UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017

OR

2021
or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number 001 – 32205
001-32205

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CBRE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of Registrantregistrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

94-3391143

Delaware

94-3391143
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

No.)

2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1250

400 South Hope Street, 25th Floor
Los Angeles, California

Dallas, Texas

90071

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(214) 979-6100

(213) 613-3333

Not applicable

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

(Former name, former address and
former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share“CBRE”New York Stock Exchange


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No  .

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes      No  .

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  .

The number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding at October 31, 2017July 23, 2021 was 339,459,138.

335,736,404.


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PART I – FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Item 1.    Financial Statements
CBRE GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,
2021
December 31,
2020

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

955,605

 

 

$

762,576

 

Cash and cash equivalents$2,142,820 $1,896,188 

Restricted cash

 

 

84,794

 

 

 

68,836

 

Restricted cash113,989 143,059 

Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $47,596 and $39,469 at September 30,

2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

2,843,126

 

 

��

2,605,602

 

Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $95,184 and $95,533 at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyReceivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $95,184 and $95,533 at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively4,426,189 4,394,954 

Warehouse receivables

 

 

1,434,910

 

 

 

1,276,047

 

Warehouse receivables1,117,677 1,411,170 
Prepaid expensesPrepaid expenses327,562 294,992 
Contract assetsContract assets322,889 318,191 

Income taxes receivable

 

 

66,386

 

 

 

45,626

 

Income taxes receivable114,417 93,756 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

218,049

 

 

 

184,107

 

Other current assets

 

 

201,864

 

 

 

179,656

 

Other current assets321,346 293,321 

Total Current Assets

 

 

5,804,734

 

 

 

5,122,450

 

Total Current Assets8,886,889 8,845,631 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

574,266

 

 

 

560,756

 

Property and equipment, net741,946 815,009 

Goodwill

 

 

3,135,208

 

 

 

2,981,392

 

Goodwill3,892,134 3,821,609 

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $943,587 and $771,673 at

September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

1,400,699

 

 

 

1,411,039

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

233,634

 

 

 

232,238

 

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,656,750 and $1,556,537 at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyOther intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,656,750 and $1,556,537 at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively1,345,143 1,367,913 
Operating lease assetsOperating lease assets1,001,608 1,020,352 
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries (with $361,143 and $116,314 at fair value at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries (with $361,143 and $116,314 at fair value at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)747,608 452,365 
Non-current contract assetsNon-current contract assets138,025 153,636 
Real estate under developmentReal estate under development308,431 277,630 
Non-current income taxes receivableNon-current income taxes receivable19,287 43,555 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

94,250

 

 

 

105,324

 

Deferred tax assets, net93,337 91,529 
Investments held in trust - special purpose acquisition companyInvestments held in trust - special purpose acquisition company402,511 402,501 

Other assets, net

 

 

409,223

 

 

 

366,388

 

Other assets, net881,433 747,413 

Total Assets

 

$

11,652,014

 

 

$

10,779,587

 

Total Assets$18,458,352 $18,039,143 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

1,505,860

 

 

$

1,446,438

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,485,081 $2,692,939 

Compensation and employee benefits payable

 

 

763,554

 

 

 

772,922

 

Compensation and employee benefits payable1,269,837 1,287,383 

Accrued bonus and profit sharing

 

 

727,066

 

 

 

890,321

 

Accrued bonus and profit sharing877,204 1,183,786 
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities216,879 208,526 
Contract liabilitiesContract liabilities197,402 162,045 

Income taxes payable

 

 

82,106

 

 

 

58,351

 

Income taxes payable109,586 57,892 

Short-term borrowings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warehouse lines of credit (which fund loans that U.S. Government Sponsored

Enterprises have committed to purchase)

 

 

1,416,253

 

 

 

1,254,653

 

Warehouse lines of credit (which fund loans that U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises have committed to purchase)1,102,156 1,383,964 

Other

 

 

16

 

 

 

16

 

Total short-term borrowings

 

 

1,416,269

 

 

 

1,254,669

 

Other short-term borrowingsOther short-term borrowings5,561 5,330 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Current maturities of long-term debt1,181 1,514 

Other current liabilities

 

 

56,512

 

 

 

102,717

 

Other current liabilities133,094 160,604 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

4,551,377

 

 

 

4,525,429

 

Total Current Liabilities6,397,981 7,143,983 

Long-term debt, net of current maturities

 

 

2,551,568

 

 

 

2,548,126

 

Long-term debt, net of current maturities1,854,327 1,380,202 
Non-current operating lease liabilitiesNon-current operating lease liabilities1,071,499 1,116,795 
Non-current tax liabilitiesNon-current tax liabilities99,807 87,954 
Non-current income taxes payableNon-current income taxes payable54,761 54,761 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

125,782

 

 

 

70,719

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net145,928 124,485 

Non-current tax liabilities

 

 

17,851

 

 

 

54,042

 

Other liabilities

 

 

553,600

 

 

 

524,026

 

Other liabilities710,862 625,303 

Total Liabilities

 

 

7,800,178

 

 

 

7,722,342

 

Total Liabilities10,335,165 10,533,483 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies
Non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption - special purpose acquisition companyNon-controlling interest subject to possible redemption - special purpose acquisition company402,511 385,573 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:

Class A common stock; $0.01 par value; 525,000,000 shares authorized; 339,459,138

and 337,279,449 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and

December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

3,395

 

 

 

3,373

 

Class A common stock; $0.01 par value; 525,000,000 shares authorized; 335,706,818 and 335,561,345 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyClass A common stock; $0.01 par value; 525,000,000 shares authorized; 335,706,818 and 335,561,345 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively3,357 3,356 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,192,855

 

 

 

1,145,226

 

Additional paid-in capital1,001,832 1,074,639 

Accumulated earnings

 

 

3,179,985

 

 

 

2,656,906

 

Accumulated earnings7,238,896 6,530,057 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(580,765

)

 

 

(791,018

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss(564,564)(529,726)

Total CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

3,795,470

 

 

 

3,014,487

 

Total CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity7,679,521 7,078,326 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

56,366

 

 

 

42,758

 

Non-controlling interests41,155 41,761 

Total Equity

 

 

3,851,836

 

 

 

3,057,245

 

Total Equity7,720,676 7,120,087 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

11,652,014

 

 

$

10,779,587

 

Total Liabilities and Equity$18,458,352 $18,039,143 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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CBRE GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATONS

OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenue

 

$

3,549,977

 

 

$

3,193,487

 

 

$

9,873,396

 

 

$

9,247,758

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

2,513,377

 

 

 

2,252,783

 

 

 

6,919,018

 

 

 

6,520,629

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

704,898

 

 

 

686,530

 

 

 

2,023,503

 

 

 

2,010,338

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

102,591

 

 

 

92,725

 

 

 

297,014

 

 

 

269,987

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,320,866

 

 

 

3,032,038

 

 

 

9,239,535

 

 

 

8,800,954

 

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

6,180

 

 

 

11,043

 

 

 

18,863

 

 

 

15,862

 

Operating income

 

 

235,291

 

 

 

172,492

 

 

 

652,724

 

 

 

462,666

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

67,834

 

 

 

24,672

 

 

 

158,236

 

 

 

116,902

 

Other income

 

 

1,768

 

 

 

1,356

 

 

 

9,069

 

 

 

8,453

 

Interest income

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

1,020

 

 

 

6,967

 

 

 

5,545

 

Interest expense

 

 

34,483

 

 

 

37,273

 

 

 

103,923

 

 

 

109,050

 

Income before provision for income

   taxes

 

 

273,539

 

 

 

162,267

 

 

 

723,073

 

 

 

484,516

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

76,178

 

 

 

51,414

 

 

 

195,813

 

 

 

165,578

 

Net income

 

 

197,361

 

 

 

110,853

 

 

 

527,260

 

 

 

318,938

 

Less:  Net income attributable to non-

   controlling interests

 

 

1,044

 

 

 

6,690

 

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

10,940

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group,

   Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

307,998

 

Basic income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

1.55

 

 

$

0.92

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

   for basic income per share

 

 

337,948,324

 

 

 

335,770,122

 

 

 

337,280,914

 

 

 

334,949,606

 

Diluted income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

1.54

 

 

$

0.91

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

   for diluted income per share

 

 

341,186,431

 

 

 

338,488,975

 

 

 

340,502,432

 

 

 

338,053,297

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue$6,458,613 $5,381,384 $12,397,492 $11,270,552 
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue5,016,759 4,399,537 9,736,305 9,112,211 
Operating, administrative and other957,216 770,806 1,785,543 1,560,872 
Depreciation and amortization119,085 116,384 241,163 230,178 
Asset impairments75,171 
Total costs and expenses6,093,060 5,286,727 11,763,011 10,978,432 
Gain (loss) on disposition of real estate929 (492)1,085 22,335 
Operating income366,482 94,165 635,566 314,455 
Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries212,132 19,480 295,726 40,111 
Other income12,045 5,220 14,777 5,027 
Interest expense, net of interest income13,772 17,950 23,878 33,966 
Income before provision for income taxes576,887 100,915 922,191 325,627 
Provision for income taxes133,445 18,803 209,772 69,985 
Net income443,442 82,112 712,419 255,642 
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests805 215 3,580 1,550 
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$442,637 $81,897 $708,839 $254,092 
Basic income per share:
Net income per share attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$1.32 $0.24 $2.11 $0.76 
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic income per share335,643,233 335,126,126 335,751,530 335,048,115 
Diluted income per share:
Net income per share attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$1.30 $0.24 $2.09 $0.75 
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted income per share339,502,871 337,361,419 339,541,354 338,549,805 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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CBRE GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net income

 

$

197,361

 

 

$

110,853

 

 

$

527,260

 

 

$

318,938

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation gain

   (loss)

 

 

64,711

 

 

 

(15,940

)

 

 

204,147

 

 

 

(101,654

)

Amounts reclassified from

   accumulated other comprehensive

   loss to interest expense, net of tax

 

 

1,260

 

 

 

1,720

 

 

 

4,148

 

 

 

5,196

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on interest

   rate swaps, net of tax

 

 

25

 

 

 

788

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

(3,327

)

Unrealized holding gains on available

   for sale securities, net of tax

 

 

339

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

2,239

 

 

 

993

 

Other, net

 

 

(4

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(757

)

Total other comprehensive income

   (loss)

 

 

66,331

 

 

 

(13,082

)

 

 

210,616

 

 

 

(99,549

)

Comprehensive income

 

 

263,692

 

 

 

97,771

 

 

 

737,876

 

 

 

219,389

 

Less: Comprehensive income

   attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

1,227

 

 

 

6,768

 

 

 

4,544

 

 

 

11,057

 

Comprehensive income attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

262,465

 

 

$

91,003

 

 

$

733,332

 

 

$

208,332

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Net income$443,442 $82,112 $712,419 $255,642 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)18,402 25,936 (33,944)(146,438)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense, net of tax107 100 214 214 
Unrealized holding (losses) gains on available for sale debt securities, net of tax(508)(409)(1,186)500 
Other, net(13,045)(13,045)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)18,001 12,582 (34,916)(158,769)
 Comprehensive income461,443 94,694 677,503 96,873 
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests835 275 3,502 1,550 
Comprehensive income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$460,608 $94,419 $674,001 $95,323 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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CBRE GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

527,260

 

 

$

318,938

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

297,014

 

 

 

269,987

 

Amortization of financing costs

 

 

7,371

 

 

 

8,302

 

Gains related to mortgage servicing rights, premiums on loan sales and sales of other assets

 

 

(131,062

)

 

 

(134,775

)

Net realized and unrealized gains from investments

 

 

(9,069

)

 

 

(8,453

)

Gain on disposition of real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

(9,901

)

Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

(158,236

)

 

 

(116,902

)

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

 

7,442

 

 

 

6,805

 

Compensation expense for equity awards

 

 

68,975

 

 

 

43,346

 

Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans

 

 

11,316,041

 

 

 

10,075,850

 

Origination of mortgage loans

 

 

(11,441,884

)

 

 

(9,917,310

)

Increase (decrease) in warehouse lines of credit

 

 

161,600

 

 

 

(131,690

)

Distribution of earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

17,612

 

 

 

19,982

 

Tenant concessions received

 

 

14,739

 

 

 

7,667

 

Purchase of trading securities

 

 

(61,813

)

 

 

(76,136

)

Proceeds from sale of trading securities

 

 

53,251

 

 

 

84,234

 

(Increase) decrease in receivables

 

 

(90,526

)

 

 

46,289

 

Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

(82,673

)

 

 

(101,916

)

Decrease in real estate held for sale and under development

 

 

10,784

 

 

 

2,870

 

Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(4,876

)

 

 

(125,471

)

Decrease in compensation and employee benefits payable and accrued bonus and profit sharing

 

 

(224,798

)

 

 

(210,670

)

Increase in income taxes receivable/payable

 

 

(10,631

)

 

 

(66,589

)

Increase in other liabilities

 

 

1,162

 

 

 

8,807

 

Other operating activities, net

 

 

(20,415

)

 

 

(46,453

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

247,268

 

 

 

(53,189

)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(101,606

)

 

 

(134,357

)

Acquisition of businesses (other than Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)), including net assets

   acquired, intangibles and goodwill, net of cash acquired

 

 

(59,394

)

 

 

(22,066

)

Acquisition of GWS, including net assets acquired, intangibles and goodwill

 

 

 

 

(10,477

)

Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

(36,659

)

 

 

(57,295

)

Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

177,506

 

 

 

119,539

 

Net proceeds from disposition of real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

44,326

 

Increase in restricted cash

 

 

(11,020

)

 

 

(1,623

)

Purchase of available for sale securities

 

 

(29,408

)

 

 

(31,413

)

Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities

 

 

25,618

 

 

 

29,560

 

Other investing activities, net

 

 

1,156

 

 

 

24,185

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(33,807

)

 

 

(39,621

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of senior term loans

 

 

 

 

(23,125

)

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

911,000

 

 

 

2,195,000

 

Repayment of revolving credit facility

 

 

(911,000

)

 

 

(2,112,000

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

79

 

 

 

7,274

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

(1,324

)

 

 

(33,516

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for sale and under development

 

 

3,341

 

 

 

15,110

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for sale and under development

 

 

(10,777

)

 

 

(4,102

)

Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards

 

 

(29,549

)

 

 

(27,796

)

Non-controlling interest contributions

 

 

3,410

 

 

 

1,478

 

Non-controlling interest distributions

 

 

(6,643

)

 

 

(12,800

)

Payment of financing costs

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(5,601

)

Other financing activities, net

 

 

(2,673

)

 

 

(761

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(44,157

)

 

 

(839

)

Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

23,725

 

 

 

(408

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

193,029

 

 

 

(94,057

)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

 

 

762,576

 

 

 

540,403

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT END OF PERIOD

 

$

955,605

 

 

$

446,346

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

111,826

 

 

$

118,272

 

Income taxes, net

 

$

204,228

 

 

$

225,129

 


Six Months Ended
June 30,
20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income$712,419 $255,642 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization241,163 230,178 
Amortization of financing costs3,317 3,082 
Gains related to mortgage servicing rights, premiums on loan sales and sales of other assets(132,004)(105,697)
Asset impairments75,171 
Net realized and unrealized gains, primarily from investments(14,777)(5,027)
Provision for doubtful accounts12,789 29,923 
Net compensation expense for equity awards85,233 19,704 
Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries(295,726)(40,111)
Distribution of earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries232,627 52,664 
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans7,902,512 7,421,127 
Origination of mortgage loans(7,578,056)(7,162,747)
Decrease in warehouse lines of credit(281,808)(223,281)
Tenant concessions received12,874 23,384 
Purchase of equity securities(3,896)(6,627)
Proceeds from sale of equity securities5,488 8,909 
(Increase) decrease in real estate under development(27,894)701 
(Increase) decrease in receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets (including contract and lease assets)(100,368)276,065 
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities (including contract and lease liabilities)(275,591)(112,173)
Decrease in compensation and employee benefits payable and accrued bonus and profit sharing(359,365)(816,621)
Decrease in net income taxes receivable/payable83,325 125,361 
Other operating activities, net4,856 (25,473)
Net cash provided by operating activities227,118 24,154 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures(75,944)(134,149)
Acquisition of businesses, including net assets acquired, intangibles and goodwill, net of cash acquired(57,920)(25,911)
Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries(245,714)(51,168)
Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries36,207 63,972 
Other investing activities, net(1,120)11,314 
Net cash used in investing activities(344,491)(135,942)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF EQUITY

CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

other

 

 

Non-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

common

 

 

paid-in

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

comprehensive

 

 

controlling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stock

 

 

capital

 

 

earnings

 

 

loss

 

 

interests

 

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

3,373

 

 

$

1,145,226

 

 

$

2,656,906

 

 

$

(791,018

)

 

$

42,758

 

 

$

3,057,245

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

523,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

527,260

 

Non-cash issuance of common

   stock related to acquisition

 

 

5

 

 

 

7,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,591

 

Compensation expense for

   equity awards

 

 

 

 

 

68,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,975

 

Units repurchased for

   payment of taxes

   on equity awards

 

 

 

 

 

(29,549

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,549

)

Foreign currency translation gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

203,784

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

204,147

 

Amounts reclassified from

   accumulated other

   comprehensive loss to

   interest expense, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,148

 

Unrealized gains on interest

   rate swaps, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

102

 

Unrealized holding gains on

   available for sale

   securities, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,239

 

Contributions from non-

   controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,410

 

 

 

3,410

 

Distributions to non-

   controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,643

)

 

 

(6,643

)

Acquisition of non-

   controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,671

 

 

 

12,671

 

Other

 

 

17

 

 

 

617

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(374

)

 

 

240

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

3,395

 

 

$

1,192,855

 

 

$

3,179,985

 

 

$

(580,765

)

 

$

56,366

 

 

$

3,851,836

 


Six Months Ended
June 30,
20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from revolving credit facility835,671 
Repayment of revolving credit facility(384,671)
Proceeds from notes payable on real estate48,548 22,705 
Proceeds from issuance of 2.500% senior notes492,255 
Repurchase of common stock(88,275)(50,028)
Acquisition of businesses (cash paid for acquisitions more than three months after purchase date)(3,421)(6,839)
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards(36,275)(37,358)
Non-controlling interest contributions527 1,428 
Non-controlling interest distributions(3,377)(1,092)
Other financing activities, net(30,958)(20,944)
Net cash provided by financing activities379,024 358,872 
Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(44,089)(27,095)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH217,562 219,989 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD2,039,247 1,093,745 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, AT END OF PERIOD$2,256,809 $1,313,734 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest$16,212 $31,145 
Income tax payments (refunds), net$131,156 $(53,829)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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CBRE GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders'
Class A
common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Accumulated
earnings
Accumulated 
other
comprehensive loss
Non-
controlling
interests
Total
Balance at March 31, 2021$3,359 $1,013,287 $6,796,259 $(582,535)$41,014 $7,271,384 
Net income— — 442,637 — 805 443,442 
Net compensation expense for equity awards— 49,447 — — — 49,447 
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards— (1,392)— — — (1,392)
Repurchase of common stock(3)(24,130)— — — (24,133)
Foreign currency translation gain— — — 18,372 30 18,402 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense, net of tax— — — 107 — 107 
Unrealized holding losses on available for sale debt securities, net of tax— — — (508)— (508)
Contributions from non-controlling interests— — — — 455 455 
Distributions to non-controlling interests— — — — (725)(725)
Other(35,380)— — (424)(35,803)
Balance at June 30, 2021$3,357 $1,001,832 $7,238,896 $(564,564)$41,155 $7,720,676 

