Awards. All of the powers and responsibilities of the Committee under the Plan may be delegated by the Committee, in writing, to any subcommittee thereof, in which case the acts of such subcommittee shall be deemed to be acts of the Committee hereunder. The Committee may also from time to time authorize a subcommittee consisting of one or more members of the Board of Directors (including members who are employees of the Company) or employees of the Company to grant Incentive Awards to Persons who are not “executive officers” of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 16a-l under the Exchange Act), subject to such restrictions and limitations as the Committee may specify and to the requirements of applicable law.

The Committee shall have full discretionary authority to administer the Plan, including discretionary authority to interpret and construe any and all provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement thereunder, and to adopt, amend and rescind from time to time such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including rules and regulations related to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws and/or qualifying for preferred tax treatment under applicable foreign tax laws, as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may exercise all discretion granted to it under the Plan in a non-uniform manner among Participants.

The Committee may delegate the administration of the Plan to one or more officers or employees of the Company, and such administrator(s) may have the authority to execute and distribute Award Agreements, to maintain records relating to Incentive Awards, to process or oversee the issuance of Ordinary Shares under Incentive Awards, to interpret and administer the terms of Incentive Awards, and to take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and of Incentive Awards under the Plan, provided that in no case shall any such administrator be authorized (i) to grant Incentive Awards under the Plan (except in connection with any delegation made by the Committee pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4), (ii) to take any action inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code or (iii) to take any action inconsistent with applicable law. Any action by any such administrator within the scope of

 

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its delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Committee and, except as otherwise specifically provided, references in this Plan to the Committee shall include any such administrator. The Committee and, to the extent it so provides, any subcommittee, shall have sole authority to determine whether to review any actions and/or interpretations of any such administrator, and if the Committee shall decide to conduct such a review, any such actions and/or interpretations of any such administrator shall be subject to approval, disapproval, or modification by the Committee.

On or after the date of grant of an Incentive Award under the Plan, the Committee may (i) accelerate the date on which any such Incentive Award becomes vested, exercisable or transferable, as the case may be, (ii) extend the term of any such Incentive Award, including, without limitation, extending the period following a termination of a Participant’s Employment during which any such Incentive Award may remain outstanding, (iii) waive any conditions to the vesting, exercisability or transferability, as the case may be, of any such Incentive Award or (iv) provide for the payment of dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to any such Incentive Award; provided, that the Committee shall not have any such authority to the extent that the grant of such authority would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in connection with a Change in Control or as permitted under Section 9, the Company shall not, without the approval of the shareholders of C&W, (x) reduce, whether through amendment or otherwise, the exercise price of any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right or (y) grant any new Incentive Award or make any payment of cash to a Participant in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right when the exercise price of such Option or stock appreciation right exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Ordinary Shares.

The Company shall pay any amount payable with respect to an Incentive Award in accordance with the terms of such Incentive Award, provided that the Committee may, in its discretion, defer, or give a Participant the election to defer, the payment of amounts payable with respect to an Incentive Award subject to and in accordance with the terms of a Deferred Compensation Plan.

No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and C&W shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Company.

 

5.

Eligibility

The Persons who shall be eligible to receive Incentive Awards pursuant to the Plan shall be those employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company whom the Committee shall select from time to time, including officers of C&W, whether or not they are directors. Each Incentive Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

 

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6.

Options

The Committee may from time to time grant Options on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. The Award Agreement shall clearly identify such Option as either an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or as not an incentive stock option.

(a) Exercise Price

The exercise price per Ordinary Share covered by any Option shall be not less than the greater of its nominal value and 100% of the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the date on which such Option is granted, it being understood that the exercise price of an Option that is a Substitute Award may be less than the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the date such Substitute Award is assumed, provided that such substitution complies with applicable laws and regulations.

(b) Term and Exercise of Options

(i) Each Option shall become vested and exercisable on such date or dates, during such period and for such number of Ordinary Shares as set forth in the Award Agreement; provided that each Option shall be subject to earlier termination, expiration or cancellation as provided in the Plan or the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted; provided, however that the expiration of the Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option) may be tolled while the Participant cannot exercise such Option because an exercise would violate an applicable federal, state, local, or foreign law, or would jeopardize the ability of C&W to continue as a going concern, provided, further that the period during which the Option may be exercised is not extended more than 30 days after the exercise of the Option first would no longer violate such applicable federal, state, local, and foreign laws or jeopardize the ability of C&W to continue as a going concern.

(ii) Each Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part; provided, however that no partial exercise of an Option shall be for an aggregate exercise price of less than $1,000. The partial exercise of an Option shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof.

(iii) An Option shall be exercised by such methods and procedures as the Committee determines from time to time, including without limitation through net physical settlement or other method of cashless exercise.

 

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(c) Special Rules for Incentive Stock Options

(i) The aggregate Fair Market Value of Ordinary Shares with respect to which “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plan of C&W or any of its “subsidiaries” (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code) shall not exceed $100,000. Such Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date on which each such incentive stock option is granted. In the event that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Ordinary Shares with respect to such incentive stock options exceeds $100,000, then incentive stock options granted hereunder to such Participant shall, to the extent and in the order required by regulations promulgated under the Code (or any other authority having the force of regulations), automatically be deemed to be non-qualified stock options, but all other terms and provisions of such incentive stock options shall remain unchanged. In the absence of such regulations (and authority), or in the event such regulations (or authority) require or permit a designation of the Options which shall cease to constitute incentive stock options, incentive stock options granted hereunder shall, to the extent of such excess and in the order in which they were granted, automatically be deemed to be non-qualified stock options, but all other terms and provisions of such incentive stock options shall remain unchanged.

(ii) Incentive stock options may only be granted to individuals who are employees of the Company. No incentive stock option may be granted to an individual if, at the time of the proposed grant, such individual owns shares possessing more than ten percent of the total combined “voting power” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) of all classes of shares of C&W or any of its “subsidiaries” (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code), unless (i) the exercise price of such incentive stock option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Ordinary Share at the time such incentive stock option is granted and (ii) such incentive stock option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date such incentive stock option is granted.

 

7.

Other Share-Based Awards

The Committee may from time to time grant equity-based or equity-related awards not otherwise described herein in such amounts and on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, each such Other Share-Based Award may (i) involve the transfer of actual Ordinary Shares to Participants, either at the time of grant or thereafter, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Ordinary Shares, (ii) be subject to performance-based and/or service-based conditions, (iii) be in the form of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, deferred share units or share-denominated performance units, and (iv) be designed to comply with applicable laws of jurisdictions other than the United States; provided, that each Other Share-Based Award shall be denominated in, or shall have a value determined by reference to, a number of Ordinary Shares that is specified at the time of the grant of such Incentive Award.

 

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8.