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders'
Class A
common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Accumulated
earnings
Accumulated 
other
comprehensive loss
Non-
controlling
interests
Total
Balance at March 31, 2020$3,351 $1,026,768 $5,950,263 $(851,039)$40,204 $6,169,547 
Net income— — 81,897 — 215 82,112 
Net compensation expense for equity awards— 20,943 — — — 20,943 
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards— (485)— — — (485)
Foreign currency translation gain— — — 25,876 60 25,936 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense, net of tax— — — 100 — 100 
Unrealized holding losses on available for sale debt securities, net of tax— — — (409)— (409)
Contributions from non-controlling interests— — — — 806 806 
Distributions to non-controlling interests— — — — (595)(595)
Other(227)— (13,045)367 (12,904)
Balance at June 30, 2020$3,352 $1,046,999 $6,032,160 $(838,517)$41,057 $6,285,051 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CBRE GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders'
Class A
common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Accumulated
earnings
Accumulated 
other
comprehensive loss
Non-
controlling
interests
Total
Balance at December 31, 2020$3,356 $1,074,639 $6,530,057 $(529,726)$41,761 $7,120,087 
Net income— — 708,839 — 3,580 712,419 
Net compensation expense for equity awards— 85,233 — — — 85,233 
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards— (36,275)— — — (36,275)
Repurchase of common stock(11)(88,264)— — — (88,275)
Foreign currency translation loss— — — (33,866)(78)(33,944)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense, net of tax— — — 214 — 214 
Unrealized holding losses on available for sale debt securities, net of tax— — — (1,186)— (1,186)
Contributions from non-controlling interests— — — — 527 527 
Distributions to non-controlling interests— — — — (3,377)(3,377)
Other12 (33,501)— — (1,258)(34,747)
Balance at June 30, 2021$3,357 $1,001,832 $7,238,896 $(564,564)$41,155 $7,720,676 
CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders'
Class A
common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Accumulated
earnings
Accumulated 
other
comprehensive loss
Non-
controlling
interests
Total
Balance at December 31, 2019$3,348 $1,115,944 $5,793,149 $(679,748)$40,419 $6,273,112 
Net income— — 254,092 — 1,550 255,642 
Net compensation expense for equity awards— 19,704 — — — 19,704 
Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards— (37,358)— — — (37,358)
Repurchase of common stock(11)(50,017)— — — (50,028)
Foreign currency translation loss— — — (146,438)— (146,438)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense, net of tax— — — 214 — 214 
Unrealized holding gains on available for sale debt securities, net of tax— — — 500 — 500 
Contributions from non-controlling interests— — — — 1,428 1,428 
Distributions to non-controlling interests— — — — (1,092)(1,092)
Other15 (1,274)(15,081)(13,045)(1,248)(30,633)
Balance at June 30, 2020$3,352 $1,046,999 $6,032,160 $(838,517)$41,057 $6,285,051 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CBRE GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1.

Basis of Presentation


1.    Basis of Presentation

Readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Quarterly Report) should refer to the audited financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements of CBRE Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (which may be referred to in these financial statements as the “company,“the company,” “we,” “us” and “our”), for the year ended December 31, 2016,2020, which are included in our 20162020 Annual Report on Form 10-K (2016(2020 Annual Report), filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and also available on our website (www.cbre.com)(www.cbre.com), since we have omitted from this Quarterly Report certain footnote disclosures which would substantially duplicate those contained in such audited financial statements. You should also refer to Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the notes to consolidated financial statements in our 20162020 Annual Report for further discussion of our significant accounting policies and estimates.


Considerations Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has primarily impacted the property sales and leasing lines of business in the Advisory Services segment. Many property owners and occupiers put transactions on hold and withdrew existing mandates, sharply reducing sales and leasing volumes. The effects of Covid-19 have eased in parts of the world where progress has been made with vaccine distribution and global economic conditions have improved. Nevertheless Covid-19 continues to pose public health challenges that impact our operations, particularly as new strains emerge and spread and vaccine administration is slow in parts of the world. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, the majority of workers remain out of their offices and occupier confidence in making long-term office leasing decisions has not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

See Note 5 (Fair Value Measurements) and Note 10 (Commitments and Contingencies) for further discussion of Covid-19 considerations.

Financial Statement Preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules applicable to quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and include all information and footnotes required for interim financial statement presentation, but do not include all disclosures required under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S.), or GAAP, for annual financial statements. In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments, except as otherwise noted) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions about future events.events, including the impact Covid-19 may have on our business. These estimates and the underlying assumptions affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported and reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Such estimates include the value of goodwill, intangibles and other long-lived assets, real estate assets, accounts receivable, contract assets, operating lease assets, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and assumptions used in the calculation of income taxes, retirement and other post-employment benefits, among others. These estimates and assumptions are based on our best judgment. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including consideration of the current economic environment, and adjust such estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates. Changes in these estimates resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment will be reflected in the financial statements in future periods.


Certain reclassifications have been made to the 20162020 financial statements to conform with the 20172021 presentation.

The results

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contents

2.

New Accounting Pronouncements

CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
2.New Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption

The


In March 2020 and January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has recently issued five Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs)Update (ASU) 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting” and ASU 2021-01, “Reference Rate Reform: Scope,” respectively. Together, the ASUs provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the U.S. GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to revenue recognition (“new revenue recognition guidance”), all of which will becomethe expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. This guidance is effective for a limited time for all entities through December 31, 2022. We are evaluating the company on January 1, 2018.  The ASUs issued are: (1) in May 2014, ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606);” (2) in March 2016, ASU 2016-08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net);” (3) in April 2016, ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing;” (4) in May 2016, ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-scope Improvements and Practical Expedients;” and(5) in December 2016, ASU 2016-20, “Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue From Contracts with Customers.” ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers and will replace most existing revenue recognitioneffect that this guidance under GAAP.  This ASU permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method.  ASU 2016-08 clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations.  ASU 2016-10 clarifies guidance related to identifying performance obligations and licensing implementation guidance contained in ASU 2014-09.  ASU 2016-12 clarifies guidance in

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(Unaudited)

certain narrow areas and adds some practical expedients.  ASU 2016-20 also clarifies guidance in certain narrow areas and adds optional exemptions to certain disclosure requirements.  

We plan to adopt the new revenue recognition guidance in the first quarter of 2018 using the retrospective transition method. We continue to evaluate the impact that adoption of these updates will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Based on our assessment, the impact

3.    Warehouse Receivables & Warehouse Lines of the application of the new revenue recognition guidance will result in an acceleration of some revenues that are based, in part, on future contingent events. For example, some brokerage revenues from leasing commissions in various countries where we operate will get recognized earlier. Under current GAAP, a portion of these commissions are deferred until a future contingency is resolved (e.g., tenant move-in or payment of first month’s rent). Under the new revenue guidance, the company’s performance obligation will be typically satisfied at lease signing and therefore the portion of the commission that is contingent on a future event will likely be recognized earlier if deemed not subject to significant reversal. We have evaluated the impact of the updated principal versus agent guidance on our consolidated financial statements in relation to third-party costs which are billed to clients in association with facilities management and project management services.  We determined a significant amount of additional contracts will be accounted for on a gross basis, resulting in a significant gross up of third-party costs as compared to our current presentation, with no impact on profitability.  This is driven by a change in the indicators used to assess if we control these third-party service providers.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.”  This ASU will significantly change the income statement impact of equity investments and the recognition of changes in fair value of financial liabilities when the fair value option is elected.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early adoption is not permitted, except for the provisions related to the recognition of changes in fair value of financial liabilities when the fair value option is elected.  We do not believe the adoption of ASU 2016-01 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).”  This ASU requires lessees to recognize most leases on the balance sheet as liabilities, with corresponding right-of-use assets.  For income statement recognition purposes, leases will be classified as either a finance or operating lease in a manner similar to the requirements under the current lease accounting literature, but without relying upon the bright-line tests.  This ASU is effective for annual periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and mandates a modified retrospective transition method for all entities.  We plan to adopt ASU 2016-02 in the first quarter of 2019 and are currently evaluating the magnitude of its impact on our consolidated financial statements by reviewing our existing lease contracts and service contracts that may include embedded leases.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326):  Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.”  This ASU is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring timelier recording of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments held by financial institutions and other organizations. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-13 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.”  This ASU addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  At this point in time, we do not believe the adoption of ASU 2016-15 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory.”  This ASU requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  At this point in

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(Unaudited)

time, we do not believe the adoption of ASU 2016-16 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash.”  This ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. As a result, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  At this point in time, we do not believe the adoption of ASU 2016-18 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.”  This ASU eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. This ASU also eliminates the requirements for any reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount to perform a qualitative assessment.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2017-04 will have on our goodwill assessment process, but do not believe the adoption of ASU 2017-04 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-05, “Other Income – Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets.”  This ASU clarifies that a financial asset is within the scope of Subtopic 610-20 if it meets the definition of an in substance nonfinancial asset and also defines the term in substance nonfinancial asset.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years.  At this point in time, we do not believe the adoption of ASU 2017-05 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, “Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities.”  This ASU requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. This ASU does not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2017-08 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.”  This ASU refines and expands hedge accounting for both financial and commodity risks. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted.  We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2017-12 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

3.

Warehouse Receivables & Warehouse Lines of Credit


Our wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE Capital Markets, Inc. (CBRE Capital Markets) is a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) approved Multifamily Program Plus Seller/Servicer and an approved Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Aggregation and Negotiated Transaction Seller/Servicer. In addition, CBRE Capital Markets’ wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE Multifamily Capital, Inc. (CBRE MCI) is an approved Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) Seller/Servicer and CBRE Capital Markets’ wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE HMF, Inc. (CBRE HMF) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Non-Supervised Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Title II Mortgagee, an approved Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) lender and an approved Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) issuer of mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Under these arrangements, before loans are originated through proceeds from warehouse lines of credit, we obtain either a contractual loan purchase commitment from either Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae or a confirmed forward trade commitment for the issuance and purchase of a Fannie

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Mae or Ginnie Mae MBS that will be secured by the loans. Loans funded from theThe warehouse lines of credit are generally repaid within a one-month period on average, when Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae buys the loans or upon settlement of the Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae MBS, while we retain the servicing rights. Such loansLoans are funded at the prevailing market rates. The warehouse lines of credit are recourse only to CBRE Capital Markets and are secured by our related warehouse receivables. We elect the fair value option for all warehouse receivables. At SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, all of the warehouse receivables included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets were either under commitment to be purchased by Freddie Mac or had confirmed forward trade commitments for the issuance and purchase of Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities that will be secured by the underlying loans.


A rollforward of our warehouse receivables is as follows (dollars in thousands):

Beginning balance at January 1, 2017

 

$

1,276,047

 

Origination of mortgage loans

 

 

11,441,884

 

Gains (premiums on loan sales)

 

 

32,711

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale of mortgage loans

 

 

(11,283,330

)

Cash collections of premiums on loan sales

 

 

(32,711

)

Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans

 

 

(11,316,041

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in mortgage servicing rights included

   in warehouse receivables

 

 

309

 

Ending balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

1,434,910

 

Beginning balance at December 31, 2020$1,411,170 
Origination of mortgage loans7,578,056 
Gains (premiums on loan sales)41,855 
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans:
Sale of mortgage loans(7,860,657)
Cash collections of premiums on loan sales(41,855)
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans(7,902,512)
Net decrease in mortgage servicing rights included in warehouse receivables(10,892)
Ending balance at June 30, 2021$1,117,677 

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The following table is a summary of our warehouse lines of credit in place as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 20162020 (dollars in thousands):

June 30, 2021December 31, 2020
LenderCurrent
Maturity
PricingMaximum
Facility
Size
Carrying
Value
Maximum
Facility
Size
Carrying
Value
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan) (1)
10/18/2021daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.60%$985,000 $719,747 $1,585,000 $561,726 
JP Morgan10/18/2021daily floating rate LIBOR plus 2.75%15,000 15,000 
Fannie Mae Multifamily As Soon As Pooled Plus Agreement and Multifamily As Soon As Pooled Sale Agreement (ASAP) Program (5)
Cancelable
anytime
daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.45%, with a
LIBOR floor of 0.25%
650,000 29,739 450,000 132,692 
TD Bank, N.A. (TD Bank) (2)
7/15/2022daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.30%800,000 87,916 800,000 401,849 
Bank of America, N.A. (BofA) (3)
5/25/2022
daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.30%, with a
LIBOR floor of 0.30%
350,000 138,866 350,000 175,862 
BofA (6)
5/25/2022
daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.30%, with a
LIBOR floor of 0.30%
250,000 
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (Union Bank) (4)
7/28/2021daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.50% with a LIBOR floor of 0.25%200,000 125,888 300,000 111,835 
$3,250,000 $1,102,156 $3,500,000 $1,383,964 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum

 

 

 

 

 

Lender

 

Current

Maturity

 

Pricing

 

Facility

Size

 

 

Carrying

Value

 

 

Facility

Size

 

 

Carrying

Value

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   (JP Morgan)  (1)

 

2/28/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.45%

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

300,000

 

 

$

275,945

 

JP Morgan (2)

 

10/23/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.45%

 

 

800,000

 

 

 

704,908

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan (2)

 

10/23/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 2.75%

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

1,487

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

3,768

 

Bank of America (BofA) (1)

 

1/30/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

300,000

 

BofA

 

6/5/2018

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.40%

 

 

225,000

 

 

 

155,744

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

18,555

 

Fannie Mae Multifamily As Soon

   As Pooled Plus Agreement and

   Multifamily As Soon As Pooled

   Sale Agreement (ASAP) Program

   (1)

 

1/17/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.35%, with a LIBOR floor of 0.35%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

200,000

 

Fannie Mae ASAP Program

 

Cancelable

anytime

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.35%, with a LIBOR floor of 0.35%

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

94,250

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

111,160

 

TD Bank, N.A. (TD Bank) (1)

 

2/28/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.35%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

375,000

 

 

 

154,032

 

TD Bank

 

6/30/2018

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.25%

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

366,600

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

 

Capital One, N.A. (Capital One) (1)

 

1/23/2017

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.45%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

191,193

 

Capital One

 

7/27/2018

 

daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.40%

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

93,264

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,100,000

 

 

$

1,416,253

 

 

$

3,400,000

 

 

$

1,254,653

 

(1)

Temporary facility to accommodate year-end volume.

(1)Effective October 19, 2020, this facility was amended and the maximum facility size was temporarily increased to $1,585.0 million, and reverted back to $985.0 million on January 18, 2021.

(2)

On October 23, 2017, this agreement was amended to extend the maturity date to October 22, 2018.

(2)Effective July 1, 2020, this facility was amended and provides for a maximum aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million, in addition to an uncommitted $400.0 million temporary line of credit. Effective June 28, 2021, this facility was renewed with a revised interest rate of daily floating rate LIBOR plus 1.30% and a maturity date of July 15, 2022. As of June 30, 2021, the uncommitted $400.0 million temporary line of credit was not utilized.

(3)The total commitment amount of $350.0 million includes a separate sublimit borrowing in the amount of $100.0 million, which can be utilized for specific purposes as defined within the agreement. Effective June 30, 2021, this facility was renewed with a revised interest rate of daily floating LIBOR plus 1.30% and a maturity date of May 25, 2022. The sublimit is subject to an interest rate of daily floating LIBOR plus 1.30%, with a LIBOR floor of 0.30%. As of June 30, 2021, the sublimit borrowing has not been utilized.
(4)On June 28, 2019, we added a new warehouse facility for $200.0 million that contains an accordion feature which allowed for temporary increases not to exceed an additional $150.0 million. If utilized, the additional borrowings must be in predefined multiples and are not to occur more than 3 times within 12 consecutive months. Effective August 4, 2020, this facility was amended and decreased the accordion feature from $150.0 million to $100.0 million, with no changes to the predefined borrowing multiples. On September 22, 2020, the temporary increase of $100.0 million was utilized and expired on January 20, 2021. Effective June 28, 2021, the facility maturity date was extended to July 28, 2021.
(5)Effective January 15, 2021, the maximum facility was temporarily increased to $650.0 million.
(6)Effective June 30, 2021, the advised consent line was renewed for $250.0 million of capacity with a revised interest rate of daily floating LIBOR plus 1.30%, with a LIBOR floor of 0.30%, and a maturity date of May 25, 2022.
During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had a maximum of $1.4$2.1 billion of warehouse lines of credit principal outstanding.

4.

Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)

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4.    Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)

We hold variable interests in certain VIEs in our Global Investment Management and Development Services segmentsReal Estate Investments segment which are not consolidated as it was determined that we are not the primary beneficiary. Our involvement with these entities is in the form of equity co-investments and fee arrangements.

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As of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, our maximum exposure to loss related to the VIEs which are not consolidated was as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

June 30,
2021
December 31,
2020

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

$

32,003

 

 

$

31,041

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries$81,250 $66,947 
Other current assetsOther current assets4,219 4,219 

Co-investment commitments

 

 

4,425

 

 

 

168

 

Co-investment commitments80,133 47,957 

Other current assets

 

 

3,301

 

 

 

3,314

 

Maximum exposure to loss

 

$

39,729

 

 

$

34,523

 

Maximum exposure to loss$165,602 $119,123 

5.

Fair Value Measurements

The

5.    Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” topic (Topic 820)

Topic 820 of the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationASC defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received forto sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Topic 820 also establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:


Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.


There were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1 and Level 2 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.  

There have been no significant changes to the valuation techniques and inputs used to develop the recurring fair value measurements from those disclosed in our 20162020 Annual Report.

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The following tables present the fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 20162020 (dollars in thousands):

 

As of September 30, 2017

 

As of June 30, 2021

 

Fair Value Measured and Recorded Using

 

Fair Value Measured and Recorded Using

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Level 1Level 2Level 3Total

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

Available for sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale securities:

Debt securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities:

U.S. treasury securities

 

$

2,349

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,349

 

U.S. treasury securities$7,094 $$$7,094 

Debt securities issued by U.S.

federal agencies

 

 

 

 

 

5,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,169

 

Debt securities issued by U.S. federal agencies8,689 8,689 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

22,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,134

 

Corporate debt securities51,177 51,177 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

3,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,600

 

Asset-backed securities3,778 3,778 

Collateralized mortgage

obligations

 

 

 

 

 

2,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,684

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations1,314 1,314 

Total debt securities

 

 

2,349

 

 

 

33,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,936

 

Total available for sale debt securitiesTotal available for sale debt securities7,094 64,958 72,052 

Equity securities

 

 

27,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,693

 

Equity securities45,395 45,395 

Total available for sale

securities

 

 

30,042

 

 

 

33,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,629

 

Trading securities

 

 

68,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,744

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiariesInvestments in unconsolidated subsidiaries265,531 265,531 

Warehouse receivables

 

 

 

 

 

1,434,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,434,910

 

Warehouse receivables1,117,677 1,117,677 

Total assets at fair value

 

$

98,786

 

 

$

1,468,497

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,567,283

 

Total assets at fair value$52,489 $1,182,635 $265,531 $1,500,655 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

Interest rate swaps

 

$

 

 

$

6,601

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,601

 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

 

 

2,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,246

 

Foreign currency exchange forward

contracts

 

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

 

Warrant liabilitiesWarrant liabilities10,868 010,868 

Total liabilities at fair value

 

$

2,246

 

 

$

6,676

 

 

$

 

 

$

8,922

 

Total liabilities at fair value$10,868 $$$10,868 

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As of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Fair Value Measured and Recorded Using

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury securities

 

$

8,485

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

8,485

 

Debt securities issued by U.S.

   federal agencies

 

 

 

 

 

5,046

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,046

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

17,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,094

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

2,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,695

 

Collateralized mortgage

   obligations

 

 

 

 

 

1,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,010

 

Total debt securities

 

 

8,485

 

 

 

25,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,330

 

Equity securities

 

 

22,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,744

 

Total available for sale

   securities

 

 

31,229

 

 

 

25,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,074

 

Trading securities

 

 

52,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,629

 

Warehouse receivables

 

 

 

 

 

1,276,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,276,047

 

Foreign currency exchange forward

   contracts

 

 

 

 

 

1,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,471

 

Total assets at fair value

 

$

83,858

 

 

$

1,303,363

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,387,221

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

 

 

$

13,162

 

 

$

 

 

$

13,162

 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

 

 

3,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,591

 

Total liabilities at fair value

 

$

3,591

 

 

$

13,162

 

 

$

 

 

$

16,753

 

As of December 31, 2020
Fair Value Measured and Recorded Using
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets
Available for sale securities:
Debt securities:
U.S. treasury securities$7,270 $$$7,270 
Debt securities issued by U.S. federal agencies10,216 10,216 
Corporate debt securities51,244 51,244 
Asset-backed securities3,801 3,801 
Collateralized mortgage obligations1,369 1,369 
Total available for sale debt securities7,270 66,630 73,900 
Equity securities43,334 43,334 
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries50,000 50,000 
Warehouse receivables1,411,170 1,411,170 
Total assets at fair value$50,604 $1,477,800 $50,000 $1,578,404 


We classify certain investments as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy which represent investments in non-public entities where we elected the fair value option. The valuation of these investments is determined utilizing recent market activity as well as income and/or market approach valuation methodologies. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries at fair value using NAV were $95.6 million and $66.3 million, respectively. These investments fall under practical expedient rules that do not require them to be included in the fair value hierarchy and as a result have been excluded from the tables above.
There were no significant non-recurring fair value measurements recorded during the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021.
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There were no significant non-recurring fair value measurement recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The following non-recurring fair value measurements were recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Net Carrying Value as of June 30, 2020Fair Value Measured and
Recorded Using
Total Impairment Charges for the
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Property and equipment$9,875 $$$9,875 $21,663 
Goodwill421,574 421,574 25,000 
Other intangible assets13,123 13,123 28,508 
Total$444,572 $$$444,572 $75,171 

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we recorded $50.2 million of non-cash asset impairment charges in our Global Workplace Solutions segment and 2016.

a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $25.0 million in our Real Estate Investments segment. Primarily as a result of the global economic disruption and uncertainty due to Covid-19, we deemed there to be triggering events in the first quarter of 2020 that required testing of goodwill and certain assets for impairment at that time. Based on these tests, we recorded the aforementioned non-cash impairment charges, which were primarily driven by lower anticipated cash flows in certain businesses directly resulting from a downturn in forecasts as well as increased forecast risk due to Covid-19 and changes in our business going forward. These asset impairment charges were included within the line item “Asset impairments” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The fair value measurements employed for our impairment evaluations were based on a discounted cash flow approach. Inputs used in these evaluations included risk-free rates of return, estimated risk premiums, terminal growth rates, working capital assumptions, income tax rates as well as other economic variables.


FASB ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments” requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our financial instruments are as follows:

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash – These balances include cash and cash equivalents as well as restricted cash with maturities of less than three months. The carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

Receivables, less Allowance for Doubtful Accounts– Due to their short-term nature, fair value approximates carrying value.

Warehouse Receivables – These balances are carried at fair value. The primary source of value based on market pricesis either a contractual purchase commitment from Freddie Mac or a confirmed forward trade commitment for the issuance and purchase of a Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae MBS (see Note 3).

Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries – A portion of these investments are carried at the balance sheet date.

fair value as discussed above.

Trading and Available for Sale Debt SecuritiesThesePrimarily held by our wholly-owned captive insurance company, these investments are carried at their fair value.

Foreign Currency Exchange Forward ContractsEquity SecuritiesThese assets and liabilitiesPrimarily held by our wholly-owned captive insurance company, these investments are carried at their fair value.

Investments Held in Trust - special purpose acquisition company – Funds received as part of the initial public offering of CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. have been deposited in an interest-bearing U.S. based trust account. The funds will be invested only in specified U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds. The carrying amount approximates fair value as calculated by using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysisdue to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
Warrant liabilities - A liability of CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., the redeemable warrants are separately traded on the expected cash flows of each derivative.

Securities Sold, not yet PurchasedNYSE under the symbol “CBAH.WS.” These liabilitieswarrants are carried at their fair value.

value, which was determined at quoted trading price of these instruments.
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Short-Term Borrowings – The majority of this balance represents outstanding amounts under our warehouse lines of credit of our wholly-owned subsidiary, CBRE Capital Markets.  Due to the short-term nature and variable interest rates of these instruments, fair value approximates carrying value (see Notes 3 and 7).

(Unaudited)

Short-Term Borrowings – The majority of this balance represents outstanding amounts under our warehouse lines of credit of our wholly-owned subsidiary, CBRE Capital Markets. Due to the short-term nature and variable interest rates of these instruments, fair value approximates carrying value (see Notes 3 and 8).

Senior Term Loans– Based upon information from third-party banks (which falls within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy), the estimated fair value of our senior term loans was approximately $750.8$770.4 million and $772.2 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and $751.4 million at December 31, 2016.2020, respectively. Their actual carrying value, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, totaled $746.0$771.8 million and $744.3$785.7 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, respectively (see Note 7)8).

Interest Rate Swaps – These liabilities are carried at their fair value as calculated by using widely-accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative.

Senior Notes – Based on dealers’ quotes (which falls within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy), the estimated fair valuesvalue of our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes and 5.25% senior notes were $829.1 million, $646.6was $696.3 million and $463.4$702.5 million respectively, at SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and $827.6 million, $607.0 million and $439.3 million, respectively, at December 31, 2016.2020, respectively. The actual carrying value of our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes and 5.25% senior notes, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discount, totaled $791.4 million, $591.8$595.0 million and $422.4$594.5 million respectively, at SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and $790.4December 31, 2020, respectively. The estimated fair value of our 2.500% senior notes was $507.2 million $591.2as of June 30, 2021. The actual carrying value of our 2.500% senior notes, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discount, totaled $487.6 million at June 30, 2021. On December 28, 2020, we redeemed the $425.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 5.25% senior notes in full (See Note 8).

Notes Payable on Real Estate - As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the carrying value of our notes payable on real estate, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $128.7 million and $422.2$79.6 million, respectively,respectively. These notes payable were not recourse to CBRE Group, Inc., except for being recourse to the single-purpose entities that held the real estate assets and were the primary obligors on the notes payable. These borrowings have either fixed interest rates or floating interest rates at December 31, 2016.

spreads added to a market index. Although it is possible that certain portions of our notes payable on real estate may have fair values that differ from their carrying values, based on the terms of such loans as compared to current market conditions, or other factors specific to the borrower entity, we do not believe that the fair value of our notes payable is significantly different than their carrying value.

6.

Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries


6.    Goodwill

We test each of our reporting units for goodwill impairment annually at October 1st, or upon a triggering event, in accordance with ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other.” As of January 1, 2021, we underwent an internal reorganization in our Advisory Services and Global Workplace Solutions reportable segments (see Note 14 for further discussion). This changed the composition of our reporting units which resulted in the reallocation of $101.4 million of goodwill from our Advisory Services to our Global Workplace Solutions reportable segments as of January 1, 2021. Additionally, the change in composition of our reporting units was considered a triggering event for a quantitative test as of January 1, 2021. We determined that no impairment existed as the estimated fair values of our reporting units were in excess of their respective carrying values.

7.Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Our investment ownership percentages in equity method investments vary, generally ranging up to 5.0% in our Global Investment Management segment, up to 10.0% in our Development Services segment, and up to 50.0% in our other business segments.

.

Combined condensed financial information for the entities accounted for using the equity method is as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

2021202020212020

Global Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

308,221

 

 

$

418,028

 

 

$

813,279

 

 

$

902,932

 

Operating (loss) income

 

$

(59,677

)

 

$

93,491

 

 

$

32,211

 

 

$

155,869

 

Net income

 

$

36,937

 

 

$

52,477

 

 

$

101,334

 

 

$

118,348

 

Development Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

29,273

 

 

$

26,179

 

 

$

78,276

 

 

$

57,255

 

Revenue$906,765 $412,169 $1,462,622 $823,420 

Operating income

 

$

152,102

 

 

$

26,027

 

 

$

329,959

 

 

$

184,136

 

Operating income431,539 138,924 707,001 313,458 

Net income

 

$

141,489

 

 

$

19,745

 

 

$

307,641

 

 

$

169,837

 

Net income1,108,718 54,055 1,476,935 158,584 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

46,648

 

 

$

40,292

 

 

$

116,651

 

 

$

106,807

 

Operating income

 

$

6,504

 

 

$

6,130

 

 

$

17,483

 

 

$

20,418

 

Net income

 

$

7,868

 

 

$

6,135

 

 

$

21,526

 

 

$

20,506

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

384,142

 

 

$

484,499

 

 

$

1,008,206

 

 

$

1,066,994

 

Operating income

 

$

98,929

 

 

$

125,648

 

 

$

379,653

 

 

$

360,423

 

Net income

 

$

186,294

 

 

$

78,357

 

 

$

430,501

 

 

$

308,691

 


During the second quarter of 2021, the company closed on its integration of Hana with Industrious National Management Company LLC (“Industrious”), increasing its ownership interest to 40% as of June 30, 2021.
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7.

Long-Term Debt and Short-Term Borrowings

8.    Long-Term Debt

and Short-Term Borrowings


Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Senior term loans, with interest ranging from

   1.77% to 2.84%, due quarterly through 2022

 

$

751,876

 

 

$

751,875

 

5.00% senior notes due in 2023

 

 

800,000

 

 

 

800,000

 

4.875% senior notes due in 2026, net of

   unamortized discount

 

 

596,181

 

 

 

595,912

 

5.25% senior notes due in 2025, net of

   unamortized premium

 

 

426,363

 

 

 

426,500

 

Other

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

2,574,430

 

 

 

2,574,301

 

Less: current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(11

)

Less: unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(22,852

)

 

 

(26,164

)

Total long-term debt, net of current

   maturities

 

$

2,551,568

 

 

$

2,548,126

 

June 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
Senior term loans, with interest ranging from 0.75% to 1.15%, due quarterly through 2024$774,327 $788,759 
4.875% senior notes due in 2026, net of unamortized discount597,688 597,470 
2.500% senior notes due in 2031, net of unamortized discount492,443 
Other1,193 1,514 
Total long-term debt1,865,651 1,387,743 
Less: current maturities of long-term debt1,181 1,514 
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs10,143 6,027 
Total long-term debt, net of current maturities$1,854,327 $1,380,202 

We maintain credit facilities with third-party lenders, which we use for a variety of purposes. On January 9, 2015,March 4, 2019, CBRE Services, Inc. (CBRE Services), our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into an amended and restatedincremental assumption agreement with respect to its credit agreement, (2015dated October 31, 2017 (such agreement, as amended by a December 20, 2018 incremental loan assumption agreement and such March 4, 2019 incremental assumption agreement, collectively, the 2019 Credit Agreement) with a syndicate of banks jointly led by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse AG (CS). On March 21, 2016, CBRE Services executed an amendment to the 2015 Credit Agreement that, among other things,, which (i) extended the maturity onof the U.S. dollar tranche A term loans under such credit agreement, (ii) extended the termination date of the revolving credit facilitycommitments available under such credit agreement and (iii) made certain changes to March 2021the interest rates and increasedfees applicable to such tranche A term loans and revolving credit commitments under such credit agreement. The proceeds from the borrowing capacitynew tranche A term loan facility under the revolving2019 Credit Agreement were used to repay the $300.0 million of tranche A term loans outstanding under the credit facility by $200.0 million.

Our 2015agreement in effect prior to the entry into the 2019 incremental assumption agreement.

The 2019 Credit Agreement is ana senior unsecured credit facility that is jointly and severally guaranteed by us and substantially all ofus. On May 21, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement whereby our material domestic subsidiaries.subsidiary guarantors were released as guarantors from our 2019 Credit Agreement. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the 20152019 Credit Agreement provided for the following: (1) a $2.8 billion revolving credit facility, which includes the capacity to obtain letters of credit and swingline loans and maturesterminates on March 21, 2021;4, 2024; (2) a $500.0$300.0 million tranche A term loan facility maturing on March 4, 2024, requiring quarterly principal payments which began on June 30, 2015 and continue through maturity on January 9, 2020; (3) a $270.0 million tranche B-1 term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments, which began on December 31, 2015 and continue through maturity on September 3, 2020; and (4) a $130.0 million tranche B-2 term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments, which began on December 31, 2015 and continue through maturity on September 3, 2022.

Our 2015 Credit Agreement contains restrictive covenants that, among other things, limitunless our ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders, repurchase capital stock or debt, make investments, sell assets or subsidiary stock, create or permit liens on assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, enter into sale/leaseback transactions, issue subsidiary equity and enter into consolidations or mergers. Our 2015 Credit Agreement also requires us to maintain a minimum coverageleverage ratio of EBITDA (as defined in the 20152019 Credit Agreement) is less than or equal to total2.50 to 1.00 on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding any such payment date and (3) a €400.0 million term loan facility due and payable in full at maturity on December 20, 2023.

On July 9, 2021, CBRE Services entered into an incremental assumption agreement with respect to the 2019 Credit Agreement for purposes of increasing the revolving credit commitments available under the 2019 Credit Agreement by an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million. The increase is comprised of an increase in domestic borrowings of $330.0 million and an increase in our U.K. subsidiaries' borrowings of $20.0 million.
On August 13, 2015, CBRE Services issued $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due March 1, 2026 at a price equal to 99.24% of their face value. The 4.875% senior notes are unsecured obligations of CBRE Services, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. The 4.875% senior notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior basis by us. Interest accrues at a rate of 4.875% per year and is payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1.
On March 18, 2021, CBRE Services issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.500% senior notes due April 1, 2031 at a price equal to 98.451% of their face value (the 2.500% senior notes). The 2.500% senior notes are unsecured obligations of CBRE Services, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. Interest accrues at a rate of 2.500% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2021. The 2.500% senior notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, on or after January 1, 2031 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount on that date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, expenseif any, to, but excluding the date of 2.00xredemption. At any time prior to January 1, 2031, we may redeem all or a portion of the notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to
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be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present value at the date of redemption of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon to January 1, 2031, assuming the notes matured on January 1, 2031, discounted to the date of redemption on a maximum leverage ratiosemi-annual basis at an adjusted rate equal to the treasury rate plus 20 basis points, minus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of totalredemption, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including the redemption date. The amount of the 2.500% senior notes, net of unamortized discount and unamortized debt less available cash to EBITDA (as definedissuance costs, included in the 2015 Credit Agreement) of 4.25x as of the end of each fiscal quarter. On this basis, our coverage ratio of EBITDA to total interest expenseaccompanying consolidated balance sheet was 14.29x for the trailing twelve months ended September$487.6 million at June 30, 2017, and our leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA was 0.97x as of September 30, 2017.

2021.

The indentures governing our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes and 5.25%2.500% senior notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to create or permit liens on assets securing indebtedness, enteringenter into sale/leaseback transactions and enteringenter into consolidations or mergers.

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In addition, these indentures require that the 4.875% senior notes and 2.500% senior notes be jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior basis by CBRE GROUP, INC.

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(Unaudited)

Group, Inc. and any domestic subsidiary that guarantees the 2019 Credit Agreement. In addition, our 2019 Credit Agreement also requires us to maintain a minimum coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the 2019 Credit Agreement) to consolidated interest expense of 2.00x and a maximum leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the 2019 Credit Agreement) of 4.25x (and in the case of the first four full fiscal quarters following consummation of a qualified acquisition (as defined in the 2019 Credit Agreement), 4.75x) as of the end of each fiscal quarter. On this basis, our coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest expense was 39.78x for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2021, and our leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to consolidated EBITDA was (0.02)x as of June 30, 2021.

Short-Term Borrowings


Revolving Credit Facility


The revolving credit facility under the 2019 Credit Agreement allows for borrowings outside of the U.S., with a $200.0 million sub-facility available to CBRE Services, one of our Canadian subsidiaries, one of our Australian subsidiaries and one of our New Zealand subsidiaries and a $300.0 million sub-facility available to CBRE Services and one of our U.K. subsidiaries. On July 9, 2021, the U.K. subsidiaries sub-facility was increased to $320.0 million. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at varying rates, based at our option, on either (1) the applicable fixed rate plus 0.680% to 1.075% or (2) the daily rate plus 0.0% to 0.075%, in each case as determined by reference to our Credit Rating (as defined in the 2019 Credit Agreement). The 2019 Credit Agreement requires us to pay a fee based on the total amount of the revolving credit facility commitment (whether used or unused). As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, 0 amount was outstanding under the revolving credit facility other than letters of credit totaling $2.0 million were outstanding under our revolving credit facility under our 2015 Credit Agreement.million. These letters of credit, which reduce the amount we may borrow under ourthe revolving credit facility, were primarily issued in the ordinary course of business.  As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, no amounts were outstanding under our revolving credit facility other than these letters of credit totaling $2.0 million.  

Warehouse Lines of Credit


CBRE Capital Markets has warehouse lines of credit with third-party lenders for the purpose of funding mortgage loans that will be resold, and a funding arrangement with Fannie Mae for the purpose of selling a percentage of certain closed multifamily loans to Fannie Mae. These warehouse lines are recourse only to CBRE Capital Markets and are secured by our related warehouse receivables. See Note 3 for additional information.

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9.    Leases

We are the lessee in contracts for our office space tenancies, for leased vehicles and for our wholly-owned subsidiary Hana. These arrangements account for the significant portion of our lease liabilities and right-of-use assets. We monitor our service arrangements to evaluate whether they meet the definition of a lease. 
Supplemental balance sheet information related to our leases is as follows (dollars in thousands):
CategoryClassificationJune 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
Assets
OperatingOperating lease assets$1,001,608 $1,020,352 
FinancingOther assets, net117,117 117,805 
Total leased assets$1,118,725 $1,138,157 
Liabilities
Current:
OperatingOperating lease liabilities$216,879 $208,526 
FinancingOther current liabilities36,232 39,298 
Non-current:
OperatingNon-current operating lease liabilities1,071,499 1,116,795 
FinancingOther liabilities80,376 78,881 
Total lease liabilities$1,404,986 $1,443,500 
Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our operating and finance leases are as follows (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended
June 30,
20212020
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities$62,591 $155,935 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new financing lease liabilities22,430 23,845 
Other non-cash increases in operating lease right-of-use assets (1)
6,876 11,426 
Other non-cash decreases in financing lease right-of-use assets (1)
(2,496)(969)

8.

Commitments and Contingencies

(1)The non-cash activity in the right-of-use assets resulted from lease modifications and remeasurements.


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10.    Commitments and Contingencies

We are a party to a number of pending or threatened lawsuits arising out of, or incident to, our ordinary course of business. We believe that any losses in excess of the amounts accrued therefortherefore as liabilities on our financial statements are unlikely to be significant, but litigation is inherently uncertain and there is the potential for a material adverse effect on our financial statements if one or more matters are resolved in a particular period in an amount materially in excess of what we anticipated.