Cash Incentive Awards

The Committee may from time to time grant Cash Incentive Awards on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. Cash Incentive Awards may be settled in cash or in other property, including Ordinary Shares, provided that the term “Cash Incentive Award” shall exclude any Option or Other Share-Based Award.

 

9.

Adjustment Upon Certain Changes

Subject to any action by the shareholders of C&W required by law, applicable tax rules or the rules of any exchange on which Ordinary Shares of C&W are listed for trading:

(a) Shares Available for Grants

In the event of any change in the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding by reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares, spin-off or similar corporate change or extraordinary cash dividend, the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which the Committee may grant Incentive Awards, exercise or base price of any Option or stock appreciation right and the applicable performance targets or criteria shall be equitably adjusted or substituted by the Committee to prevent enlargement or reduction in rights granted under the Incentive Award. In the event of any change in the number of Ordinary Shares of C&W outstanding by reason of any other event or transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments to the type or number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which Incentive Awards may be granted.

(b) Increase or Decrease in Issued Shares Without Consideration

In the event of any increase or decrease in the number of issued Ordinary Shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of Ordinary Shares or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Ordinary Shares), or any other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt or payment of consideration by the Company, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust the type or number of Ordinary Shares subject to each outstanding Incentive Award and the exercise price per Ordinary Share of each such Incentive Award.

(c) Certain Mergers and Other Transactions

In the event of any merger, consolidation or similar transaction as a result of which the holders of Ordinary Shares receive consideration consisting exclusively of securities of the acquiring or surviving corporation in such transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust each Incentive Award outstanding on the date of such merger or consolidation or similar transaction so that it pertains and applies to the securities which a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares subject to such Incentive Award would have received in such merger or consolidation or similar transaction.

 

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In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of C&W, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (on a consolidated basis), (iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving C&W in which the holders of Ordinary Shares receive securities and/or other property, including cash, other than or in addition to shares of the surviving corporation in such transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, have the power to:

(i) cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each Incentive Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested), and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the Participant to whom such Incentive Award was granted an amount in cash, for each Ordinary Share subject to such Incentive Award, equal to the value, as determined by the Committee, of such Incentive Award, provided that with respect to any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right such value shall be equal to the excess of (A) the value, as determined by the Committee, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of an Ordinary Share as a result of such event over (B) the exercise price of such Option or stock appreciation right (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be zero in the case of underwater Options and stock appreciation rights); or

(ii) provide for the exchange of each Incentive Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested) for an Incentive Award with respect to (A) some or all of the property which a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares subject to such Incentive Award would have received in such transaction or (B) securities of the acquiror or surviving entity and, incident thereto, make an equitable adjustment as determined by the Committee in the exercise price of the Incentive Award, or the number of shares or amount of property subject to the Incentive Award or provide for a payment (in cash or other property) to the Participant to whom such Incentive Award was granted in partial consideration for the exchange of the Incentive Award.

(d) Other Changes

In the event of any change in the capitalization of C&W or corporate change other than those specifically referred to in Sections 9(a), (b) or (c), the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments in the number and class of shares subject to Incentive Awards outstanding on the date on which such change occurs and in such other terms of such Incentive Awards as the Committee may consider appropriate.

(e) Cash Incentive Awards

In the event of any transaction or event described in this Section 9, including without limitation any corporate change referred to in paragraph (d) hereof, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of any Cash Incentive Award.

 

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(f) No Other Rights

Except as expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of any class, the payment of any dividends or dividend equivalents, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation of C&W or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by C&W of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Incentive Award.

(g) Savings Clause

No provision of this Section 9 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.

No provision of this Section 9 shall be given effect to the extent such provision would result in short-swing profits liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or violate the exemptive conditions of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.

 

10.

Change in Control; Termination of Employment

(a) Change in Control

The consequences of a Change in Control, if any, will be set forth in the Award Agreement in addition to what is provided in this Section 10 and the Plan.

(b) Termination of Employment

(i) Except as to any awards constituting stock rights subject to Section 409A of the Code, termination of Employment shall mean a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, unless the Participant is retained as a consultant pursuant to a written agreement and such agreement provides otherwise. The Employment of a Participant with the Company shall be deemed to have terminated for all purposes of the Plan if such Person is employed by or provides services to a Person that is a Subsidiary of the Company and such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, unless the Committee determines otherwise. Unless otherwise agreed by the Committee upon the advice of counsel that so agreeing does not result in the imposition of penalties under Section 409A of the Code, a Participant who ceases to be an employee of the Company but continues, or simultaneously commences, services as a director of the Company shall be deemed to have had a termination of Employment for purposes of the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall determine whether an authorized leave of absence, or absence in military or government service, shall constitute termination of Employment, provided that a Participant who is an employee will not be deemed to cease Employment in the case of any leave of absence approved by the Company. Furthermore, no payment shall be made with respect to any Incentive Awards under the Plan that are subject to Section 409A of the Code as a result of any such authorized leave of absence or absence in military or government service unless such authorized leave of absence constitutes a separation from service for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(ii) The Award Agreement shall specify the consequences with respect to such Incentive Award of the termination of Employment of the Participant holding the Incentive Award.

 

11.

Rights Under the Plan

No Person shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Ordinary Shares covered by or relating to any Incentive Award until the date of the issuance of such shares on the books and records of C&W. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 9 hereof or in a Participant’s Award Agreement, no adjustment of any Incentive Award shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date of such issuance. Nothing in this Section 11 is intended, or should be construed, to limit authority of the Committee to cause the Company to make payments based on the dividends that would be payable with respect to any Ordinary Share if it were issued or outstanding, or from granting rights related to such dividends; provided that any dividends or dividend equivalents payable with respect to Incentive Awards shall be payable to the Participant only if, when and to the extent such Incentive Award vests. The dividends or dividend equivalents payable with respect to Incentive Awards that do not vest shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no dividend or dividend equivalents shall be granted with respect to Options or stock appreciation rights.

The Company shall not have any obligation to establish any separate fund or trust or other segregation of assets to provide for payments under the Plan. To the extent any Person acquires any rights to receive payments hereunder from the Company, such rights shall be no greater than those of an unsecured creditor.

 

12.

No Special Employment Rights; No Right to Incentive Award

(i) Nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of his or her Employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such Employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Incentive Award.

(ii) No Person shall have any claim or right to receive an Incentive Award hereunder. The Committee’s granting of an Incentive Award to a Participant at any time shall neither require the Committee to grant an Incentive Award to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person at any time nor preclude the Committee from making subsequent grants to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person.

 

13.

Securities Matters

(a) C&W shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of any Ordinary Shares to be issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state or local laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, C&W shall not be obligated to cause to be issued Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan unless and until C&W is advised by its counsel that the issuance is in compliance with all

 

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applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition to the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such shares make such covenants, agreements and representations, and that any related certificates representing such shares bear such legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable.