In January 2008, CBRE MCI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Capital Markets, entered into an agreement with Fannie Mae under Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing Lender Program (DUS Program), to provide financing for multifamily housing with five or more units. Under the DUS Program, CBRE MCI originates, underwrites, closes and services loans without prior approval by Fannie Mae, and in selected cases,typically, is subject to sharing up to one-third of any losses on loans originated under the DUS Program. CBRE MCI has funded loans with unpaid principal balances of $34.6 billion at June 30, 2021, of which $30.0 billion was subject to such loss sharing arrangements with unpaid principal balances of $18.5 billion at September 30, 2017.arrangements. CBRE MCI, under its agreement with Fannie Mae, must post cash reserves or other acceptable collateral under formulas established by Fannie Mae to provide for sufficient capital in the event losses occur. As of Septemberboth June 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, CBRE MCI had a $53.0$95.0 million and a $45.0 million, respectively, letter of credit under this reserve arrangement and had providedrecorded a liability of approximately $31.1$61.2 million and $28.2$57.1 million, respectively, offor its loan loss accruals.guarantee obligation under such arrangement. Fannie Mae’s recourse under the DUS Program is limited to the assets of CBRE MCI, which assets totaled approximately $668.4$796.1 million (including $431.3$323.9 million of warehouse receivables, a substantial majority of which are pledged against warehouse lines of credit and are therefore not available to Fannie Mae) at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.  

2021.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted in the United States in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The CARES Act, among other things, permits borrowers with government-backed mortgages from Government Sponsored Enterprises who are experiencing a financial hardship to obtain forbearance of their loans. For Fannie Mae loans that we service, CBRE MCI is obligated to advance (for a forbearance period up to 90 consecutive days and potentially longer) scheduled principal and interest payments to Fannie Mae, regardless of whether the borrowers actually make the payments.These advances are reimbursable by Fannie Mae after 120 days. As of June 30, 2021, total advances for principal and interest were $9.3 million, of which $5.6 million have already been reimbursed.
CBRE Capital Markets participates in Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Small Balance Loan (SBL) Program. Under the SBL program, CBRE Capital Markets has certain repurchase and loss reimbursement obligations. These obligations areWe could potentially be obligated to repurchase any SBL loan originated by CBRE Capital Markets that remains in default for 120 days following the forbearance period, fromif the default occurred during the first 12 months after origination and such loan had not been earlier securitized. In addition, CBRE Capital Markets may be responsible for a loss not to exceed 10% of the original principal amount of any SBL loan tothat is not securitized and goes into default after the securitization date.12-month repurchase period. CBRE Capital Markets must post a cash reserve or other acceptable collateral to provide for sufficient capital in the event the obligations are triggered. As of Septemberboth June 30, 2017,2021 and December 31, 2020, CBRE Capital Markets had posted a $5.0 million letter of credit under this reserve arrangement.

We had outstanding letters of credit totaling $64.5$145.7 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, excluding letters of credit for which we have outstanding liabilities already accrued on our consolidated balance sheet related to our subsidiaries’ outstanding reserves for claims under certain insurance programs as well as letters of credit related to operating leases. The CBRE Capital Markets letters of credit totaling $58.0$95.0 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 referred to in the preceding paragraphs represented the majority of the $64.5$145.7 million outstanding letters of credit as of such date. The remaining letters of credit are primarily executed by us in the ordinary course of business and expire at varying dates through September 2018.

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the end of each of the respective agreements.

We had guarantees totaling $62.3$38.7 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, excluding guarantees related to pension liabilities, consolidated indebtedness and other obligations for which we have outstanding liabilities already accrued on our consolidated balance sheet, and excluding guarantees related to operating leases. The $62.3$38.7 million primarily represents guarantees executed by us in the ordinary course of business, including various guarantees of management and vendor contracts in our operations overseas, which expire at the end of each of the respective agreements.


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In addition, as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had issued numerous non-recourse carveout, completion and budget guarantees relating to development projects for the benefit of third parties. These guarantees are commonplace in our industry and are made by us in the ordinary course of our Development ServicesReal Estate Investments business. Non-recourse carveout guarantees generally require that our project-entity borrower not commit specified improper acts, with us potentially liable for all or a portion of such entity’s indebtedness or other damages suffered by the lender if those acts occur. Completion and budget guarantees generally require us to complete construction of the relevant project within a specified timeframe and/or within a specified budget, with us potentially being liable for costs to complete in excess of such timeframe or budget. However, we generally use “guaranteed maximum price” contracts with reputable, bondable general contractors with respect to projects for which we provide these guarantees.  These contracts are intended to pass the risk to such contractors. While there can be no assurance, we do not expect to incur any material losses under these guarantees.

An important part of the strategy for our Global Investment ManagementReal Estate Investments business involves investing our capital in certain real estate investments with our clients. These co-investments generally total up to 2.0% of the equity in a particular fund. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had aggregate commitments of $33.5$118.7 million to fund these future co-investments.

Additionally, an important part of our Development ServicesReal Estate Investments business strategy is to invest in unconsolidated real estate subsidiaries as a principal (in most cases co-investing with our clients). As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had committed to fund $20.4$55.5 million of additional capital to these unconsolidated subsidiaries.

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11.    Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes on a consolidated basis was $133.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $18.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase of $114.6 million is primarily related to the corresponding increase in our consolidated pre-tax book income. Our effective tax rate increased to 23.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2021 from 18.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2020 primarily resulted from a percentage decrease of favorable permanent book tax differences and tax credits in 2021.

Our provision for income taxes on a consolidated basis was $209.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $70.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase of $139.8 million is primarily related to the corresponding increase in consolidated pre-tax book income. Our effective tax rate increased to 22.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 from 21.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2020 primarily resulting from a percentage decrease of favorable permanent book tax differences and tax credits in 2021.

Our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was different than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to U.S. state taxes and favorable permanent book tax differences.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $172.7 million and $168.5 million, respectively. The net increase of $4.2 million primarily resulting from an accrual of gross unrecognized tax benefits of $9.9 million and a release of $5.7 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits primarily related to the expiration of statute of limitations in various tax jurisdictions.
The CARES Act has not had, nor is it expected to have, a significant impact on our effective tax rate for 2021.

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9.

Income Per Share Information

12.    Income Per Share and Stockholders' Equity


The calculations of basic and diluted income per share attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. shareholdersstockholders are as follows (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Basic Income Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

   shareholders

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

307,998

 

Weighted average shares outstanding for basic

   income per share

 

 

337,948,324

 

 

 

335,770,122

 

 

 

337,280,914

 

 

 

334,949,606

 

Basic income per share attributable to CBRE

   Group, Inc. shareholders

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

1.55

 

 

$

0.92

 

Diluted Income Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

   shareholders

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

307,998

 

Weighted average shares outstanding for basic

   income per share

 

 

337,948,324

 

 

 

335,770,122

 

 

 

337,280,914

 

 

 

334,949,606

 

Dilutive effect of contingently issuable

   shares

 

 

3,236,525

 

 

 

2,707,401

 

 

 

3,217,594

 

 

 

3,070,134

 

Dilutive effect of stock options

 

 

1,582

 

 

 

11,452

 

 

 

3,924

 

 

 

33,557

 

Weighted average shares outstanding for

   diluted income per share

 

 

341,186,431

 

 

 

338,488,975

 

 

 

340,502,432

 

 

 

338,053,297

 

Diluted income per share attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc. shareholders

 

$

0.58

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

1.54

 

 

$

0.91

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Basic Income Per Share
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. stockholders$442,637 $81,897 $708,839 $254,092 
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic income per share335,643,233 335,126,126 335,751,530 335,048,115 
Basic income per share attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. stockholders$1.32 $0.24 $2.11 $0.76 
Diluted Income Per Share
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. stockholders$442,637 $81,897 $708,839 $254,092 
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic income per share335,643,233 335,126,126 335,751,530 335,048,115 
Dilutive effect of contingently issuable shares3,859,638 2,235,293 3,789,824 3,501,690 
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted income per share339,502,871 337,361,419 339,541,354 338,549,805 
Diluted income per share attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. stockholders$1.30 $0.24 $2.09 $0.75 


For the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, 384,7752021, 3,974 and 1,141,522,15,852, respectively, of contingently issuable shares were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.


For the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016, 1,972,3602020, 2,381,476 and 1,704,848,1,585,601, respectively, of contingently issuable shares were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.

In February 2019, our board of directors authorized a new program for the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of our common stock over three years, effective March 11, 2019. In both August and November 2019, our board of directors authorized an additional $100.0 million under our program, bringing the total authorized repurchase amount under the program to a total of $500.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we spent $50.0 million to repurchase 1,050,084 shares of our common stock at an average price of $47.62 per share using cash on hand. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we spent $64.1 million to repurchase an additional 831,274 shares of our common stock with an average price of $77.15 per share using cash on hand. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we spent $24.1 million to repurchase an additional 300,454 shares of our common stock with an average price of $80.31 per share using cash on hand. As of June 30, 2021, we had $261.7 million of capacity remaining under our stock repurchase program.
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13.    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

We account for revenue with customers in accordance with FASB ASC Topic, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606). Revenue is recognized when or as control of the promised services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for those services.

Disaggregated Revenue

The following tables represent a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers by type of service and/or segment (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Advisory
Services
Global
Workplace
Solutions
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate, other and eliminationsConsolidated
Topic 606 Revenue:
Facilities management$— $3,435,754 $— $— $3,435,754 
Advisory leasing692,908 — — — 692,908 
Advisory sales611,834 — — — 611,834 
Property management423,244 — — (4,457)418,787 
Project management— 646,968 — — 646,968 
Valuation181,226 — — — 181,226 
Commercial mortgage origination (1)
72,211 — — — 72,211 
Loan servicing (2)
5,118 — — — 5,118 
Investment management— — 139,271 — 139,271 
Development services— — 92,514 — 92,514 
Topic 606 Revenue1,986,541 4,082,722 231,785 (4,457)6,296,591 
Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue:
Commercial mortgage origination89,667 — — — 89,667 
Loan servicing60,777 — — — 60,777 
Development services (3)
— — 11,578 — 11,578 
Total Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue150,444 11,578 162,022 
Total Revenue$2,136,985 $4,082,722 $243,363 $(4,457)$6,458,613 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Advisory
Services (4)
Global
Workplace
Solutions (4)
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate, other and eliminations (4)
Consolidated
Topic 606 Revenue:
Facilities management$— $3,297,039 $— $— $3,297,039 
Advisory leasing521,778 — — — 521,778 
Advisory sales243,007 — — — 243,007 
Property management400,110 — — (4,892)395,218 
Project management— 473,394 — — 473,394 
Valuation131,837 — — — 131,837 
Commercial mortgage origination (1)
20,115 — — — 20,115 
Loan servicing (2)
9,021 — — — 9,021 
Investment management— — 103,132 — 103,132 
Development services— — 57,700 — 57,700 
Topic 606 Revenue1,325,868 3,770,433 160,832 (4,892)5,252,241 
Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue:
Commercial mortgage origination80,335 — — — 80,335 
Loan servicing48,029 — — — 48,029 
Development services (3)
— — 779 — 779 
Total Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue128,364 779 129,143 
Total Revenue$1,454,232 $3,770,433 $161,611 $(4,892)$5,381,384 

10.

Segments

(1)We earn fees for arranging financing for borrowers with third-party lender contacts. Such fees are in scope of Topic 606.
(2)Loan servicing fees earned from servicing contracts for which we do not hold mortgage servicing rights are in scope of Topic 606.
(3)Out of scope revenue for development services represents selling profit from transfers of sales-type leases in the scope of Topic 842.
(4)Prior period segment results have been recast to conform to the changes as discussed in Note 14.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Advisory
Services
Global
Workplace
Solutions
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate, other and eliminationsConsolidated
Topic 606 Revenue:
Facilities management$— $6,915,255 $— $— $6,915,255 
Advisory leasing1,213,124 — — — 1,213,124 
Advisory sales1,004,146 — — — 1,004,146 
Property management850,432 — — (10,602)839,830 
Project management— 1,193,350 — — 1,193,350 
Valuation340,816 — — — 340,816 
Commercial mortgage origination (1)
105,962 — — — 105,962 
Loan servicing (2)
20,505 — — — 20,505 
Investment management— — 271,342 — 271,342 
Development services— — 170,692 — 170,692 
Topic 606 Revenue3,534,985 8,108,605 442,034 (10,602)12,075,022 
Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue:
Commercial mortgage origination195,782 — — — 195,782 
Loan servicing114,230 — — — 114,230 
Development services (3)
— — 12,458 — 12,458 
Total Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue310,012 12,458 322,470 
Total Revenue$3,844,997 $8,108,605 $454,492 $(10,602)$12,397,492 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Advisory
Services (4)
Global
Workplace
Solutions (4)
Real Estate
Investments
Corporate, other and eliminations (4)
Consolidated
Topic 606 Revenue:
Facilities management$— $6,632,832 $— $— $6,632,832 
Advisory leasing1,146,806 — — (2,134)1,144,672 
Advisory sales674,676 — — — 674,676 
Property management818,591 — — (12,276)806,315 
Project management— 1,022,130 — — 1,022,130 
Valuation279,575 — — — 279,575 
Commercial mortgage origination (1)
58,003 — — — 58,003 
Loan servicing (2)
20,430 — — — 20,430 
Investment management— — 224,809 — 224,809 
Development services— — 133,926 — 133,926 
Topic 606 Revenue2,998,081 7,654,962 358,735 (14,410)10,997,368 
Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue:
Commercial mortgage origination165,538 — — — 165,538 
Loan servicing93,300 — — — 93,300 
Development services (3)
— — 14,346 — 14,346 
Total Out of Scope of Topic 606 Revenue258,838 14,346 273,184 
Total Revenue$3,256,919 $7,654,962 $373,081 $(14,410)$11,270,552 

(1)We earn fees for arranging financing for borrowers with third-party lender contacts. Such fees are in scope of Topic 606.
(2)Loan servicing fees earned from servicing contracts for which we do not hold mortgage servicing rights are in scope of Topic 606.
(3)Out of scope revenue for development services represents selling profit from transfers of sales-type leases in the scope of Topic 842.
(4)Prior period segment results have been recast to conform to the changes as discussed in Note 14.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

We had contract assets totaling $460.9 million ($322.9 million of which was current) and $471.8 million ($318.2 million of which was current) as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
We had contract liabilities totaling $200.7 million ($197.4 million of which was current) and $164.1 million ($162.0 million of which was current) as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized revenue of $142.4 million that was included in the contract liability balance at December 31, 2020.

14.    Segments

We organize our operations around, and publicly report our operations through the followingfinancial results on, 3 global business segments: (1) Americas;Advisory Services; (2) Europe, Middle EastGlobal Workplace Solutions and Africa (EMEA); (3) Asia Pacific; (4) Global Investment Management;Real Estate Investments. Effective January 1, 2021, we have realigned our organizational structure and (5) Development Services.

The Americasperformance measure to how our chief operating decision maker (CODM) views the company. This includes a “Corporate, other and elimination” component and a segment is our largestmeasurement of profit and loss referred to as segment of operations andoperating profit.


Advisory Services provides a comprehensive range of services throughoutglobally, including property leasing, property sales, mortgage services, property management, and valuation. Global Workplace Solutions provides a broad suite of integrated, contractually-based outsourcing services to occupiers of real estate, including facilities management and project management. Effective January 1, 2021, transaction services was fully moved under the Advisory Services segment and project management was fully moved under the Global Workplace Solutions segment. Previously transaction services and project management were split between the Global Workplace Solutions segment and the Advisory Services segment. Real Estate Investments includes investment management services provided globally, development services in the U.S. and in the largest regionsU.K. and flexible office space solutions. Corporate and other includes activities not attributed to our core business, primarily consisting of Canadacorporate headquarters costs for executive officers and key markets in Latin America.  The primary services offered consist of the following: property sales, property leasing, mortgage services, appraisal and valuation, property management and occupier outsourcing services.

Our EMEA and Asia Pacific segments generally provide services similarcertain other central functions, as well as certain strategic equity investments. These costs, which were previously allocated to the Americas business segment.  The EMEAsegments on a reasonable basis, are no longer allocated and are reported under Corporate and other. It also includes eliminations related to inter-segment revenue. Prior period segment has operations primarily in Europe, whileresults for all of our reportable segments have been recast to conform to the Asia Pacific segment has operations in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Our Global Investment Management business provides investment management services to clients seeking to generate returns and diversification through direct and indirect investments in real estate in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Our Development Services business consists of real estate development and investment activities primarily in the U.S.

Summarized financial information by segment is as follows (dollars in thousands):

above changes.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

1,969,430

 

 

$

1,775,326

 

 

$

5,518,963

 

 

$

5,143,590

 

EMEA

 

 

1,033,042

 

 

 

948,053

 

 

 

2,831,964

 

 

 

2,742,318

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

440,933

 

 

 

361,802

 

 

 

1,202,706

 

 

 

1,032,763

 

Global Investment Management

 

 

92,122

 

 

 

91,807

 

 

 

274,451

 

 

 

277,924

 

Development Services

 

 

14,450

 

 

 

16,499

 

 

 

45,312

 

 

 

51,163

 

Total revenue

 

$

3,549,977

 

 

$

3,193,487

 

 

$

9,873,396

 

 

$

9,247,758

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

238,259

 

 

$

222,043

 

 

$

689,068

 

 

$

636,668

 

EMEA

 

 

71,169

 

 

 

61,177

 

 

 

173,610

 

 

 

148,842

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

43,081

 

 

 

31,467

 

 

 

106,562

 

 

 

72,570

 

Global Investment Management

 

 

23,202

 

 

 

18,988

 

 

 

72,971

 

 

 

68,329

 

Development Services

 

 

35,863

 

 

 

15,709

 

 

 

85,120

 

 

 

66,109

 

Total Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

411,574

 

 

$

349,384

 

 

$

1,127,331

 

 

$

992,518

 

(1)

In 2017, we changed the presentation of the operating results of one of our emerging businesses among our regional services reporting segments.  Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current-year presentation.  This change had no impact on our consolidated results.

Adjusted EBITDASegment operating profit is the measure reported to the chief operating decision makerCODM for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to each segment and assessing performance of each segment. EBITDASegment operating profit represents earnings before net interest expense, write-off of financing costs on extinguished debt, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.  Amounts shown for adjusted EBITDA further remove (from EBITDA) the impact of certain cashamortization and non-cash chargesasset impairments, as well as adjustments related to acquisitions, cost-elimination expenses andthe following: certain carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue.

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revenue, impact of fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in the period, costs incurred related to legal entity restructuring, costs associated with workforce optimization efforts and integration and other costs related to acquisitions. This metric excludes the impact of corporate overhead as these costs are now reported under Corporate and other.

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(Unaudited)

Adjusted EBITDA

Summarized financial information by segment is calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue
Advisory Services$2,136,985 $1,454,232 $3,844,997 $3,256,919 
Global Workplace Solutions4,082,722 3,770,433 8,108,605 7,654,962 
Real Estate Investments243,363 161,611 454,492 373,081 
Corporate, other and eliminations(4,457)(4,892)(10,602)(14,410)
Total revenue$6,458,613 $5,381,384 $12,397,492 $11,270,552 
Segment operating profit
Advisory Services$464,297 $202,112 $796,597 $535,076 
Global Workplace Solutions170,152 127,490 322,329 234,457 
Real Estate Investments153,463 24,654 214,040 67,675 
Total reportable segment operating profit$787,912 $354,256 $1,332,966 $837,208 
Reconciliation of total reportable segment operating profit to net income is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$442,637 $81,897 $708,839 $254,092 
Adjustments to increase (decrease) net income:
Depreciation and amortization119,085 116,384 241,163 230,178 
Asset impairments75,171 
Interest expense, net of interest income13,772 17,950 23,878 33,966 
Provision for income taxes133,445 18,803 209,772 69,985 
Carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue1,672 (7,500)17,004 (15,284)
Impact of fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in period(374)1,247 725 7,000 
Costs incurred related to legal entity restructuring693 3,934 
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions8,134 236 8,134 1,019 
Costs associated with workforce optimization efforts (1)
37,594 37,594 
Corporate and other loss, including eliminations69,541 86,952 123,451 139,553 
Total reportable segment operating profit$787,912 $354,256 $1,332,966 $837,208 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

307,998

 

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

102,591

 

 

 

92,725

 

 

 

297,014

 

 

 

269,987

 

Interest expense

 

 

34,483

 

 

 

37,273

 

 

 

103,923

 

 

 

109,050

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

76,178

 

 

 

51,414

 

 

 

195,813

 

 

 

165,578

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

1,020

 

 

 

6,967

 

 

 

5,545

 

EBITDA

 

 

406,440

 

 

 

284,555

 

 

 

1,112,862

 

 

 

847,068

 

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost-elimination expenses (2)

 

 

 

 

 

38,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,456

 

Integration and other costs related to

   acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

28,596

 

 

 

27,351

 

 

 

73,520

 

Carried interest incentive compensation

   expense (reversal) to align with the timing of

   associated revenue

 

 

5,134

 

 

 

(2,644

)

 

 

(12,882

)

 

 

(6,526

)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

411,574

 

 

$

349,384

 

 

$

1,127,331

 

 

$

992,518

 

(1)

In 2017, we changed the presentation of the operating results of one of our emerging businesses among our regional services reporting segments.  Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current-year presentation.  This change had no impact on our(1)Primarily represents costs incurred related to workforce optimization initiated and executed in the second quarter of 2020 as part of management’s cost containment efforts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges are cash expenditures primarily for severance costs incurred related to this effort. of the total costs, $7.4 million was included within the “Cost of revenue” line item and $30.2 million was included in the “Operating, administrative and other” line item in the accompanying consolidated results.

(2)

Represents cost-elimination expenses relating to a program initiated in the fourth quarter of 2015 and completed in the third quarter of 2016 (our cost-elimination project) to reduce the company’s global cost structure after several years of significant revenue and related cost growth. Cost-elimination expenses incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 consisted of $36.7 million and $73.6 million, respectively, of severance costs related to headcount reductions in connection with the program and $2.2 million and $4.9 million, respectively, of third-party contract termination costs.

11.

Guarantor and Nonguarantor Financial Statements

The following condensed consolidating financial information includes condensed consolidating balance sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, condensed consolidating statements of operations and condensed consolidating statements of comprehensive income for both the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020.

Our CODM is not provided with total asset information by segment and 2016 and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 of:

CBRE Group, Inc., as the parent; CBRE Services, as the subsidiary issuer; the guarantor subsidiaries; the nonguarantor subsidiaries;

Elimination entries necessary to consolidate CBRE Group, Inc., as the parent, with CBRE Services and its guarantor and nonguarantor subsidiaries; and

CBRE Group, Inc.,accordingly, does not measure or allocate total assets on a consolidatedsegment basis.

As a result, we have not disclosed any asset information by segment.
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(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollars

Geographic Information

Revenue in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

7

 

 

$

7,721

 

 

$

446,123

 

 

$

501,754

 

 

$

 

 

$

955,605

 

Restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,048

 

 

 

82,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

84,794

 

Receivables, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,069,509

 

 

 

1,773,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,843,126

 

Warehouse receivables (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,002,000

 

 

 

432,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,434,910

 

Income taxes receivable

 

 

587

 

 

 

4,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,425

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

66,386

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77,336

 

 

 

140,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

218,049

 

Other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,622

 

 

 

141,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,864

 

Total Current Assets

 

 

594

 

 

 

12,120

 

 

 

2,657,638

 

 

 

3,134,407

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

5,804,734

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400,273

 

 

 

173,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

574,266

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,684,808

 

 

 

1,450,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,135,208

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

753,706

 

 

 

646,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,400,699

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,353

 

 

 

45,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

233,634

 

Investments in consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

5,143,175

 

 

 

4,988,534

 

 

 

2,807,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12,939,607

)

 

 

 

Intercompany loan receivable

 

 

 

 

 

2,690,873

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,390,873

)

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,673

 

 

 

94,250

 

 

 

(30,673

)

 

 

94,250

 

Other assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

18,306

 

 

 

275,452

 

 

 

115,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

409,223

 

Total Assets

 

$

5,143,769

 

 

$

7,709,833

 

 

$

9,498,801

 

 

$

5,660,789

 

 

$

(16,361,178

)

 

$

11,652,014

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

 

 

$

7,788

 

 

$

482,449

 

 

$

1,015,623

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,505,860

 

Compensation and employee benefits

   payable

 

 

 

 

 

626

 

 

 

412,761

 

 

 

350,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

763,554

 

Accrued bonus and profit sharing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

413,826

 

 

 

313,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

727,066

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,581

 

 

 

47,550

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

82,106

 

Short-term borrowings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warehouse lines of credit (which

   fund loans that U.S. Government

   Sponsored Enterprises have

   committed to purchase) (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999,172

 

 

 

417,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,416,253

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

Total short-term borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999,188

 

 

 

417,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,416,269

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

40,500

 

 

 

15,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,512

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

8,498

 

 

 

2,383,305

 

 

 

2,159,599

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

4,551,377

 

Long-Term Debt, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net

 

 

 

 

 

2,551,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,551,568

 

Intercompany loan payable

 

 

1,348,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,826,325

 

 

 

216,249

 

 

 

(3,390,873

)

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Debt, net

 

 

1,348,299

 

 

 

2,551,568

 

 

 

1,826,325

 

 

 

216,249

 

 

 

(3,390,873

)

 

 

2,551,568

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

156,455

 

 

 

(30,673

)

 

 

125,782

 

Non-current tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,037

 

 

 

1,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,851

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

6,592

 

 

 

284,600

 

 

 

262,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

553,600

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,348,299

 

 

 

2,566,658

 

 

 

4,510,267

 

 

 

2,796,525

 

 

 

(3,421,571

)

 

 

7,800,178

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

3,795,470

 

 

 

5,143,175

 

 

 

4,988,534

 

 

 

2,807,898

 

 

 

(12,939,607

)

 

 

3,795,470

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,366

 

Total Equity

 

 

3,795,470

 

 

 

5,143,175

 

 

 

4,988,534

 

 

 

2,864,264

 

 

 

(12,939,607

)

 

 

3,851,836

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

5,143,769

 

 

$

7,709,833

 

 

$

9,498,801

 

 

$

5,660,789

 

 

$

(16,361,178

)

 

$

11,652,014

 

(1)

Although CBRE Capital Markets is included among our domestic subsidiaries that jointly and severally guarantee our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes, 5.25% senior notes and our 2015 Credit Agreement, a substantial majority of warehouse receivables funded under JP Morgan, TD Bank, BofA, Fannie Mae ASAP and Capital One lines of credit are pledged to JP Morgan, TD Bank, BofA, Fannie Mae and Capital One.

21


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Dollarsthe table below is allocated based upon the country in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

7

 

 

$

16,889

 

 

$

264,121

 

 

$

481,559

 

 

$

 

 

$

762,576

 

Restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,967

 

 

 

61,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,836

 

Receivables, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

943,028

 

 

 

1,662,574

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,605,602

 

Warehouse receivables (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

687,454

 

 

 

588,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,276,047

 

Income taxes receivable

 

 

1,915

 

 

 

17,364

 

 

 

8,170

 

 

 

37,456

 

 

 

(19,279

)

 

 

45,626

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,296

 

 

 

105,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

184,107

 

Other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

1,421

 

 

 

64,576

 

 

 

113,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

179,656

 

Total Current Assets

 

 

1,922

 

 

 

35,674

 

 

 

2,052,612

 

 

 

3,051,521

 

 

 

(19,279

)

 

 

5,122,450

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395,749

 

 

 

165,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

560,756

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,669,683

 

 

 

1,311,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,981,392

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

793,525

 

 

 

617,514

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,411,039

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

189,455

 

 

 

42,783

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,238

 

Investments in consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

4,226,629

 

 

 

4,076,265

 

 

 

2,314,549

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,617,443

)

 

 

 

Intercompany loan receivable

 

 

 

 

 

2,684,421

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,384,421

)

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,325

 

 

 

90,334

 

 

 

(57,335

)

 

 

105,324

 

Other assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

22,229

 

 

 

240,707

 

 

 

103,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,388

 

Total Assets

 

$

4,228,551

 

 

$

6,818,589

 

 

$

8,428,605

 

 

$

5,382,320

 

 

$

(14,078,478

)

 

$

10,779,587

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

 

 

$

30,049

 

 

$

409,470

 

 

$

1,006,919

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,446,438

 

Compensation and employee benefits

   payable

 

 

 

 

 

626

 

 

 

402,719

 

 

 

369,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

772,922

 

Accrued bonus and profit sharing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

506,715

 

 

 

383,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

890,321

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,946

 

 

 

36,684

 

 

 

(19,279

)

 

 

58,351

 

Short-term borrowings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warehouse lines of credit (which

   fund loans that U.S. Government

   Sponsored Enterprises have

   committed to purchase) (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

680,473

 

 

 

574,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,254,653

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

Total short-term borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

680,489

 

 

 

574,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,254,669

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,590

 

 

 

21,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,717

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

30,675

 

 

 

2,121,929

 

 

 

2,392,104

 

 

 

(19,279

)

 

 

4,525,429

 

Long-Term Debt, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net

 

 

 

 

 

2,548,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,548,126

 

Intercompany loan payable

 

 

1,214,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,916,675

 

 

 

253,682

 

 

 

(3,384,421

)

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Debt, net

 

 

1,214,064

 

 

 

2,548,123

 

 

 

1,916,675

 

 

 

253,685

 

 

 

(3,384,421

)

 

 

2,548,126

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128,054

 

 

 

(57,335

)

 

 

70,719

 

Non-current tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,422

 

 

 

620

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,042

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

13,162

 

 

 

260,314

 

 

 

250,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

524,026

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,214,064

 

 

 

2,591,960

 

 

 

4,352,340

 

 

 

3,025,013

 

 

 

(3,461,035

)

 

 

7,722,342

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

3,014,487

 

 

 

4,226,629

 

 

 

4,076,265

 

 

 

2,314,549

 

 

 

(10,617,443

)

 

 

3,014,487

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,758

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,758

 

Total Equity

 

 

3,014,487

 

 

 

4,226,629

 

 

 

4,076,265

 

 

 

2,357,307

 

 

 

(10,617,443

)

 

 

3,057,245

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

4,228,551

 

 

$

6,818,589

 

 

$

8,428,605

 

 

$

5,382,320

 

 

$

(14,078,478

)

 

$

10,779,587

 

(1)

Although CBRE Capital Markets is included among our domestic subsidiaries that jointly and severally guarantee our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes, 5.25% senior notes and our 2015 Credit Agreement, a substantial majority of warehouse receivables funded under BofA, Fannie Mae ASAP, JP Morgan, Capital One and TD Bank lines of credit are pledged to BofA, Fannie Mae, JP Morgan, Capital One and TD Bank.

22


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollarswhich services are performed (dollars in thousands)

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,774,112

 

 

$

1,775,865

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,549,977

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,256,664

 

 

 

1,256,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,513,377

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

770

 

 

 

756

 

 

 

374,966

 

 

 

328,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

704,898

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,610

 

 

 

41,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,591

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

770

 

 

 

756

 

 

 

1,692,240

 

 

 

1,627,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,320,866

 

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,315

 

 

 

865

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,180

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(770

)

 

 

(756

)

 

 

87,187

 

 

 

149,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

235,291

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,439

 

 

 

2,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,834

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

455

 

 

 

1,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,768

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

30,651

 

 

 

1,352

 

 

 

1,777

 

 

 

(30,651

)

 

 

3,129

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

33,577

 

 

 

22,660

 

 

 

8,897

 

 

 

(30,651

)

 

 

34,483

 

Royalty and management service (income)

   expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,389

)

 

 

4,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

196,791

 

 

 

199,062

 

 

 

99,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

(495,075

)

 

 

 

Income before (benefit of) provision for

   income taxes

 

 

196,021

 

 

 

195,380

 

 

 

235,384

 

 

 

141,829

 

 

 

(495,075

)

 

 

273,539

 

(Benefit of) provision for income taxes

 

 

(296

)

 

 

(1,411

)

 

 

36,322

 

 

 

41,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

76,178

 

Net income

 

 

196,317

 

 

 

196,791

 

 

 

199,062

 

 

 

100,266

 

 

 

(495,075

)

 

 

197,361

 

Less:  Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,044

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

196,791

 

 

$

199,062

 

 

$

99,222

 

 

$

(495,075

)

 

$

196,317

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue
United States$3,563,704 $3,089,794 $6,912,563 $6,470,357 
United Kingdom832,938 677,880 1,609,981 1,451,895 
All other countries2,061,971 1,613,710 3,874,948 3,348,300 
Total revenue$6,458,613 $5,381,384 $12,397,492 $11,270,552 

23


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,611,836

 

 

$

1,581,651

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,193,487

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,149,943

 

 

 

1,102,840

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,252,783

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

1,165

 

 

 

(158

)

 

 

353,420

 

 

 

332,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

686,530

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,423

 

 

 

38,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,725

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

1,165

 

 

 

(158

)

 

 

1,557,786

 

 

 

1,473,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,032,038

 

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,043

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(1,165

)

 

 

158

 

 

 

54,050

 

 

 

119,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

172,492

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,287

 

 

 

385

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,672

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

278

 

 

 

1,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,356

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

33,550

 

 

 

592

 

 

 

428

 

 

 

(33,550

)

 

 

1,020

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

34,809

 

 

 

24,921

 

 

 

11,093

 

 

 

(33,550

)

 

 

37,273

 

Royalty and management service (income)

   expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,972

)

 

 

2,972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

104,881

 

 

 

105,560

 

 

 

65,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

(275,915

)

 

 

 

Income before (benefit of) provision for

   income taxes

 

 

103,716

 

 

 

104,459

 

 

 

122,732

 

 

 

107,275

 

 

 

(275,915

)

 

 

162,267

 

(Benefit of) provision for income taxes

 

 

(447

)

 

 

(422

)

 

 

17,172

 

 

 

35,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,414

 

Net income

 

 

104,163

 

 

 

104,881

 

 

 

105,560

 

 

 

72,164

 

 

 

(275,915

)

 

 

110,853

 

Less:  Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,690

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

104,881

 

 

$

105,560

 

 

$

65,474

 

 

$

(275,915

)

 

$

104,163

 


24


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,046,641

 

 

$

4,826,755

 

 

$

 

 

$

9,873,396

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,504,306

 

 

 

3,414,712

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,919,018

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

1,532

 

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

1,078,709

 

 

 

941,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,023,503

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,035

 

 

 

120,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

297,014

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

1,532

 

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

4,759,050

 

 

 

4,477,310

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,239,535

 

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,543

 

 

 

13,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,863

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(1,532

)

 

 

(1,643

)

 

 

293,134

 

 

 

362,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

652,724

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

154,769

 

 

 

3,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,236

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1,481

 

 

 

7,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,069

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

91,250

 

 

 

3,891

 

 

 

3,076

 

 

 

(91,250

)

 

 

6,967

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

101,087

 

 

 

67,276

 

 

 

26,810

 

 

 

(91,250

)

 

 

103,923

 

Royalty and management service (income)

   expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,088

)

 

 

11,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

524,024

 

 

 

531,104

 

 

 

227,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,282,248

)

 

 

 

Income before (benefit of) provision for

   income taxes

 

 

522,492

 

 

 

519,625

 

 

 

624,207

 

 

 

338,997

 

 

 

(1,282,248

)

 

 

723,073

 

(Benefit of) provision for income taxes

 

 

(587

)

 

 

(4,399

)

 

 

93,103

 

 

 

107,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

195,813

 

Net income

 

 

523,079

 

 

 

524,024

 

 

 

531,104

 

 

 

231,301

 

 

 

(1,282,248

)

 

 

527,260

 

Less:  Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,181

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

524,024

 

 

$

531,104

 

 

$

227,120

 

 

$

(1,282,248

)

 

$

523,079

 

25


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,751,526

 

 

$

4,496,232

 

 

$

 

 

$

9,247,758

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,304,291

 

 

 

3,216,338

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,520,629

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

3,358

 

 

 

(1,584

)

 

 

1,061,778

 

 

 

946,786

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,010,338

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

165,087

 

 

 

104,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

269,987

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,358

 

 

 

(1,584

)

 

 

4,531,156

 

 

 

4,268,024

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,800,954

 

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,659

 

 

 

12,203

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,862

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(3,358

)

 

 

1,584

 

 

 

224,029

 

 

 

240,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

462,666

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

114,504

 

 

 

2,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

116,902

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(203

)

 

 

8,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,453

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

99,119

 

 

 

2,163

 

 

 

3,382

 

 

 

(99,119

)

 

 

5,545

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

103,425

 

 

 

74,331

 

 

 

30,413

 

 

 

(99,119

)

 

 

109,050

 

Royalty and management service (income)

   expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(26,740

)

 

 

26,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

310,069

 

 

 

311,747

 

 

 

107,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

(729,665

)

 

 

 

Income before (benefit of) provision for

   income taxes

 

 

306,711

 

 

 

309,026

 

 

 

400,751

 

 

 

197,693

 

 

 

(729,665

)

 

 

484,516

 

(Benefit of) provision for income taxes

 

 

(1,287

)

 

 

(1,043

)

 

 

89,004

 

 

 

78,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

165,578

 

Net income

 

 

307,998

 

 

 

310,069

 

 

 

311,747

 

 

 

118,789

 

 

 

(729,665

)

 

 

318,938

 

Less:  Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,940

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,940

 

Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

307,998

 

 

$

310,069

 

 

$

311,747

 

 

$

107,849

 

 

$

(729,665

)

 

$

307,998

 

26


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Net income

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

196,791

 

 

$

199,062

 

 

$

100,266

 

 

$

(495,075

)

 

$

197,361

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,711

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,711

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated

   other comprehensive loss to interest

   expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

1,260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,260

 

Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps,

   net

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

Unrealized holding gains on available

   for sale securities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

339

 

Other, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

1,285

 

 

 

327

 

 

 

64,719

 

 

 

 

 

 

66,331

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

196,317

 

 

 

198,076

 

 

 

199,389

 

 

 

164,985

 

 

 

(495,075

)

 

 

263,692

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,227

 

Comprehensive income attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

198,076

 

 

$

199,389

 

 

$

163,758

 

 

$

(495,075

)

 

$

262,465

 

27


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Net income

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

104,881

 

 

$

105,560

 

 

$

72,164

 

 

$

(275,915

)

 

$

110,853

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,940

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,940

)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated

   other comprehensive loss to interest

   expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

1,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,720

 

Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps,

   net

 

 

 

 

 

788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

788

 

Unrealized holding gains on available

   for sale securities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

348

 

Other, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

2,508

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

(15,938

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13,082

)

Comprehensive income

 

 

104,163

 

 

 

107,389

 

 

 

105,908

 

 

 

56,226

 

 

 

(275,915

)

 

 

97,771

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,768

 

Comprehensive income attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

107,389

 

 

$

105,908

 

 

$

49,458

 

 

$

(275,915

)

 

$

91,003

 

28


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Net income

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

524,024

 

 

$

531,104

 

 

$

231,301

 

 

$

(1,282,248

)

 

$

527,260

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,147

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated

   other comprehensive loss to interest

   expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

4,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,148

 

Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps,

   net

 

 

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102

 

Unrealized holding gains on available

   for sale securities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,056

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,239

 

Other, net

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20

)

Total other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(2

)

 

 

4,250

 

 

 

2,038

 

 

 

204,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

210,616

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

523,077

 

 

 

528,274

 

 

 

533,142

 

 

 

435,631

 

 

 

(1,282,248

)

 

 

737,876

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,544

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,544

 

Comprehensive income attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

523,077

 

 

$

528,274

 

 

$

533,142

 

 

$

431,087

 

 

$

(1,282,248

)

 

$

733,332

 

29


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Net income

 

$

307,998

 

 

$

310,069

 

 

$

311,747

 

 

$

118,789

 

 

$

(729,665

)

 

$

318,938

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(101,654

)

 

 

 

 

 

(101,654

)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated

   other comprehensive loss to interest

   expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

5,196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,196

 

Unrealized losses on interest rate swaps,

   net

 

 

 

 

 

(3,327

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,327

)

Unrealized holding gains on available

   for sale securities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

862

 

 

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

993

 

Other, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(759

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

(757

)

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

1,869

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

(101,521

)

 

 

 

 

 

(99,549

)

Comprehensive income

 

 

307,998

 

 

 

311,938

 

 

 

311,850

 

 

 

17,268

 

 

 

(729,665

)

 

 

219,389

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,057

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,057

 

Comprehensive income attributable to

   CBRE Group, Inc.