(b) The exercise or settlement of any Incentive Award (including, without limitation, any Option) granted hereunder shall be effective unless at such time counsel to C&W determines that the issuance and delivery of Ordinary Shares pursuant to such exercise would not be in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are traded. C&W may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of any exercise or settlement of an Incentive Award granted hereunder in order to allow the issuance of shares pursuant thereto to be made pursuant to registration or an exemption from registration or other methods for compliance available under federal or state or local securities laws. C&W shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the exercise or settlement of an Incentive Award granted hereunder. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Incentive Award has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.

 

14.

Withholding Taxes

(a) Cash Remittance

Whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, C&W shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to C&W in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. In addition, upon the exercise or settlement of any Incentive Award in cash, or the making of any other payment with respect to any Incentive Award (other than in Ordinary Shares), C&W shall have the right to withhold from any payment required to be made pursuant thereto an amount sufficient to satisfy the federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, settlement or payment.

(b) Stock Remittance

At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, the Participant may tender to C&W a number of Ordinary Shares that have been owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value at the tender date determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.

 

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(c) Stock Withholding

At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, C&W shall withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.

 

15.

Amendment or Termination of the Plan

The Board of Directors may at any time suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that to the extent that any applicable law, tax requirement, or rule of a stock exchange requires shareholder approval in order for any such revision or amendment to be effective, such revision or amendment shall not be effective without such approval. The preceding sentence shall not restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority hereunder pursuant to Section 4 hereof, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the Plan. No provision of this Section 15 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no action hereunder may, without the consent of a Participant, adversely affect in any material respect the Participant’s rights under any previously granted and outstanding Incentive Award. Nothing in the Plan shall limit the right of the Company to pay compensation of any kind outside the terms of the Plan.

 

16.

Recoupment

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Company will be entitled to the extent (i) required by applicable law (including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), (ii) permitted or required by Company policy as in effect on the date of grant and/or (iii) required by the rules of an exchange on which the Company’s shares are listed for trading to recoup compensation of whatever kind paid or to be paid by the Company at any time to a Participant under this Plan.

 

17.

No Obligation to Exercise

The grant to a Participant of an Incentive Award shall impose no obligation upon such Participant to exercise such Incentive Award.

 

18.

Transfers

Incentive Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of a Participant, only by the Participant; provided, however, that the Committee may permit Options that are non-qualified stock options to be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of (other than to third-party financial institutions for value), on a general or specific basis, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Committee may determine. A non-qualified stock option that is transferred pursuant to the preceding sentence (i) may not be subsequently transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution

 

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and (ii) remains subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. Upon the death of a Participant, outstanding Incentive Awards granted to such Participant may be exercised only by the executors or administrators of the Participant’s estate or by any Person or Persons who shall have acquired such right to exercise by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution of any Incentive Award, or the right to exercise any Incentive Award, shall be effective to bind C&W unless the Committee shall have been furnished with (a) written notice thereof and with a copy of the will and/or such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and (b) an agreement by the transferee to comply with all the terms and conditions of the Incentive Award that are or would have been applicable to the Participant and to be bound by the acknowledgements made by the Participant in connection with the grant of the Incentive Award.

 

19.

Expenses and Receipts

The expenses of the Plan shall be paid by C&W. Any proceeds received by C&W in connection with any Incentive Award will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

20.

Failure to Comply

In addition to the remedies of the Company elsewhere provided for herein, failure by a Participant to comply with any of the material terms and conditions of the Plan or any Award Agreement, unless such failure is remedied by such Participant within ten days after having been notified of such failure by the Committee, shall be grounds for the cancellation and forfeiture of such Incentive Award, in whole or in part, as the Committee, in its absolute discretion, may determine.

 

21.

Relationship to Other Benefits

No payment with respect to any Incentive Awards under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

22.

Governing Law

The Plan and the rights of all Persons under the Plan shall be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of law principles.

 

23.

Severability

If all or any part of this Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not serve to invalidate any portion of this Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section or part of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner that will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

 

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24.

Effective Date and Term of Plan

The Effective Date of the Plan is May 16, 2024. No grants of Incentive Awards may be made under the Plan after May 16, 2034, the tenth anniversary of the date upon which the Plan was approved.

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Exhibit 4.3

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC

SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED 2018 OMNIBUS

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

(Effective as of May 16, 2024)

 

1.

Purpose of the Plan

This Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by providing its non-employee directors of the Company with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in the service of the Company.

 

2.

Definitions

As used in the Plan or in any instrument governing the terms of any Incentive Award, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person.

(b) “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement, in a form determined by the Committee from time to time, entered into by each Participant and the Company, evidencing the grant of an Incentive Award under the Plan.

(c) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of C&W.

(d) “C&W” means Cushman & Wakefield pic, a public limited company incorporated under the law of England and Wales, whose registration number is 11414195 (and any successor thereto).

(e) “Cash Incentive Award” means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

(f) “Change in Control” means, unless otherwise defined in the Award Agreement, (i) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), other than C&W, the Consortium or any employee benefit plan sponsored by C&W, acquires ownership of shares of C&W that, together with shares held by such Person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total Voting Power of the shares of C&W; (ii) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) other than C&W, the Consortium or any employee benefit plan sponsored by C&W acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons) ownership of shares of C&W possessing 30 percent or more of the total Voting Power of the shares of C&W; (iii) a majority of members of the Board of Directors is replaced during any 36-month period by directors whose appointment or election is (x) not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors before the date of each appointment or election or (y) approved


in connection with any actual or threatened contest for election to positions on the Board of Directors; (iv) any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions, or (v) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction with or into C&W or in which securities of C&W are issued, as a result of which the holders of Voting Securities of C&W immediately before such event own, directly or indirectly, immediately after such event less than 50% of the combined Voting Power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the parent corporation resulting from, or issuing its Voting Securities as part of, such event. For purposes of subsection (iv), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an event described herein shall be considered a “Change in Control” for distribution or payment purposes only if it constitutes a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code, to the extent necessary to avoid adverse tax consequences thereunder.

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and all regulations, interpretations and administrative guidance issued thereunder.

(h) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or such other committee as the Board of Directors shall appoint from time to time to administer the Plan and to otherwise exercise and perform the authority and functions assigned to the Committee under the terms of the Plan.

(i) “Company” means C&W and all of its Subsidiaries, collectively.

(j) “Consortium” means, collectively or individually as the context requires, TPG Asia VI SF Pte. Ltd, PAGAC Drone Holding ILP, and 2339532 Ontario Ltd and/or their respective Affiliates for so long as such Person is subject to any orderly market sell-down provision, or any other trading restriction, contained in the Coordination Agreement (as defined in the GenPar LPA) and provided such Person has agreed to be bound by, and adhere to, the governance arrangements of the Partnership or, if applicable, the IPO Company (each as defined in the GenPar LPA) contemplated by the Coordination Agreement.

(k) “Deferred Compensation Plan” means any plan, agreement or arrangement maintained by the Company from time to time that provides opportunities for deferral of compensation.

(l) “Effective Date” means the date set forth in Section 24.

(m) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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(n) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to an Ordinary Share, as of the applicable date of determination or if the exchange is not open for trading on such date, the immediately preceding day on which the exchange is open for trading, the closing price as reported on the date of determination on the principal securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are then listed or admitted to trading (the “Securities Exchange”). In the event that the price of an Ordinary Share shall not be so reported, the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion taking into account the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(o) “GenPar LPA” means the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Partnership Agreement of DTZ Investment Holdings GenPar LLP, as such may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

(p) “Incentive Award” means one or more Share Incentive Awards and/or Cash Incentive Awards, collectively.

(q) “Option” means a stock option to purchase Ordinary Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6.

(r) “Ordinary Shares” means C&W’s ordinary shares of $0.10 nominal value, or any other security into which the ordinary shares shall be changed pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 9 of the Plan, or depositary receipts or instruments representing the same.

(s) “Other Share-Based Award” means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.

(t) “Participant” means a non-employee director of the Company who is eligible to participate in the Plan and to whom one or more Incentive Awards have been granted pursuant to the Plan and have not been fully settled or cancelled and, following the death of any such Person, his or her successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be.

(u) “Person” means a “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including any “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act.

(v) “Plan” means this Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

(w) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(x) “Service Period” means the period during which an individual is classified or treated by the Company as a non-employee director of the Company.

(y) “Share Incentive Award” means an Option or Other Share-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

(z) “Subsidiary” means any “subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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(aa) “Substitute Award” means Incentive Awards that result from the assumption of, or are in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired, directly or indirectly, by C&W or one of its Subsidiaries or with which C&W or one of its Subsidiaries combines.

(bb) “Voting Power” means the number of votes available to be cast (determined by reference to the maximum number of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Voting Securities upon any matter submitted to shareholders where the holders of all Voting Securities vote together as a single class) by the holders of Voting Securities.

(cc) “Voting Securities” means any securities or other ownership interests of an entity entitled, or which may be entitled, to vote on the election of directors, or securities or other ownership interests which are convertible into, or exercisable in exchange for, such Voting Securities, whether or not subject to the passage of time or any contingency.

 

3.

Shares Subject to the Plan and Limitations on Cash Incentive Awards

(a) Shares Subject to the Plan

The maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be covered by Incentive Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 528,211Ordinary Shares in the aggregate, which includes 128,211Ordinary Shares that remained available for issuance under the Amended & Restated Cushman & Wakefield pic 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan prior to this second amendment and restatement. The maximum number of shares referred to in the preceding sentence of this Section 3(a) shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 and the following provisions of this Section 3. Of the shares described, 100% may be delivered in connection with “full-value Incentive Awards,” meaning Incentive Awards other than Options or stock appreciation rights. Any shares granted under any Incentive Awards shall be counted against the share limit on a one-for-one basis. Ordinary Shares issued under the Plan may be unissued shares, treasury shares, shares purchased by the Company or by an employee benefit trust or similar vehicle in the open market, or any combination of the preceding categories as the Committee determines in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Ordinary Shares subject to an Incentive Award under this Plan shall not again be made available for issuance or delivery under this Plan if such Ordinary Shares are (i) Ordinary Shares delivered, withheld or surrendered in payment of the exercise or purchase price of an Incentive Award or (ii) Ordinary Shares delivered, withheld, or surrendered to satisfy any tax withholding obligation.

(b) Individual Award Limit

The maximum number of shares subject to Incentive Awards (assuming maximum performance, if applicable) granted during a single fiscal year to any Participant, taken together with any Cash Incentive Awards granted during the fiscal year to the Participant and any cash fees paid during the fiscal year to the Participant in respect of the Participant’s service as a member of the Board of Directors during such year (including service as a member or chair of any committees of the Board of Directors), shall not exceed $700,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Incentive Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Incentive Awards for financial

 

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reporting purposes). The Board of Directors may make exceptions to this limit for a non-executive or executive chair of the Board of Directors, or pursuant to a pre-established, binding agreement with a Participant, in each case, as the Board of Directors may determine in its discretion, provided that the Participant receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation.

(c) Minimum Vesting Schedule

A vesting period of at least one year shall apply to all Incentive Awards issued under this Plan; provided, that up to five percent of the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan as of the Effective Date may be issued pursuant to Incentive Awards that do not comply with such minimum one-year vesting period.

 

4.

Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by a Committee of the Board of Directors consisting of two or more Persons, each of whom qualifies as a “non-employee director” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act), and as “independent” as required by NYSE or any security exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are listed, in each case if and to the extent required by applicable law or necessary to meet the requirements of such Rule, Section or listing requirement at the time of determination. From time to time, the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the size of the Committee, add additional members to, remove members (with or without cause) from, appoint new members in substitution therefor, and fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee shall, consistent with the terms of the Plan, from time to time designate those individuals who shall be granted Incentive Awards under the Plan and the amount, type and other terms and conditions of such Incentive Awards. All of the powers and responsibilities of the Committee under the Plan may be delegated by the Committee, in writing, to any subcommittee thereof, in which case the acts of such subcommittee shall be deemed to be acts of the Committee hereunder.

The Committee shall have full discretionary authority to administer the Plan, including discretionary authority to interpret and construe any and all provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement thereunder, and to adopt, amend and rescind from time to time such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including rules and regulations related to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws and/or qualifying for preferred tax treatment under applicable foreign tax laws, as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may exercise all discretion granted to it under the Plan in a non-uniform manner among Participants.

The Committee may delegate the administration of the Plan to one or more officers or employees of the Company, and such administrator(s) may have the authority to execute and distribute Award Agreements, to maintain records relating to Incentive Awards, to process or oversee the issuance of Ordinary Shares under Incentive Awards, to interpret and administer the terms of Incentive Awards, and to take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and of Incentive Awards under the Plan, provided that in no case shall any such administrator be authorized (i) to grant Incentive Awards under the Plan (except in

 

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connection with any delegation made by the Committee pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4), (ii) to take any action inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code or (iii) to take any action inconsistent with applicable law. Any action by any such administrator within the scope of its delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Committee and, except as otherwise specifically provided, references in this Plan to the Committee shall include any such administrator. The Committee and, to the extent it so provides, any subcommittee, shall have sole authority to determine whether to review any actions and/or interpretations of any such administrator, and if the Committee shall decide to conduct such a review, any such actions and/or interpretations of any such administrator shall be subject to approval, disapproval, or modification by the Committee.