 

$

307,998

 

 

$

311,938

 

 

$

311,850

 

 

$

6,211

 

 

$

(729,665

)

 

$

208,332

 

30


CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Total

 

CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING

   ACTIVITIES:

 

$

69,358

 

 

$

(7,513

)

 

$

129,361

 

 

$

56,062

 

 

$

247,268

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(68,566

)

 

 

(33,040

)

 

 

(101,606

)

Acquisition of businesses (other than GWS), including net

   assets acquired, intangibles and goodwill, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39,937

)

 

 

(19,457

)

 

 

(59,394

)

Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(33,582

)

 

 

(3,077

)

 

 

(36,659

)

Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172,868

 

 

 

4,638

 

 

 

177,506

 

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,919

 

 

 

(15,939

)

 

 

(11,020

)

Purchase of available for sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,408

)

 

 

 

 

 

(29,408

)

Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,618

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,618

 

Other investing activities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

892

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

1,156

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,804

 

 

 

(66,611

)

 

 

(33,807

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

911,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

911,000

 

Repayment of revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

(911,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(911,000

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

79

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,324

)

 

 

(1,324

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for sale and

   under development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,341

 

 

 

3,341

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for sale and

   under development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,777

)

 

 

(10,777

)

Units repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards

 

 

(29,549

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,549

)

Non-controlling interest contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,410

 

 

 

3,410

 

Non-controlling interest distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,643

)

 

 

(6,643

)

Payment of financing costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(21

)

(Increase) decrease in intercompany receivables, net

 

 

(40,288

)

 

 

(1,655

)

 

 

22,982

 

 

 

18,961

 

 

 

 

Other financing activities, net

 

 

479

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,145

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(2,673

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(69,358

)

 

 

(1,655

)

 

 

19,837

 

 

 

7,019

 

 

 

(44,157

)

Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash

   equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,725

 

 

 

23,725

 

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH

   EQUIVALENTS

 

 

 

 

 

(9,168

)

 

 

182,002

 

 

 

20,195

 

 

 

193,029

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT BEGINNING OF

   PERIOD

 

 

7

 

 

 

16,889

 

 

 

264,121

 

 

 

481,559

 

 

 

762,576

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT END OF PERIOD

 

$

7

 

 

$

7,721

 

 

$

446,123

 

 

$

501,754

 

 

$

955,605

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW

   INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

 

 

$

111,795

 

 

$

 

 

$

31

 

 

$

111,826

 

Income taxes, net

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

80,156

 

 

$

124,072

 

 

$

204,228

 

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CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE

 

 

Guarantor

 

 

Nonguarantor

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Parent

 

 

Services

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

Total

 

CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING

   ACTIVITIES:

 

$

65,900

 

 

$

(9,453

)

 

$

(80,074

)

 

$

(29,562

)

 

$

(53,189

)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(81,359

)

 

 

(52,998

)

 

 

(134,357

)

Acquisition of businesses (other than GWS), including net

   assets acquired, intangibles and goodwill, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,249

)

 

 

(20,817

)

 

 

(22,066

)

Acquisition of GWS, including net assets acquired, intangibles

   and goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,256

 

 

 

(13,733

)

 

 

(10,477

)

Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(36,693

)

 

 

(20,602

)

 

 

(57,295

)

Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

116,072

 

 

 

3,467

 

 

 

119,539

 

Net proceeds from disposition of real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,326

 

 

 

44,326

 

Increase in restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(545

)

 

 

(1,078

)

 

 

(1,623

)

Purchase of available for sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(31,413

)

 

 

 

 

 

(31,413

)

Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,560

 

Other investing activities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,677

 

 

 

13,508

 

 

 

24,185

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,306

 

 

 

(47,927

)

 

 

(39,621

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of senior term loans

 

 

 

 

 

(23,125

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(23,125

)

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

2,195,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,195,000

 

Repayment of revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

(2,112,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,112,000

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,274

 

 

 

7,274

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(33,516

)

 

 

(33,516

)

Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for sale and

   under development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,110

 

 

 

15,110

 

Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for sale and

   under development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,102

)

 

 

(4,102

)

Shares repurchased for payment of taxes on equity awards

 

 

(27,796

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(27,796

)

Non-controlling interest contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,478

 

 

 

1,478

 

Non-controlling interest distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12,800

)

 

 

(12,800

)

Payment of financing costs

 

 

 

 

 

(5,460

)

 

 

 

 

 

(141

)

 

 

(5,601

)

(Increase) decrease in intercompany receivables, net

 

 

(39,019

)

 

 

(40,954

)

 

 

(50,454

)

 

 

130,427

 

 

 

 

Other financing activities, net

 

 

915

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,173

)

 

 

(503

)

 

 

(761

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(65,900

)

 

 

13,461

 

 

 

(51,627

)

 

 

103,227

 

 

 

(839

)

Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash

   equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(408

)

 

 

(408

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH

   EQUIVALENTS

 

 

 

 

 

4,008

 

 

 

(123,395

)

 

 

25,330

 

 

 

(94,057

)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT BEGINNING OF

   PERIOD

 

 

5

 

 

 

8,479

 

 

 

147,410

 

 

 

384,509

 

 

 

540,403

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT END OF PERIOD

 

$

5

 

 

$

12,487

 

 

$

24,015

 

 

$

409,839

 

 

$

446,346

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW

   INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

 

 

$

115,698

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,574

 

 

$

118,272

 

Income taxes, net

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

123,231

 

 

$

101,898

 

 

$

225,129

 

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CBRE GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

12.15.    Subsequent Event

Events


On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services, our wholly-owned subsidiary,July 29, 2021, we entered into a new Credit Agreement (the 2017 Credit Agreement),share purchase agreement to acquire a 60% ownership interest in Turner & Townsend Holdings Limited ("Turner & Townsend") for approximately $1.3 billion in cash, a portion of which refinancedwill be deferred. We plan to fund the purchase with cash on hand and replaced the 2015 Credit Agreement (see Note 7).

The 2017 Credit Agreement is a senior unsecured credit facility that is jointly and severally guaranteed by us and certain of our subsidiaries. The 2017 Credit Agreement provides for the following credit facilities:

a $750.0 million delayed draw tranche A term loan facility; and

a revolving credit facility, if needed. Turner & Townsend, based in the U.K., is a global professional services company specializing in program management, project management, and cost consulting across the commercial real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of up2021, subject to $2.8 billion (including an allowance for borrowings outsideregulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Due to our majority interest and rights granted through our ownership, we will consolidate Turner & Townsend’s financial results in our Global Workplace Solutions segment upon completion of the U.S.), which includes the capacity to obtain letterstransaction.

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Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and swingline loansAnalysis of Financial Condition and matures on October 31, 2022.

Borrowings under the tranche A term loan facility bear interest, based at our option, on either (1) the applicable fixed rate plus 0.875% to 1.25% or (2) the daily rate plus 0.0% to 0.25%, in each case as determined by reference to our Credit Rating (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement).  Borrowings under the tranche A term loan facility require quarterly payments, which begin on March 5, 2018 and continue through maturity on October 31, 2022, provided that in the event that our leverage ratio (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement) is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 on the last dayResults of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding any such payment date, no such quarterly principal payment shall be required on such date.

The revolving credit facility allows for borrowings outside of the U.S., with a $200.0 million sub-facility available to one of our Canadian subsidiaries, one of our Australian subsidiaries and one of our New Zealand subsidiaries and a $300.0 million sub-facility available to one of our U.K. subsidiaries. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at varying rates, based at our option, on either (1) the applicable fixed rate plus 0.775% to 1.075% or (2) the daily rate plus 0.0% to 0.075%, in each case as determined by reference to our Credit Rating (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement). The 2017 Credit Agreement requires us to pay a fee based on the total amount of the revolving credit facility commitment (whether used or unused) and a ticking fee to the lenders under the tranche A term loan facility (commencing on January 30, 2018 and ending on July 31, 2018 (or such earlier date as the tranche A term loan facility is terminated or drawn in its entirety)).

On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services made an initial borrowing of (1) $200.0 million under the tranche A term loan facility (with the remaining $550.0 million available to be drawn under the tranche A term loan facility on one additional occasion on any date on or prior to July 31, 2018) and (2) $83.0 million under the revolving credit facility. These proceeds, in addition to cash on hand, were used to repay all amounts outstanding under the 2015 Credit Agreement.


Operations

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Quarterly Report) for CBRE Group, Inc. for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 represents an update to the more detailed and comprehensive disclosures included in our Annual Report on Form 10‑K10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.2020 (2020 Annual Report). Accordingly, you should read the following discussion in conjunction with the information included in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 as well as the unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.

In addition, the statements and assumptions in this Quarterly Report that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, including, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects as well as estimates of industry growth for the next quarter and beyond. For important information regarding these forward-looking statements, please see the discussion below under the caption “Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

CBRE Group, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. References to “CBRE,” “the company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to CBRE Group, Inc. and include all of its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise.

We are the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, based on 20162020 revenue, with leading full-service operationsglobal market positions in major metropolitan areas throughout the world. We provide services in the office, retail, industrial, multifamilyleasing, property sales, occupier outsourcing and hotel sectors of commercial real estate.valuation businesses. As of December 31, 2016, we operated in approximately 450 offices worldwide with2020, the company has more than 75,000100,000 employees excluding independent affiliates, providing commercial real estate services under the “CBRE” brand name, investment management services under the “CBRE Global Investors” brand name and development services under the “Trammell Crow Company” brand name. (excluding affiliates) serving clients in more than 100 countries.
Our business is focused on commercial property, corporate facilities, projectproviding services to real estate investors and transaction management, tenant/occupier and property/agency leasing,occupiers. For investors, we provide capital markets solutions (property sales, commercial mortgage brokerage, loan origination, sales and servicing), real estateproperty leasing, investment management, property management, valuation and development services, among others. For occupiers, we provide facilities management, project management, transaction (both property sales and proprietary research.leasing) and consulting services, among others. We provide services under the following brand names: “CBRE” (real estate advisory and outsourcing services); “CBRE Global Investors” (investment management); “Trammell Crow Company” (U.S. development); “Telford Homes” (U.K. development) and “Hana” (flexible-space solutions). In 2020, CBRE sponsored a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., which trades on the NYSE under the symbols “CBAH,” “CBAH.U,” and “CBAH.WS.” On July 13, 2021, CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement with Altus Power, Inc. that is expected to result in Altus Power, Inc. becoming a public company listed on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “AMPS.” The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Our revenue mix has shifted toward more stable revenue sources, particularly occupier outsourcing, and our dependence on highly cyclical property sales and lease transaction revenue has declined markedly over the past decade. We believe we are well-positioned to capture a substantial and growing share of market opportunities at a time when investors and occupiers increasingly prefer to purchase integrated, account-based services on a national and global basis. We generate revenue from both management fees (large multi-year portfolio and per-project contracts) and commissions on transactions.
In 2020, we generated revenue from a highly diversified base of clients, including more than 90 of the Fortune 100 companies. We have been includedan S&P 500 company since 2006 and in the Fortune 500 since 2008 (ranking #214 in 2017) and among the Fortune Most Admired Companies in the real estate sector for five consecutive years, including 2017.  Additionally, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has ranked us among the top few outsourcing service providers across all industries for six consecutive years, including 2017. In 2016,2021 we were ranked by Forbes asto #122 on the 15th best employer in America, and we were one of two companies to be rankedFortune 500. We have been voted the most recognized commercial real estate brand in the top 12Lipsey Company survey for 20 years in a row (including 2021). We have also been rated a World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute for eight consecutive years (including 2021), and are included in both the Dow Jones World Sustainability Index and the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for two years in a row.
The Covid-19 pandemic has primarily impacted the property sales and leasing lines of business in the Barron’s 500Advisory Services segment. Many property owners and occupiers put transactions on hold and withdrew existing mandates, sharply reducing sales and leasing volumes. The effects of Covid-19 have eased in eachparts of 2014, 2015the world where progress has been made with vaccine distribution and 2016.   

global economic conditions have improved. Nevertheless Covid-19 continues to pose public health challenges that impact our operations, particularly as new strains emerge and spread and vaccine administration is slow in parts of the world. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, the majority of workers remain out of their offices and occupier confidence in making long-term office leasing decisions has not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, which require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and on other factors that we believe to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from those estimates. CriticalWe believe that the following critical accounting policies represent the areas where more significant judgments and estimates are used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. A discussion of such critical accounting policies, which include revenue recognition, goodwill and other intangible assets, and income taxes can be found in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.. There have been no material changes to these policies as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2021.

New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.


Seasonality

A

In a typical year, a significant portion of our revenue is seasonal, which an investor should keep in mind when comparing our financial condition and results of operations on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Historically, our revenue, operating income, net income and cash flow from operating activities tendhave tended to be lowest in the first quarter and highest in the fourth quarter of each year. Revenue, earnings and cash flow have generally been concentrated in the fourth calendar quarter due to the focus on completing sales, financing and leasing transactions prior to year-end.

The severe and ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic may cause seasonality to deviate from historical patterns.

Inflation

Our commissions and other variable costs related to revenue are primarily affected by commercial real estate market supply and demand, which may be affected by inflation. However, to date, we do not believe that general inflation has not had a material impact upon our operations.

Items Affecting Comparability

When you read our financial statements and the information included in this Quarterly Report, you should consider that we have experienced, and continue to experience, several material trends and uncertainties (particularly those caused or exacerbated by Covid-19) that have affected our financial condition and results of operations that make it challenging to predict our future performance based on our historical results. We believe that the following material trends and uncertainties are crucial to an understanding of the variability in our historical earnings and cash flows and the potential for continued variability in the future.

Macroeconomic Conditions

Economic trends and government policies affect global and regional commercial real estate markets as well as our operations directly. These include:include overall economic activity and employment growth; interest rate levelsgrowth, particularly office-based employment; current and changes in interest rates;rate levels; the cost and availability of credit; and the impact of tax and regulatory policies. Periods of economic weakness or recession, significantly rising interest rates, fiscal uncertainty, declining employment levels, decreasing demand for commercial real estate, falling real estate values, disruption to the global capital or credit markets, or the public perception that any of these events may occur, will negatively affect the performance of certain portions of our business.

business, with the greatest impact likely on some business lines within our Advisory segment.


Compensation is our largest expense and our sales and leasing professionals generally are paid on a commission and/or bonus basis that correlates with their revenue production. As a result, the negative effecteffects on our Advisory segment operating margins of difficult market conditions, on our operating margins issuch as current conditions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, are partially mitigated by the inherent variability of our compensation cost structure. In addition, when negative economic conditions have been particularly severe, like during the Covid-19 pandemic, we have moved decisively to lower operating expenses to improve financial performance, and then have restoredwill restore certain expenses as economic conditions improved.improve.

Additionally, our revenue has become more resilient, primarily as a result of the growth of our outsourcing business, which is largely contractual, and we believe this resilient revenue should help to offset the negative impacts that macroeconomic deterioration could have on other parts of our business. Nevertheless, adverse global and regional economic trends could pose significant risks to the performance of our consolidated operations and our financial condition.

Commercial real estate markets, most particularly in the United States, have generally been marked by increased demand for space, falling vacancies and higher rents since 2010.  During this time, healthy U.S. property sales activity has been sustained by gradually improving market fundamentals, including low-cost credit availability and increased acceptance

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In Asia Pacific, real estate leasing and investment market activity has strengthened broadly since late 2016.  Even as activity within the region has picked up, Asia Pacific investors remain a significant source of capital investing in real estate in other parts of the world.

Real estate investment management and property development markets have been generally favorable with abundant debt and equity capital flows into commercial real estate.  Real estate equity securities have been pressured by a shift in investor preferences from active to passive portfolio strategies and concerns about potentially higher interest rates.

The performance of our global real estate services and real estate investment businesses depends on sustained economic growth and job creation; stable, healthy global credit markets; and continued positive business and investor sentiment.

Effects of Acquisitions

We have historically have made significant use of strategic acquisitions to add newand enhance service competencies, to increase our scale within existing competencies and to expand our presence in various geographic regionscapabilities around the world. On September 1, 2015, CBRE, Inc.During the first half of 2021, we completed our integration of Hana with Industrious National Management Company LLC (Industrious), increasing our wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuantstake to 40% as of June 30, 2021. In October 2019, we acquired Telford Homes Plc (Telford), a Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI), acquired JCI’s Global Workplace Solutions (JCI-GWS) business (which we refer to asleading developer of multifamily residential properties in the GWS Acquisition).  The acquired JCI-GWS business was a market-leading provider of integrated facilities management solutions for major occupiers of commercialLondon area. Telford, which is reported in our Real Estate Investments segment, expanded our real estate and had significant operations arounddevelopment business outside the world.  The purchase price was $1.475 billion, paid in cash, plus adjustments totaling $46.5 millionU.S. for working capital and other items.  We completed the GWS Acquisition in order to advance our strategy of delivering globally integrated services to major occupiers in our Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific segments.  We merged the acquired JCI-GWS business with our existing occupier outsourcing business line, and the new combined business adopted the “Global Workplace Solutions” name.

first time.