On or after the date of grant of an Incentive Award under the Plan, the Committee may (i) accelerate the date on which any such Incentive Award becomes vested, exercisable or transferable, as the case may be, (ii) extend the term of any such Incentive Award, including, without limitation, extending the period following a termination of a Participant’s Service Period during which any such Incentive Award may remain outstanding, (iii) waive any conditions to the vesting, exercisability or transferability, as the case may be, of any such Incentive Award or (iv) provide for the payment of dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to any such Incentive Award; provided that the Committee shall not have any such authority to the extent that the grant of such authority would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in connection with a Change in Control or as permitted under Section 9, the Company shall not, without the approval of the shareholders of C&W, (x) reduce, whether through amendment or otherwise, the exercise price of any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right or (y) grant any new Incentive Award or make any payment of cash to a Participant in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right when the exercise price of such Option or stock appreciation right exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Ordinary Shares.

The Company shall pay any amount payable with respect to an Incentive Award in accordance with the terms of such Incentive Award, provided that the Committee may, in its discretion, defer, or give a Participant the election to defer, the payment of amounts payable with respect to an Incentive Award subject to and in accordance with the terms of a Deferred Compensation Plan.

No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and C&W shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Company.

 

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5.

Eligibility

The Persons who shall be eligible to receive Incentive Awards pursuant to the Plan shall be those non-employee directors of the Company whom the Committee shall select from time to time. Each Incentive Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

 

6.

Options

The Committee may from time to time grant Options on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan.

(a) Exercise Price

The exercise price per Ordinary Share covered by any Option shall be not less than the greater of its nominal value and 100% of the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the date on which such Option is granted, it being understood that the exercise price of an Option that is a Substitute Award may be less than the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the date such Substitute Award is assumed, provided that such substitution complies with applicable laws and regulations.

(b) Term and Exercise of Options

(i) Each Option shall become vested and exercisable on such date or dates, during such period and for such number of Ordinary Shares as set forth in the Award Agreement; provided that each Option shall be subject to earlier termination, expiration or cancellation as provided in the Plan or the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted; provided, however, that the expiration of the Option may be tolled while the Participant cannot exercise such Option because an exercise would violate an applicable federal, state, local, or foreign law, or would jeopardize the ability of C&W to continue as a going concern, provided, further, that the period during which the Option may be exercised is not extended more than 30 days after the exercise of the Option first would no longer violate such applicable federal, state, local, and foreign laws or jeopardize the ability of C&W to continue as a going concern.

(ii) Each Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part; provided, however, that no partial exercise of an Option shall be for an aggregate exercise price of less than $1,000. The partial exercise of an Option shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof.

(iii) An Option shall be exercised by such methods and procedures as the Committee determines from time to time, including without limitation through net physical settlement or other method of cashless exercise.

 

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7.

Other Share-Based Awards

The Committee may from time to time grant equity-based or equity-related awards not otherwise described herein in such amounts and on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, each such Other Share-Based Award may (i) involve the transfer of actual Ordinary Shares to Participants, either at the time of grant or thereafter, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Ordinary Shares, (ii) be subject to performance-based and/or service-based conditions, (iii) be in the form of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, deferred share units or share-denominated performance units, and (iv) be designed to comply with applicable laws of jurisdictions other than the United States; provided that each Other Share-Based Award shall be denominated in, or shall have a value determined by reference to, a number of Ordinary Shares that is specified at the time of the grant of such Incentive Award.

 

8.

Cash Incentive Awards

The Committee may from time to time grant Cash Incentive Awards on such terms as it shall determine, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. Cash Incentive Awards may be settled in cash or in other property, including Ordinary Shares, provided that the term “Cash Incentive Award” shall exclude any Option or Other Share-Based Award.

 

9.

Adjustment Upon Certain Changes

Subject to any action by the shareholders of C&W required by law, applicable tax rules or the rules of any exchange on which Ordinary Shares of C&W are listed for trading:

(a) Shares Available for Grants

In the event of any change in the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding by reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares, spin-off or similar corporate change or extraordinary cash dividend, the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which the Committee may grant Incentive Awards, exercise or base price of any Option or stock appreciation right and the applicable performance targets or criteria shall be equitably adjusted or substituted by the Committee to prevent enlargement or reduction in rights granted under the Incentive Award. In the event of any change in the number of Ordinary Shares of C&W outstanding by reason of any other event or transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments to the type or number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which Incentive Awards may be granted.

(b) Increase or Decrease in Issued Shares Without Consideration

In the event of any increase or decrease in the number of issued Ordinary Shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of Ordinary Shares or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Ordinary Shares), or any other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt or payment of consideration by the Company, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust the type or number of Ordinary Shares subject to each outstanding Incentive Award and the exercise price per Ordinary Share of each such Incentive Award.

 

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(c) Certain Mergers and Other Transactions

In the event of any merger, consolidation or similar transaction as a result of which the holders of Ordinary Shares receive consideration consisting exclusively of securities of the acquiring or surviving corporation in such transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust each Incentive Award outstanding on the date of such merger or consolidation or similar transaction so that it pertains and applies to the securities which a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares subject to such Incentive Award would have received in such merger or consolidation or similar transaction.

In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of C&W, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (on a consolidated basis), (iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving C&W in which the holders of Ordinary Shares receive securities and/or other property, including cash, other than or in addition to shares of the surviving corporation in such transaction, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, have the power to:

(i) cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each Incentive Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested), and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the Participant to whom such Incentive Award was granted an amount in cash, for each Ordinary Share subject to such Incentive Award, equal to the value, as determined by the Committee, of such Incentive Award, provided that with respect to any outstanding Option or stock appreciation right such value shall be equal to the excess of (A) the value, as determined by the Committee, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of an Ordinary Share as a result of such event over (B) the exercise price of such Option or stock appreciation right (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be zero in the case of underwater Options and stock appreciation rights); or

(ii) provide for the exchange of each Incentive Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested) for an Incentive Award with respect to (A) some or all of the property which a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares subject to such Incentive Award would have received in such transaction or (B) securities of the acquiror or surviving entity and, incident thereto, make an equitable adjustment as determined by the Committee in the exercise price of the Incentive Award, or the number of shares or amount of property subject to the Incentive Award or provide for a payment (in cash or other property) to the Participant to whom such Incentive Award was granted in partial consideration for the exchange of the Incentive Award.

 

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(d) Other Changes

In the event of any change in the capitalization of C&W or corporate change other than those specifically referred to in Sections 9(a), (b) or (c), the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments in the number and class of shares subject to Incentive Awards outstanding on the date on which such change occurs and in such other terms of such Incentive Awards as the Committee may consider appropriate.

(e) Cash Incentive Awards

In the event of any transaction or event described in this Section 9, including without limitation any corporate change referred to in paragraph (d) hereof, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of any Cash Incentive Award.

(f) No Other Rights

Except as expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of any class, the payment of any dividends or dividend equivalents, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation of C&W or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by C&W of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Incentive Award.

(g) Savings Clause

No provision of this Section 9 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.