Strategic in-fill acquisitions have also played a key role in expanding our geographic coverage and broadening and strengthening our service offerings. The companies we acquired have generally been regional or specialty firms that complement our existing platform, or independent affiliates, in which, in some cases, we held a small equity interest. During 2016,2020, we acquired our independent affiliatecompleted six in-fill acquisitions: leading local facilities management firms in Norway,Spain and Italy, a London-based retail property advisorU.S. firm that helps companies reduce telecommunications costs, a technology-focused project management firm based in Florida, a firm specializing in the luxury goods retail sectorperforming real estate valuations in South Korea, and a leading providerfacilities management and technical maintenance firm in Australia. In the first half of retail2021, we completed four in-fill acquisitions: a construction management and project management, shopping center development and tenant coordination services in the United States.  We also made an equity investment in a propertyadvisory services firm based in Malaysia, acquiringLos Angeles; a 49% interest.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we acquired a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that produces scalable interactive visualization technologies for commercial real estate, a technology company that provides mobiletechnical facilities services firm based in Denmark; an infrastructure and SaaS technology solutions for facilities management operations, a healthcare-focused project managerdevelopment services firm based in Australia, a full-service brokerage and management boutique in South Florida, a technology-enabled national boutique commercial real estate finance and consulting firm in the United States, a retail consultancy in France and a majority interestgaming sector advisory firm based in a Toronto-based investment management business specializing in private infrastructure and private equity investments.  In addition, in October 2017, we acquired a San Francisco-based technology-focused boutique real estate brokerage firm and a project management and design engineering firm operating across the United States.

Las Vegas.


We believe that strategic acquisitions can significantly decrease the cost, time and commitment of management resources necessary to attain a meaningful competitive position – or expand our capabilities – within targeted markets or to expand our presence within our current markets.business lines. In general, however, most acquisitions will initially have an adverse impact on our operating income and net income as a result of transaction-related expenditures.  These includeexpenditures, including severance, lease termination, transaction and deferred financing costs, among others,as well as costs and the charges and costs ofassociated with integrating the acquired business and integrating its financial and accounting systems into our own.

Our acquisition structures often include deferred and/or contingent purchase price paymentsconsideration in future periods that are subject to the passage of time or achievement of certain performance metrics and other conditions. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we have accrued deferred purchase consideration totaling $73.2$125.6 million, which is included in accounts“Accounts payable and accrued expensesexpenses” and in other“Other long-term liabilitiesliabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.


International Operations

We are monitoring the economicconduct a significant portion of our business and political developments related to the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union and the potential impact on our businesses in the United Kingdom and the restemploy a substantial number of Europe, including, in particular, sales and leasing activity in the United Kingdom, as well as any associated currency volatility impact on our results of operations.

As we continue to increase our international operations through either acquisitions or organic growth, fluctuations in the valuepeople outside of the U.S. dollar relativeand, as a result, we are subject to the other currencies in which we may generate earnings could adversely affect ourrisks associated with doing business financial condition and operating results.globally. Our Global Investment Management businessReal Estate Investments segment has a significant amount of euro-denominated assets under management, or AUM, as well as associated revenue and earnings in Europe. In addition, our Global Workplace Solutions businesssegment also has aderives significant amount of its revenue and earnings denominated in foreign currencies, such asincluding the euro and the British pound sterling, which has significantly declined in value as compared to the U.S. dollar and other currencies as a result of the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union.sterling. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have resulted and may continue to result in corresponding fluctuations in our AUM, revenue and earnings.


We are closely monitoring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business conditions across all regions worldwide. Covid-19 has significantly impacted our operations and has the potential to further constrain our business activity, although its effects have eased in part of the world where vaccines have been administered and economic activity has recovered.

Our businesses could also suffer from political or economic disruptions (or the perception that such disruptions may occur) that affect interest rates or liquidity or create financial, market or regulatory uncertainty in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Any currency volatility associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical or economic dislocations could impact our results of operations.
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During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, approximately 47%44.8% of our businessrevenue was transacted in non-U.S. dollar currencies, the majority of which included the Australian dollar, Brazilian real, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Chinese yuan, Danish krone, euro, Hong Kong dollar, Indian rupee, Japanese yen, Mexican peso, Polish zloty, Singapore dollar, Swedish krona, Swiss franc and Thai baht.foreign currencies. The following table sets forth our revenue derived from our most significant currencies (U.S. dollars(dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
United States dollar$3,563,704 55.2 %$3,089,794 57.4 %$6,912,563 55.8 %$6,470,357 57.4 %
British pound sterling832,938 12.9 %677,880 12.6 %1,609,981 13.0 %1,451,895 12.9 %
euro719,160 11.1 %573,761 10.7 %1,348,785 10.9 %1,190,729 10.6 %
Canadian dollar259,012 4.0 %170,896 3.2 %498,722 4.0 %364,131 3.2 %
Australian dollar161,240 2.5 %93,923 1.7 %271,293 2.2 %188,064 1.7 %
Chinese yuan112,372 1.7 %90,375 1.7 %210,586 1.7 %165,831 1.5 %
Indian rupee102,210 1.6 %110,598 2.1 %209,519 1.7 %246,124 2.2 %
Swiss franc98,172 1.5 %78,411 1.5 %189,988 1.5 %154,088 1.4 %
Japanese yen90,775 1.4 %63,911 1.2 %168,109 1.4 %162,293 1.4 %
Singapore dollar74,776 1.2 %62,501 1.1 %141,649 1.1 %130,405 1.1 %
Other currencies (1)
444,254 6.9 %369,334 6.8 %836,297 6.7 %746,635 6.6 %
Total revenue$6,458,613 100.0 %$5,381,384 100.0 %$12,397,492 100.0 %$11,270,552 100.0 %

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

United States dollar

 

$

1,831,597

 

 

 

51.6

%

 

$

1,687,692

 

 

 

52.8

%

 

$

5,212,192

 

 

 

52.8

%

 

$

4,927,214

 

 

 

53.3

%

British pound sterling

 

 

528,462

 

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

486,195

 

 

 

15.2

%

 

 

1,447,535

 

 

 

14.7

%

 

 

1,453,854

 

 

 

15.7

%

euro

 

 

414,918

 

 

 

11.7

%

 

 

377,930

 

 

 

11.8

%

 

 

1,136,860

 

 

 

11.5

%

 

 

1,073,762

 

 

 

11.6

%

Australian dollar

 

 

104,704

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

91,138

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

281,368

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

250,323

 

 

 

2.7

%

Canadian dollar

 

 

100,844

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

80,822

 

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

253,813

 

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

220,833

 

 

 

2.4

%

Indian rupee

 

 

78,281

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

61,001

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

226,669

 

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

171,475

 

 

 

1.9

%

Chinese yuan

 

 

61,761

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

49,945

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

164,320

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

146,898

 

 

 

1.6

%

Japanese yen

 

 

59,365

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

51,641

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

153,731

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

140,412

 

 

 

1.5

%

Singapore dollar

 

 

53,787

 

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

44,266

 

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

162,600

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

122,422

 

 

 

1.3

%

Swiss franc

 

 

36,421

 

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

39,195

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

104,592

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

102,383

 

 

 

1.1

%

Hong Kong dollar

 

 

33,339

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

24,656

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

85,266

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

71,186

 

 

 

0.8

%

Brazilian real

 

 

32,067

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

23,580

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

70,215

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

54,536

 

 

 

0.6

%

Mexican peso

 

 

29,153

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

21,228

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

75,562

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

58,815

 

 

 

0.6

%

Polish zloty

 

 

19,227

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

15,861

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

43,995

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

46,203

 

 

 

0.5

%

Danish krone

 

 

18,531

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

18,061

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

53,435

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

48,501

 

 

 

0.5

%

Thai baht

 

 

14,568

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

9,612

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

36,738

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

28,164

 

 

 

0.3

%

Swedish krona

 

 

13,056

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

12,905

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

41,123

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

41,234

 

 

 

0.4

%

Other currencies

 

 

119,896

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

97,759

 

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

323,382

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

289,543

 

 

 

3.2

%

Total revenue

 

$

3,549,977

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

3,193,487

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

9,873,396

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

9,247,758

 

 

 

100.0

%

(1)Approximately 37 currencies comprise 6.9% and 6.7% of our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and approximately 37 currencies comprise 6.8% and 6.6% of our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

Although we operate globally, we report our results in U.S. dollars. As a result, the strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar may positively or negatively impact our reported results. For example, we estimate that had the British pound sterling-to-U.S. dollar exchange rates been 10% higher during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the net impact would have been an increase in pre-tax income of $2.3$6.5 million. Had the euro-to-U.S. dollar exchange rates been 10% higher during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the net impact would have been an increase in pre-tax income of $7.6$14.0 million. These hypothetical calculations estimate the impact of translating results into U.S. dollars and do not include an estimate of the impact that a 10% change in the U.S. dollar against other currencies would have had on our foreign operations.


For the past several years, we have entered into derivative financial instruments to attempt to protect the value or fix the amount of certain obligations in terms of our reporting currency, the U.S. dollar.  As of September 30, 2017, we had no foreign currency exchange forward contracts outstanding as we made the decision to let our program expire at the end of 2016.  Included in the consolidated statement of operations set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report were net gains of $0.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively, from foreign currency exchange forward contracts, which hedged foreign currency denominated EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. We do not intend to hedge our foreign currency denominated EBITDA in 2017.

Due to the constantly changing currency exposures to which we are subject and the volatility of currency exchange rates, we cannot predict the effect of exchange rate fluctuations upon future operating results. In addition, fluctuations in currencies relative to the U.S. dollar may make it more difficult to perform period-to-period comparisons of our reported results of operations. Our international operations also are subject to, among other things, political instability and changing regulatory environments, which affectsaffect the currency markets and which as a result may adversely affect our future financial condition and results of operations. We routinely monitor these risks and related costs and evaluate the appropriate amount of oversight to allocate towards business activities in foreign countries where such risks and costs are particularly significant.


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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth items derived from our consolidated statements of operations for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and 20162020 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee revenue (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupier outsourcing

 

$

628,348

 

 

 

17.7

%

 

$

553,197

 

 

 

17.3

%

 

$

1,794,046

 

 

 

18.2

%

 

$

1,664,687

 

 

 

18.0

%

Property management

 

 

137,618

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

123,501

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

393,714

 

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

370,158

 

 

 

4.0

%

Valuation

 

 

126,986

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

120,356

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

373,209

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

355,139

 

 

 

3.8

%

Loan servicing (2)

 

 

38,347

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

30,866

 

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

114,618

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

89,834

 

 

 

1.0

%

Investment management

 

 

92,122

 

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

91,807

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

274,451

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

277,924

 

 

 

3.0

%

Leasing

 

 

700,330

 

 

 

19.7

%

 

 

619,709

 

 

 

19.4

%

 

 

1,856,436

 

 

 

18.8

%

 

 

1,771,810

 

 

 

19.2

%

Capital Markets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

455,022

 

 

 

12.8

%

 

 

415,593

 

 

 

13.0

%

 

 

1,233,959

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

 

1,134,969

 

 

 

12.3

%

Commercial mortgage

   origination (2)

 

 

108,408

 

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

123,096

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

297,643

 

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

303,006

 

 

 

3.3

%

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development services

 

 

11,263

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

13,010

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

35,545

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

42,313

 

 

 

0.5

%

Other

 

 

22,890

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

22,771

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

61,142

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

60,690

 

 

 

0.5

%

Total fee revenue

 

 

2,321,334

 

 

 

65.4

%

 

 

2,113,906

 

 

 

66.2

%

 

 

6,434,763

 

 

 

65.2

%

 

 

6,070,530

 

 

 

65.6

%

Pass through costs also recognized

   as revenue

 

 

1,228,643

 

 

 

34.6

%

 

 

1,079,581

 

 

 

33.8

%

 

 

3,438,633

 

 

 

34.8

%

 

 

3,177,228

 

 

 

34.4

%

Total revenue

 

 

3,549,977

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

3,193,487

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

9,873,396

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

9,247,758

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

2,513,377

 

 

 

70.8

%

 

 

2,252,783

 

 

 

70.5

%

 

 

6,919,018

 

 

 

70.1

%

 

 

6,520,629

 

 

 

70.5

%

Operating, administrative

   and other

��

 

704,898

 

 

 

19.9

%

 

 

686,530

 

 

 

21.5

%

 

 

2,023,503

 

 

 

20.5

%

 

 

2,010,338

 

 

 

21.7

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

102,591

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

92,725

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

297,014

 

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

269,987

 

 

 

3.0

%

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,320,866

 

 

 

93.5

%

 

 

3,032,038

 

 

 

94.9

%

 

 

9,239,535

 

 

 

93.6

%

 

 

8,800,954

 

 

 

95.2

%

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

6,180

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

11,043

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

18,863

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

15,862

 

 

 

0.2

%

Operating income

 

 

235,291

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

172,492

 

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

652,724

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

462,666

 

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

67,834

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

24,672

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

158,236

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

116,902

 

 

 

1.3

%

Other income

 

 

1,768

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

1,356

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

9,069

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

8,453

 

 

 

0.1

%

Interest income

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

1,020

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

6,967

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

5,545

 

 

 

0.1

%

Interest expense

 

 

34,483

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

37,273

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

103,923

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

109,050

 

 

 

1.3

%

Income before provision for

   income taxes

 

 

273,539

 

 

 

7.7

%

 

 

162,267

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

723,073

 

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

484,516

 

 

 

5.2

%

Provision for income taxes

 

 

76,178

 

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

51,414

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

195,813

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

165,578

 

 

 

1.8

%

Net income

 

 

197,361

 

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

110,853

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

527,260

 

 

 

5.3

%

 

 

318,938

 

 

 

3.4

%

Less:  Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

1,044

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

6,690

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

10,940

 

 

 

0.1

%

Net income attributable to CBRE

   Group, Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

 

5.5

%

 

$

104,163

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

$

523,079

 

 

 

5.3

%

 

$

307,998

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA

 

$

406,440

 

 

 

11.4

%

 

$

284,555

 

 

 

8.9

%

 

$

1,112,862

 

 

 

11.3

%

 

$

847,068

 

 

 

9.2

%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

411,574

 

 

 

11.6

%

 

$

349,384

 

 

 

10.9

%

 

$

1,127,331

 

 

 

11.4

%

 

$

992,518

 

 

 

10.7

%

(1)

Certain adjustments have been made to 2016 fee revenue to conform with current-year presentation.

(2)

Prior disclosure of fee
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021
2020 (1)
2021
2020 (1)
Revenue:
Net revenue:
Facilities management$1,199,657 18.6 %$1,087,657 20.2 %$2,356,146 19.0 %$2,201,715 19.5 %
Property management421,378 6.5 %395,789 7.4 %829,947 6.7 %795,141 7.1 %
Project management338,011 5.2 %293,386 5.5 %646,128 5.2 %625,048 5.5 %
Valuation181,226 2.8 %131,837 2.4 %340,816 2.7 %279,575 2.5 %
Loan servicing65,894 1.0 %57,050 1.1 %134,736 1.1 %113,730 1.0 %
Advisory leasing692,908 10.7 %521,778 9.7 %1,213,124 9.8 %1,146,806 10.2 %
Capital markets:
Advisory sales611,834 9.5 %243,007 4.5 %1,004,146 8.1 %674,676 6.0 %
Commercial mortgage origination161,879 2.5 %100,450 1.9 %301,743 2.4 %223,541 2.0 %
Investment management139,271 2.2 %103,132 1.9 %271,342 2.2 %224,809 2.0 %
Development services104,092 1.7 %58,478 1.0 %183,151 1.5 %148,272 1.3 %
Corporate, other and eliminations(4,457)(0.1)%(4,892)(0.1)%(10,602)(0.1)%(14,410)(0.1)%
Total net revenue3,911,693 60.6 %2,987,672 55.5 %7,270,677 58.6 %6,418,903 57.0 %
Pass through costs also recognized as revenue2,546,920 39.4 %2,393,712 44.5 %5,126,815 41.4 %4,851,649 43.0 %
Total revenue6,458,613 100.0 %5,381,384 100.0 %12,397,492 100.0 %11,270,552 100.0 %
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue5,016,759 77.7 %4,399,537 81.8 %9,736,305 78.5 %9,112,211 80.8 %
Operating, administrative and other957,216 14.8 %770,806 14.3 %1,785,543 14.4 %1,560,872 13.8 %
Depreciation and amortization119,085 1.8 %116,384 2.1 %241,163 2.0 %230,178 2.1 %
Asset impairments— 0.0 %— 0.0 %— 0.0 %75,171 0.7 %
Total costs and expenses6,093,060 94.3 %5,286,727 98.2 %11,763,011 94.9 %10,978,432 97.4 %
Gain (loss) on disposition of real estate929 0.0 %(492)(0.1)%1,085 0.0 %22,335 0.2 %
Operating income366,482 5.7 %94,165 1.7 %635,566 5.1 %314,455 2.8 %
Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries212,132 3.3 %19,480 0.4 %295,726 2.4 %40,111 0.4 %
Other income12,045 0.2 %5,220 0.1 %14,777 0.1 %5,027 0.0 %
Interest expense, net of interest income13,772 0.3 %17,950 0.3 %23,878 0.2 %33,966 0.3 %
Income before provision for income taxes576,887 8.9 %100,915 1.9 %922,191 7.4 %325,627 2.9 %
Provision for income taxes133,445 2.0 %18,803 0.4 %209,772 1.7 %69,985 0.6 %
Net income443,442 6.9 %82,112 1.5 %712,419 5.7 %255,642 2.3 %
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests805 0.0 %215 0.0 %3,580 0.0 %1,550 0.0 %
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$442,637 6.9 %$81,897 1.5 %$708,839 5.7 %$254,092 2.3 %
Adjusted EBITDA$718,371 11.1 %$267,304 5.0 %$1,209,515 9.8 %$697,655 6.2 %
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(1)See discussion in segment operations for organization changes effective January 1, 2021. Prior period results have been recast to conform with these changes.
Net revenue included loan servicing and commercial mortgage origination in one line item entitled “Commercial mortgage services”.  Beginning in Q3 2017, we began to disclose recurring revenue from our loan servicing portfolio and revenue from commercial mortgage origination on separate lines.


Fee revenue, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not recognized measurements under GAAP. When analyzing our operating performance, investors should use these measures in addition to, and not as an alternative for, their most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We generally use these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate operating performance and for other discretionary purposes. We believe these measures provide a more complete understanding of ongoing operations, enhance comparability of current results to prior periods and may be useful for investors to analyze our financial performance because they eliminate the impact of selected charges that may obscure trends in the underlying performance of our business. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of feenet revenue EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

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Net revenue is gross revenue less both client reimbursed costs largely associated with employees that are dedicated to client facilities and subcontracted vendor work performed for clients.  We believe that investors may find this measure usefulclients and generally has no margin. Prior to 2021, the company utilized fee revenue to analyze the company’s overall financial performance because it excludesperformance. This metric excluded additional reimbursed costs, reimbursable byprimarily related to employees dedicated to clients, andsome of which included minimal margin.
We use adjusted EBITDA as such provides greater visibility into the underlying performancean indicator of our business.