No provision of this Section 9 shall be given effect to the extent such provision would result in short-swing profits liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or violate the exemptive conditions of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.

 

10.

Change in Control; Termination of the Service Period

(a) Change in Control

The consequences of a Change in Control, if any, will be set forth in the Award Agreement in addition to what is provided in this Section 10 and the Plan.

(b) Termination of the Service Period

(i) Except as to any awards constituting stock rights subject to Section 409A of the Code, termination of the Service Period shall mean a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, unless the Participant is otherwise employed by the Company or retained as a consultant pursuant to a written agreement and such agreement provides otherwise.

 

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(ii) The Award Agreement shall specify the consequences with respect to such Incentive Award of the termination of the Service Period on the Participant holding the Incentive Award.

 

11.

Rights Under the Plan

No Person shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Ordinary Shares covered by or relating to any Incentive Award until the date of the issuance of such shares on the books and records of C&W. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 9 hereof or in a Participant’s Award Agreement, no adjustment of any Incentive Award shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date of such issuance. Nothing in this Section 11 is intended, or should be construed, to limit authority of the Committee to cause the Company to make payments based on the dividends that would be payable with respect to any Ordinary Share if it were issued or outstanding, or from granting rights related to such dividends; provided that any dividends or dividend equivalents payable with respect to Incentive Awards shall be payable to the Participant only if, when and to the extent such Incentive Award vests. The dividends or dividend equivalents payable with respect to Incentive Awards that do not vest shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no dividend or dividend equivalents shall be granted with respect to Options or stock appreciation rights.

The Company shall not have any obligation to establish any separate fund or trust or other segregation of assets to provide for payments under the Plan. To the extent any Person acquires any rights to receive payments hereunder from the Company, such rights shall be no greater than those of an unsecured creditor.

 

12.

No Special Rights; No Right to Incentive Award

(a) Nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of his or her Service Period or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such Service Period or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Incentive Award.

(b) No Person shall have any claim or right to receive an Incentive Award hereunder. The Committee’s granting of an Incentive Award to a Participant at any time shall neither require the Committee to grant an Incentive Award to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person at any time nor preclude the Committee from making subsequent grants to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person.

 

13.

Securities Matters

(a) C&W shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of any Ordinary Shares to be issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state or local laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, C&W shall not be obligated to cause to be issued Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan unless and until C&W is advised by its counsel that the issuance is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition to the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such shares make such covenants, agreements and representations, and that any related certificates representing such shares bear such legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable.

 

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(b) The exercise or settlement of any Incentive Award (including, without limitation, any Option) granted hereunder shall be effective unless at such time counsel to C&W determines that the issuance and delivery of Ordinary Shares pursuant to such exercise would not be in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Ordinary Shares are traded. C&W may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of any exercise or settlement of an Incentive Award granted hereunder in order to allow the issuance of shares pursuant thereto to be made pursuant to registration or an exemption from registration or other methods for compliance available under federal or state or local securities laws. C&W shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the exercise or settlement of an Incentive Award granted hereunder. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Incentive Award has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.

 

14.

Withholding Taxes

(a) Cash Remittance

Whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, C&W shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to C&W in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. In addition, upon the exercise or settlement of any Incentive Award in cash, or the making of any other payment with respect to any Incentive Award (other than in Ordinary Shares), C&W shall have the right to withhold from any payment required to be made pursuant thereto an amount sufficient to satisfy the federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, settlement or payment.

(b) Stock Remittance

At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, the Participant may tender to C&W a number of Ordinary Shares that have been owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value at the tender date determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.

(c) Stock Withholding

At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, whenever withholding tax obligations are incurred in connection with any Incentive Award, C&W shall withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such event. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.

 

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15.

Amendment or Termination of the Plan

The Board of Directors may at any time suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that to the extent that any applicable law, tax requirement, or rule of a stock exchange requires shareholder approval in order for any such revision or amendment to be effective, such revision or amendment shall not be effective without such approval. The preceding sentence shall not restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority hereunder pursuant to Section 4 hereof, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the Plan. No provision of this Section 15 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no action hereunder may, without the consent of a Participant, adversely affect in any material respect the Participant’s rights under any previously granted and outstanding Incentive Award. Nothing in the Plan shall limit the right of the Company to pay compensation of any kind outside the terms of the Plan.

 

16.

Recoupment

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Company will be entitled to the extent (i) required by applicable law (including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), (ii) permitted or required by Company policy as in effect on the date of grant and/or (iii) required by the rules of an exchange on which the Company’s shares are listed for trading to recoup compensation of whatever kind paid or to be paid by the Company at any time to a Participant under this Plan.

 

17.

No Obligation to Exercise

The grant to a Participant of an Incentive Award shall impose no obligation upon such Participant to exercise such Incentive Award.

 

18.

Transfers

Incentive Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of a Participant, only by the Participant; provided, however, that the Committee may permit Options that are non-qualified stock options to be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of (other than to third-party financial institutions for value), on a general or specific basis, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Committee may determine. A non-qualified stock option that is transferred pursuant to the preceding sentence (i) may not be subsequently transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and (ii) remains subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. Upon the death of a Participant, outstanding Incentive Awards granted to such Participant may be exercised only by the executors or administrators of the Participant’s estate or by any Person or Persons who shall have acquired such right to exercise by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution of any Incentive Award, or the right to

 

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exercise any Incentive Award, shall be effective to bind C&W unless the Committee shall have been furnished with (a) written notice thereof and with a copy of the will and/or such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and (b) an agreement by the transferee to comply with all the terms and conditions of the Incentive Award that are or would have been applicable to the Participant and to be bound by the acknowledgements made by the Participant in connection with the grant of the Incentive Award.

 

19.

Expenses and Receipts

The expenses of the Plan shall be paid by C&W. Any proceeds received by C&W in connection with any Incentive Award will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

20.

Failure to Comply

In addition to the remedies of the Company elsewhere provided for herein, failure by a Participant to comply with any of the material terms and conditions of the Plan or any Award Agreement, unless such failure is remedied by such Participant within ten days after having been notified of such failure by the Committee, shall be grounds for the cancellation and forfeiture of such Incentive Award, in whole or in part, as the Committee, in its absolute discretion, may determine.

 

21.

Relationship to Other Benefits

No payment with respect to any Incentive Awards under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

22.

Governing Law

The Plan and the rights of all Persons under the Plan shall be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of law principles.

 

23.

Severability

If all or any part of this Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not serve to invalidate any portion of this Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section or part of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner that will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

 

24.

Effective Date and Term of Plan

The Effective Date of the Plan is May 16, 2024. No grants of Incentive Awards may be made under the Plan after May 16, 2034, the tenth anniversary of the date upon which the Plan was approved.

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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Stuart Boyd
To Call Writer Directly:
+44 44 20 7469 2240
stuart.boyd@kirkland.com
  

30 St Mary Axe
London, EC3A 8AF
United Kingdom

 

Telephone: +44 20 7469 2000

 

www.kirkland.com

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+44 20 7469 2001

16 May 2024

 

To:

Cushman & Wakefield plc

125 Old Broad Street

London

EC2N 1AR

United Kingdom

SIGNED PDF BY EMAIL AND ORIGINAL BY POST

Dear Sirs,

Cushman & Wakefield plc Registration Statement on Form S-8

We refer to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed in connection with the proposed issuance from time to time by Cushman & Wakefield plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”) of (i) up to 3,500,000 ordinary shares of $0.10 per share in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) pursuant to the Second Amended & Restated Cushman & Wakefield plc 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan approved by shareholders of the Company on 16 May 2024 (the “Management Omnibus Plan”) and (ii) up to 400,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Second Amended & Restated Cushman & Wakefield plc 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan approved by shareholders of the Company on 16 May 2024 (the “Director Omnibus Plan”, together with the Management Omnibus Plan, the “Plans”). We have acted as legal adviser as regards matters of English law to the Company and have taken instructions only from the Company.

 

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Scope and purpose

 

1.1

This letter is being delivered in connection with the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-8 as filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time.

 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP IS A MULTINATIONAL PRACTICE, THE PARTNERS OF WHICH ARE SOLICITORS OR REGISTERED FOREIGN

LAWYERS (ADMITTED IN THE U.S. AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS), AND IS AUTHORIZED AND REGULATED BY THE SOLICITORS REGULATION
AUTHORITY (SRA NUMBER 349107). A LIST OF THE PARTNERS, GIVING EACH PARTNER’S PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
AND JURISDICTION OF QUALIFICATION IS OPEN TO INSPECT

 

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1.2

This letter is limited to English law in force at the date of this letter as currently applied and interpreted by the English courts. You should read references to “English law” and to the “laws of England” accordingly.

 

1.3

This letter, each opinion expressed in it (each an “opinion statement”) and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it (and/or any opinion statement) is governed by and construed in accordance with English law and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

 

1.4

We have not investigated the laws of any country or jurisdiction other than England (a “foreign jurisdiction”). We assume that no law or regulation of a foreign jurisdiction (a “foreign law”) affects any of the opinion statements. We make no opinion statement in relation to any foreign law (including to the extent it may affect matters of English law or the enforceability of any judgment of an English court in the relevant jurisdiction) or the application or interpretation of English law or any foreign law by any court of a foreign jurisdiction (a “foreign court”). We make no opinion statement in relation to the enforceability of any judgement of a foreign court. In relation to any agreement governed by a foreign law referred to in this letter, to the extent relevant to any of our opinion statements, we assume that words and phrases in that agreement have the same meaning they would have if the agreement was governed by English law.

 

1.5

This letter only applies to those facts and circumstances which exist at the date of this letter. You expressly agree and acknowledge that we do not have and do not assume any obligation to provide you with any opinion or advice, or to update this letter in any respect, after the date of this letter.

 

1.6

The opinion statements are based on the documents and records that we have examined and our review of the Searches that have been carried out (each as described in this letter) and are subject to the assumptions set out in Schedule 1 (Assumptions), the qualifications and reservations set out in Schedule 2 (Qualifications) and to any matters not disclosed to us. Each opinion statement is strictly limited to the matters stated below and does not extend, by implication or otherwise, to any other matters. Each provision in this letter which has the effect of limiting an opinion statement is independent of any other such provision and is not to be read or implied as restricted by it.

 

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Defined terms and headings

 

2.1

In this letter:

 

  (a)

Search” means a Company Search or a Winding-Up Enquiry.

 

2.2

The headings in this letter do not affect its interpretation. In particular, headings are included in Schedule 1 (Assumptions) and Schedule 2 (Qualifications) for convenience only and should not be read or construed as limiting the applicability of the assumptions, qualifications or reservations set out in those schedules to a particular opinion statement unless expressly noted therein.

 

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Legal review

 

  3.1

For the purposes of issuing this letter, we have examined a copy of each of the following:

 

  (a)

the Registration Statement;

 

  (b)

the Plans;

 

  (c)

resolutions of the directors of the Company or a committee thereof passed on 13 June 2018, 31 July 2018, 11 October 2018, 19 November 2018, 18 December 2018, 31 January 2019, 20 February 2019, 26 February 2019, 15 March 2019, 17 March 2019, 19 March 2019, 5 April 2019, 17 April 2019, 16 May 2019, 17 June 2019, 24 June 2019, 2 July 2019, 6 August 2019, 1 September 2019, 6 September 2019, 13 September 2019, 30 September 2019, 1 October 2019, 14 October 2019, 16 October 2019, 6 November 2019, 11 November 2019, 14 November 2019, 15 November 2019, 18 November 2019, 19 November 2019, 16 December 2019, 28 December 2019, 30 December 2019, 17 May 2021, 8 August 2021, 11 November 2021, 24 February 2022, 3 November 2022, 23 February 2023, 19 March 2023, 4 May 2023, 3 August 2023, 2 November 2023, and 22 February 2024 (the “Board Approvals”);

 

  (d)

resolutions of the member(s) of the Company dated 19 June 2018, 11 July 2018, 18 July 2018, 11 May 2023 and resolutions of the partners of DTZ Investment Holdings GenPar LLP or a committee thereof dated 19 June 2018 (the “Member Approvals” and, together with the Board Approvals, the “Corporate Approvals”);

 

  (e)

the Company’s certificate of incorporation (and any certificate of incorporation on change of its name) and its articles of association (and, if applicable, its memorandum of incorporation);

 

  (f)

the register of shareholders of the Company as provided to us by Computershare dated 7 May 2024 (the “Register”); and

 

  (g)

the results disclosed in the searches of the publicly available records relating to the Company at Companies House conducted by Company Registrations Online Limited (“CRO Info”) on 16 May 2024 (each a “Company Search”).

 

  3.2

We have also reviewed the results of searches made by CRO Info on 16 May 2024, in respect of the Company at (i) the Central Registry of Winding-up Petitions at the Insolvency and Companies List (formerly known as the Companies Court) in London, (ii) the Gazette, and (iii) Companies House (each a “Winding-Up Enquiry”).

 

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3.3

We have not reviewed or examined any other document or record, or made any other enquiry, in connection with the giving of this letter. We have assumed that the documents described in this paragraph 3 are in full force and effect without any amendment (however described) and contain all the relevant information which is material for the purposes of the opinion statements and that there is no other document, agreement, instrument, undertaking, obligation, representation or warranty (oral or written) and no other arrangement (whether legally binding or not) made by or between all or any of the parties to those documents or any other matter which renders such information inaccurate, incomplete or misleading or which affects the conclusions stated in this letter.

 

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Opinion statements

The Shares to be issued and allotted by the Company under the Plans and registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued, will be duly authorised, validly issued and will be fully paid, and no further contributions in respect thereof will be required to be made to the Company by the holders thereof by reason solely of their being such holders.

 

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Consent

 

5.1

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Yours faithfully,
/s/ Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

 

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SCHEDULE 1

ASSUMPTIONS

Status

 

1

That, except insofar as such matters are on public record and are discoverable by the Searches, the Company has not taken any corporate or other action nor have any steps been taken or legal proceedings been started against it for its administration, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, reorganisation or bankruptcy or for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, trustee, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer in respect of it or all or any part of its undertaking, property or assets.

Capacity and Authority

 

2

That the Board Approvals and Member Approvals were validly passed at meetings properly convened and conducted and remain in full force and effect.

Documents

 

3

That all signatures, stamps, seals and markings on all documents submitted to us are genuine and were applied to a complete and final version of the relevant document, that those documents are authentic and complete and remain accurate and up-to-date at the date of this letter, that all signatures which purport to have been attested were made in the presence of the purported witness and that all factual statements contained in those documents (including any factual matter represented by a party to a document) are correct, complete and fair.

 

4

That each document submitted to us as a certified, electronic, photostatic or facsimile copy conforms to the original of that document and the same assumptions made in the previous paragraph are correct in respect of the original.

 

5

That the Corporate Approvals have not been amended, revoked or suspended.

 

6

That the actions carried out pursuant to the Board Approvals by the Company and the exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations thereunder materially benefited the Company, and that the directors of the Company acted in good faith and in the interests of the Company in approving each of the Board Approvals and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

7

That the Plan was validly adopted by the Company, has not been amended, and remains in full force and effect.

 

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Searches

 

8

That the Searches were accurate, complete and up-to-date when carried out (and remain so at the date of this letter) and disclose all information which is necessary or material for the purposes of this letter.

 

9

That there has been no alteration in the status, position or condition of the Company (however described) revealed in the Searches and, to the extent that any Search is dated prior to the date of this letter, no additional matters would have been disclosed by that Search if it had been carried out at a later time.

 

10

All documents, forms and notices which should have been delivered to Companies House on behalf of or relating to the Company have been so delivered and the file of records maintained at Companies House concerning it, and reproduced for public inspection, was complete, accurate and up-to-date at the time of the Searches and the copies of its articles of association (and memorandum, if any) examined by us are complete and up-to-date and would, if issued today, comply with Section 36 of the Companies Act 2006 and that the version of the Register reviewed by us on 23 June 2022 was correct, complete and up-to-date, has not been amended prior to the date of this letter, has been maintained in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, and that there is no basis upon which a person may apply for rectification of the Register pursuant to section 125 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

11

That the Shares are not admitted to trading on any market or exchange, or otherwise listed, in the United Kingdom.

Issue and allotment of Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement

 

12

That the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof (as applicable) has carried out and will carry out the functions assigned to it by the relevant Corporate Approvals in connection with the allotment and issuance of Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of those Corporate Approvals (including, without limitation, the limits on the number of Shares that may be allotted and/or issued by the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof (as applicable)).

 

13

That as at the date of each issue and allotment of Shares by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement, all rights of pre-emption howsoever arising have been, and remain validly, waived in respect of those Shares.

 

14

That as at the date of each issue and allotment of Shares by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company has received all of the proceeds (whether in cash or non-cash consideration) in respect of the subscription monies payable for those Shares, and the amount of those proceeds is of an amount not less than the aggregate nominal value for those Shares.

 

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15

That the statutory books of the Company have been or will be validly updated in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and any other relevant legislation to reflect the issue and allotment of the Shares by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

16

That all documents, forms and notices which should have been delivered to Companies House on behalf of the Company in respect of the issue and allotment of the Shares by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement have been so delivered in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and any other relevant legislation, and the file of records maintained at Companies House concerning it, and reproduced for public inspection, is or will be complete, accurate and up-to-date.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

QUALIFICATIONS

General qualifications

 

1

The Searches are not capable of revealing definitively whether or not (a) a winding-up order or administration order has been made, (b) a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or liquidator has been appointed, (c) a petition for winding-up or a petition, application or notice for the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or liquidator has been presented or filed at court, (d) a company voluntary arrangement has been proposed or approved, (e) a resolution for winding-up has been passed, (f) any moratorium is in force, or (g) whether any other insolvency proceeding has been commenced.

 

2

In relation to a Winding-Up Enquiry at the Insolvency and Companies List, it is made at the Central Registry of Winding-up Petitions which relates to compulsory winding-up and administration in the High Court of England in London only. Those enquiries will not reveal winding-up or administration proceedings commenced in a District Registry of the High Court of England. It is not possible to carry out a search for winding-up or administration proceedings in the District Registries unless an application is made to each relevant District Judge and a fee is paid. We have not made any such application.

 

3

The Searches will not reveal if the Company is subject to insolvency proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction.

 

4

We are not making any opinion statement as to any taxation matters or consequences which will or may arise as a result of any transaction effected in connection with the Registration Statement or the Plan or the rights or remedies of any taxation authority in respect of non-payment of taxes or the failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to taxation. For these purposes “taxation” and “taxes” shall be deemed to include stamp duties, stamp duty reserve tax and value added tax (or similar indirect taxes).

 

5

We express no opinion as to whether the Company is eligible for a moratorium under Schedule A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

 

6

No opinion statement is expressed as to matters of fact.

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

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KPMG LLP

Aon Center
Suite 5500
200 E. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601-6436

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 20, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Cushman & Wakefield plc and subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

May 16, 2024

 

 

KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and a member firm of

the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with

KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

Cushman & Wakefield plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type   Security
Class
Title
  Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Unit(1)
  Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(1)
  Fee
Rate
  Amount of
Registration
Fee
               
Equity   Ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value   457(c) and 457(h)   3,500,000(2)(3)   $10.34   $36,190,000   $147.60 per $1,000,000   $5,341.66
               
Equity   Ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value   457(c) and 457(h)   400,000(3)(4)   $10.34   $4,136,000   $147.60 per $1,000,000   $610.47
         
Total Offering Amounts     $40,326,000     $5,952.13
         
Total Fee Offsets         — 
         
Net Fee Due               $5,952.13

 

(1)

Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), based on the average of the high ($10.48) and low ($10.20) prices of the ordinary shares, nominal value $0.10 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of Cushman & Wakefield plc (the “Registrant”) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 9, 2024.

(2)

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) covers 3,500,000 additional Ordinary Shares reserved and available for delivery with respect to awards under the Registrant’s Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Management Omnibus Plan”).

(3)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Ordinary Shares that become issuable under the Plans (as defined below) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding Ordinary Shares.

(4)

This Registration Statement covers 400,000 additional Ordinary Shares reserved and available for delivery with respect to awards under the Registrant’s Second Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Share and Cash Incentive Plan (together with the Management Omnibus Plan, the “Plans”).


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