EBITDAconsolidated financial performance. It represents earnings before net interest expense, write-off of financing costs on extinguished debt, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.  Amounts shown for adjusted EBITDA further remove (from EBITDA) the impact of certain cash and non-cash chargesamortization, asset impairments, adjustments related to acquisitions, cost-elimination expenses and certain carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue.revenue, fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in the period, costs incurred related to legal entity restructuring, costs associated with workforce optimization efforts and integration and other costs related to acquisitions. We believe that investors may find these measures useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because their calculations generally eliminate the effects of acquisitions, which would include impairment charges of goodwill and intangibles created from acquisitions, the effects of financings and income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA areis not intended to be measuresa measure of free cash flow for our discretionary use because they doit does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments. These measuresThis measure may also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our credit facilities and debt instruments, which amounts are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges and are used by us to determine compliance with financial covenants therein and our ability to engage in certain activities, such as incurring additional debt and making certain restricted payments.debt. We also use adjusted EBITDA as a significant component when measuring our operating performance under our employee incentive compensation programs.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA areis calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc.$442,637 $81,897 $708,839 $254,092 
Add:
Depreciation and amortization119,085 116,384 241,163 230,178 
Asset impairments— — — 75,171 
Interest expense, net of interest income13,772 17,950 23,878 33,966 
Provision for income taxes133,445 18,803 209,772 69,985 
Carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue1,672 (7,500)17,004 (15,284)
Impact of fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in the period(374)1,247 725 7,000 
Costs incurred related to legal entity restructuring— 693 — 3,934 
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions8,134 236 8,134 1,019 
Costs associated with workforce optimization efforts (1)
— 37,594 — 37,594 
Adjusted EBITDA$718,371 $267,304 $1,209,515 $697,655 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net income attributable to CBRE

   Group, Inc.

 

$

196,317

 

 

$

104,163

 

 

$

523,079

 

 

$

307,998

 

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

102,591

 

 

 

92,725

 

 

 

297,014

 

 

 

269,987

 

Interest expense

 

 

34,483

 

 

 

37,273

 

 

 

103,923

 

 

 

109,050

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

76,178

 

 

 

51,414

 

 

 

195,813

 

 

 

165,578

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

1,020

 

 

 

6,967

 

 

 

5,545

 

EBITDA

 

 

406,440

 

 

 

284,555

 

 

 

1,112,862

 

 

 

847,068

 

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost-elimination expenses (1)

 

 

 

 

 

38,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,456

 

Integration and other costs related

   to acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

28,596

 

 

 

27,351

 

 

 

73,520

 

Carried interest incentive

   compensation expense (reversal)

   to align with the timing of

   associated revenue

 

 

5,134

 

 

 

(2,644

)

 

 

(12,882

)

 

 

(6,526

)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

411,574

 

 

$

349,384

 

 

$

1,127,331

 

 

$

992,518

 

(1)

Represents cost-elimination expenses relating to a program initiated in the fourth quarter of 2015 and completed in the third quarter of 2016 (our cost-elimination project) to reduce the company’s global cost

(1)Primarily represents costs incurred related to workforce optimization initiated and executed in the second quarter of 2020 as part of management’s cost containment efforts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges are cash expenditures primarily for severance costs incurred related to this effort. of the total costs, $7.4 million was included within the “Cost of revenue” line item and $30.2 million was included in the “Operating, administrative and other” line item in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

structure after several years of significant revenue and related cost growth. Cost-elimination expenses incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 consisted of $36.7 million and $73.6 million, respectively, of severance costs related to headcount reductions in connection with the program and $2.2 million and $4.9 million, respectively, of third-party contract termination costs.

Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 Compared to the Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016

2020

We reported consolidated net income of $196.3$442.6 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 on revenue of $3.5$6.5 billion as compared to consolidated net income of $104.2$81.9 million on revenue of $3.2$5.4 billion for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.

2020.

Our revenue on a consolidated basis for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 increased by $356.5 million,$1.1 billion, or 11.2%20.0%, as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. The revenue increase reflects strong organic growth fueledacross the three business segments; increases in revenue in our Global Workplace Solutions segment due to growth in our facilities management and project management business, increases in our Advisory Services segment with notable growth in sales commission supported by higher occupier outsourcinga moderate growth in other advisory services such as lease revenue, (up 13.5%) and property management revenue (up 7.8%), increased leasing activity (up 12.4%) and sales activity (up 8.6%) as well as higher loan servicing revenue (up 24.3%).valuation services, and increases in asset management fees and development and construction revenue. Foreign currency translation had a $26.3 million4.6% positive impact
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on total revenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, primarily driven by strength in the euro.  These increases wereCanadian dollar, British pound sterling and euro, partially offset by lower revenue from commercial mortgage origination (down 12.0%).

weakness in the Argentine peso, and Japanese Yen.

Our cost of servicesrevenue on a consolidated basis increased by $260.6$617.2 million, or 11.6%14.0%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016.2020. This increase was primarily due to higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcingGlobal Workplace Solutions segment due to growth in our facilities management and project management business and higher professional bonuses (particularlycommission expense associated with our Advisory Services segment due to growth in the United Statesour sales and United Kingdom) resulting from improved operating performance.leasing business. In addition, our sales professionals generally are paid on a commission basis, which substantially correlates with our transaction revenue performance.  Accordingly, the increase in sales and lease transaction revenue led to a corresponding increase in commission expense.  Foreignforeign currency translation also had an $18.5 milliona 4.2% negative impact on total cost of servicesrevenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.  These items were partially offset by the impact of $14.7 million of costs incurred in the prior-year quarter in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.2021. Cost of servicesrevenue as a percentage of revenue was consistent at 70.5%decreased to 77.7% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 and 70.8%2021 from 81.8% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2020, primarily driven by the Advisory Services segment where revenue growth has outpaced fixed cost growth.

Our operating, administrative and other expenses on a consolidated basis increased by $18.4$186.4 million, or 2.7%24.2%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in overall bonus accrual, other incentive compensation, and stock compensation expense tied to significant growth in performance this quarter as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.  The increase was mostly driven2020 when the operating results were impacted by higher payroll-related costs (including an increase in bonus and stock compensation expense driven by improved operating performance) and an increase in net carried interest expense incurred in the current year.pandemic. Foreign currency alsotranslation had a net $3.6 million4.5% negative impact on total operating, administrative and other expenses during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, including a $5.7 million negative impact from foreign currency translation, partially offset by $2.1 million of favorable foreign currency transaction activity over the same period in the prior year (part of which related to hedging activity in the prior year, which did not recur in the current year given that we discontinued our hedging program at the end of 2016).  These items were partially offset by the impact of costs incurred in the third quarter of 2016 which did not recur in the current-year quarter, including $28.3 million of integration and other costs associated with the GWS Acquisition and $24.2 million in connection with our cost-elimination project.  Such costs were the primary driver of operating2021. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreasing from 21.5%increased slightly to 14.8% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 to 19.9%2021 from 14.3% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2020.

Our depreciation and amortization expense on a consolidated basis increased by $9.9$2.7 million, or 10.6%2.3%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016.2020. This increase was primarily attributable to higher amortization expense associated with mortgage servicing rights.  A rise in depreciation expense
Our gain on disposition of $4.3real estate on a consolidated basis was $0.9 million duringfor the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 driven by technology-related capital expenditures also contributed to2021, which was an increase over the increase.

prior year period. These gains resulted from property sales within our Real Estate Investments segment.

Our equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis increased by $43.2$192.7 million, or 174.9%989.0%, forduring the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016,2020, primarily driven by higher equity earnings associated with gains on property sales reported in our Development ServicesReal Estate Investments segment and higher equity pick up associated with certain equity investments reported in our Corporate and other segment.


Our consolidated interest expense, net of interest income, decreased by $2.8$4.2 million, or 7.5%23.3%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.  same period in 2020. This decrease was primarily driven by lowerdue to interest expense due to lower net borrowings under our revolving credit facilityassociated with the 5.25% senior note which was fully paid off in December 2020, and a decreaseoffset by interest expense associated with the 2.500% senior note issued in notes payable on real estate during the third quarterfirst half of 2017.

2021.

Our provision for income taxes on a consolidated basis was $76.2$133.4 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to $51.4$18.8 million for the same period in 2016.  Our effective2020. The increase in tax rate, after adjusting pre-tax income to remove the portion attributable to non-controlling interests, decreased to 28.0%expense for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 compared2021 of $114.6 million was primarily related to 33.0%the corresponding increase in our consolidated pre-tax book income. Our effective tax rate increased to 23.1% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016. We benefited2021 from 18.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2020 primarily resulted from a morepercentage decrease of favorable geographic mix of income, a re-measurement of incomepermanent book tax exposures relating to prior periodsdifferences and excess tax benefits on share-based awards.  A more favorable geographic mix of income contributed to the decreasecredits in effective tax rate as greater income was generated from lower taxed jurisdictions.  The tax rate can vary from quarter to quarter due to the timing of discrete items, such as the settlement of income tax audits and changes in tax laws.

Nine2021.

Six Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 Compared to the NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016

2020

We reported consolidated net income of $523.1$708.8 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 on revenue of $9.9$12.4 billion as compared to consolidated net income of $308.0$254.1 million on revenue of $9.2$11.3 billion for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.

2020.

Our revenue on a consolidated basis for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 increased by $625.6 million,$1.1 billion, or 6.8%10.0%, as compared to the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. The revenue increase reflects strong organichigher revenue in our Global Workplace Solutions segment (up 5.9%) led by growth fueledin our facilities management line of business, driven by its contractual nature, an increase in higher revenue in our Advisory Services segment led primarily by higher occupier outsourcingsales (increase of 48.8% as compared to the same period in 2020) with an overall increase in its other advisory services, and improved revenue in our Real Estate Investments segment (up 10.3%21.8%) largely due to an increase in sales in our development services line of business and propertyinvestment management revenue (up 7.8%), and increased sales activity (up 9.3%) and leasing activity (up 5.0%) as well as higher loan servicing revenue (up 28.4%).  These increases were partially offset by foreignfees related to growth in AUM. Foreign currency translation which had a $125.9 million negative3.3% positive impact on total revenue during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, primarily driven by strength in the Australian dollar, British pound sterling and euro, partially offset by weakness in the British pound sterling.

Argentine peso and Brazilian real.

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Our cost of servicesrevenue on a consolidated basis increased by $398.4$624.1 million, or 6.1%6.8%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016.2020. This increase was primarily due to higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcingGlobal Workplace Solutions segment due to growth in our facilities management and project management business as well asand higher professional bonuses (particularlycosts associated with our Advisory Services segment due to growth in the United Kingdom) resulting from improved operating performance.  As previously mentioned, our sales professionals generally are paid on a commission basis, which substantially correlates with our transaction revenue performance.  Accordingly, the increase in sales and lease transaction revenue led to a corresponding increase in commission expense.  These increases were partially offset by foreignleasing business. Foreign currency translation which had a $99.2 million positive3.1% negative impact on total cost of servicesrevenue during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.  In addition, we incurred $37.1 million2021. Cost of costs in the prior-year period in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.  The absence of such costs was the primary driver of cost of servicesrevenue as a percentage of revenue decreasing from 70.5%decreased to 78.5% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 to 70.1%2021 from 80.8% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017. Higher transaction2020. This was primarily due to Advisory Services segment where revenue growth has outpaced increase in certain countries that have a fixed compensation structure also contributed to the decrease in cost of services as a percentage of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

costs.

Our operating, administrative and other expenses on a consolidated basis increased by $13.2$224.7 million, or 0.7%14.4%, duringfor the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016.2020. The increase was mostly driven by higher payroll-related costs (includingprimarily due to an increase in overall bonus accrual, other incentive compensation, and stock compensation expense driven by improved operating performance).  This increase was partially offset by a decrease of $46.6 milliontied to significant improvement in integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition incurredbusiness performance during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as well as the impact of $41.4 million of costs incurred during the ninecompared to six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 as part of our cost-elimination project, which did not recur in the current year.2020. Foreign currency translation also had a $21.4 million positive3.5% negative impact on total operating expenses during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, including a $20.9 million positive impact from foreign currency translation and $0.5 million of favorable foreign currency transaction activity over the same period in the prior year (part of which related to net hedging activity in the prior year, which did not recur in the current year given that we discontinued our hedging program at the end of 2016).2021. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased from 21.7%increased to 14.4% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 to 20.5%2021 from 13.8% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, primarily due to increased performance driven incentive expense partially offset by the aforementioned declinea decrease in integrationdiscretionary expense such as travel and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition as well as the costs associated with our cost-elimination project in 2016.

marketing.

Our depreciation and amortization expense on a consolidated basis increased by $27.0$11.0 million, or 10.0%4.8%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016.2020. This increase was primarily attributable to highera rise in amortization expense associated withrelated to higher mortgage servicing rights. A rise in depreciation expense of $9.0 millionrights and loan payoffs.

We did not incur any asset impairments during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021. Our asset impairments on a consolidated basis totaled $75.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and consisted of a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $25.0 million in our Real Estate Investments segment and $50.2 million of non-cash asset impairment charges in our Global Workplace Solutions segment. During 2020, we deemed there to be triggering events in the first quarter of 2020 that required testing of certain assets for impairment at that time. Based on these tests, we recorded the aforementioned non-cash impairment charges, which were driven by technology-related capital expenditures also contributedlower anticipated cash flows in certain businesses directly resulting from a downturn in forecasts as well as increased forecast risk due to Covid-19.
Our gain on disposition of real estate on a consolidated basis decreased by $21.3 million, or 95.1%, during the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the increase.

same period in 2020. These gains resulted from decreased activity related to property sales within our Real Estate Investments segment.

Our equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis increased by $41.3$255.6 million, or 35.4%637.3%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016,2020, primarily driven by higher equity earnings associated with gains on property sales reported in our Development ServicesReal Estate Investments segment and higher equity pick ups associated with certain equity investments reported in our Corporate and other segment.

Our consolidated interest expense, net of interest income, decreased by $5.1$10.1 million, or 4.7%29.7%, for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.same period in 2020. This decrease was primarily driven by lowerdue to interest expense due to lower net borrowings under our revolving credit facilityassociated with the 5.25% senior note which was fully paid off in December 2020, and a decreaseoffset by interest expense associated with the 2.500% senior note issued in notes payable on real estate during the first nine monthshalf of 2017.

2021.

Our provision for income taxes on a consolidated basis was $195.8$209.8 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to $165.6$70.0 million for the same periodsix months ended June 30, 2020. The increase of approximately $139.8 million was primarily related to the corresponding increase in 2016.consolidated pre-tax book income. Our effective tax rate after adjusting pre-tax incomeincreased to remove the portion attributable to non-controlling interests, decreased to 27.2%22.7% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 compared to 35.0%2021 from 21.5% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016. We benefited2020 primarily resulted from a morepercentage decrease of favorable geographic mix of income, a re-measurement of incomepermanent book tax exposures relating to prior periodsdifferences and certain one-time benefits.  The favorable impact from discrete items recordedtax credits in 2021. On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted in the current-year period, primarily driven by the positive impact from the resolution of certain tax audits and the re-measurement of income tax exposures relating to prior periods, contributedUnited States in response to the lowerCovid-19 pandemic. The CARES Act has not had, nor is it expected to have, a significant impact on our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.   In addition, a more favorable geographic mix2021.
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Segment Operations


We organize our operations around, and publicly report our operations through the followingfinancial results on, three global business segments: (1) Americas;Advisory Services; (2) Europe, Middle EastGlobal Workplace Solutions; and Africa (EMEA); (3) Asia Pacific; (4)Real Estate Investments. Effective January 1, 2021, we have realigned our organizational structure and performance measure to how our chief operating decision maker views the company. This includes a “Corporate, other and eliminations” component and a segment measurement of profit and loss referred to as segment operating profit.
Advisory Services provides a comprehensive range of services globally, including property leasing, property sales, mortgage services, property management, and valuation. Global Investment Management; and (5) Development Services.  The Americas consistsWorkplace Solutions provides a broad suite of operations located in the United States, Canada and key markets in Latin America.  EMEA mainly consists of operations in Europe, while Asia Pacific includes operations in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.  The Global Investment Management business consists of investment management operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.  The Development Services business consistsintegrated, contractually-based outsourcing services to occupiers of real estate, including facilities management and project management. Effective January 1, 2021, transaction services was fully moved under the Advisory Services segment and project management was fully moved under the Global Workplace Solutions segment. Previously transaction services and project management were split between the Global Workplace Solutions segment and the Advisory Services segment. Real Estate Investments includes investment management services provided globally, development and investment activities primarilyservices in the United States.  

U.S. and U.K. and flexible office space solutions. Corporate and other includes activities not attributed to our core business, primarily consisting of corporate headquarters costs for executive officers and certain other central functions. These costs are not allocated to the other business segments. It also includes eliminations related to inter-segment revenue. Prior period segment results for all of our reportable segments have been recast to conform to the above changes. For additional information on our segments, see Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

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The following table summarizes our results of operations byfor our Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management and DevelopmentAdvisory Services operating segmentssegment for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and 20162020 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue:
Net revenue:
Property management$421,378 19.7 %$395,789 27.2 %$829,947 21.6 %$795,141 24.4 %
Valuation181,226 8.5 %131,837 9.1 %340,816 8.9 %279,575 8.6 %
Loan servicing65,894 3.1 %57,050 3.9 %134,736 3.5 %113,730 3.5 %
Advisory leasing692,908 32.4 %521,778 35.9 %1,213,124 31.6 %1,146,806 35.2 %
Capital markets:
Advisory sales611,834 28.6 %243,007 16.7 %1,004,146 26.1 %674,676 20.7 %
Commercial mortgage origination161,879 7.6 %100,450 6.9 %301,743 7.8 %223,541 6.9 %
Total segment net revenue2,135,119 99.9 %1,449,911 99.7 %3,824,512 99.5 %3,233,469 99.3 %
Pass through costs also recognized as revenue1,866 0.1 %4,321 0.3 %20,485 0.5 %23,450 0.7 %
Total segment revenue2,136,985 100.0 %1,454,232 100.0 %3,844,997 100.0 %3,256,919 100.0 %
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue1,231,819 57.6 %889,740 61.2 %2,219,396 57.7 %1,943,913 59.7 %
Operating, administrative and other443,611 20.8 %376,335 25.9 %832,218 21.6 %795,592 24.4 %
Depreciation and amortization74,169 3.5 %72,218 5.0 %143,923 3.7 %142,795 4.4 %
Operating income387,386 18.1 %115,939 7.9 %649,460 17.0 %374,619 11.5 %
Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries2,149 0.1 %1,293 0.1 %2,899 0.2 %2,328 0.1 %
Other income801 0.0 %185 0.0 %802 0.0 %3,096 0.1 %
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests208 0.0 %182 0.0 %487 0.0 %421 0.0 %
Add-back: Depreciation and amortization74,169 3.5 %72,218 5.0 %143,923 3.7 %142,795 4.4 %
Adjustments:
Costs associated with workforce optimization efforts (1)
— 0.0 %12,659 0.9 %— 0.0 %12,659 0.4 %
Segment operating profit and segment operating profit on revenue margin$464,297 21.7 %$202,112 13.9 %$796,597 20.7 %$535,076 16.4 %
Segment operating profit on net revenue margin21.7 %13.9 %20.8 %16.5 %

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

Americas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupier outsourcing

 

$

272,130

 

 

 

13.8

%

 

$

234,518

 

 

 

13.2

%

 

$

784,996

 

 

 

14.2

%

 

$

691,229

 

 

 

13.4

%

Property management

 

 

70,186

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

66,191

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

207,635

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

202,832

 

 

 

3.9

%

Valuation

 

 

59,009

 

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

62,212

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

177,789

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

178,446

 

 

 

3.5

%

Loan servicing (2)

 

 

36,032

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

28,345

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

106,746

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

81,313

 

 

 

1.6

%

Leasing

 

 

505,918

 

 

 

25.7

%

 

 

445,092

 

 

 

25.1

%

 

 

1,356,426

 

 

 

24.6

%

 

 

1,315,003

 

 

 

25.6

%

Capital Markets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

290,657

 

 

 

14.8

%

 

 

271,273

 

 

 

15.3

%

 

 

787,057

 

 

 

14.3

%

 

 

758,880

 

 

 

14.8

%

Commercial mortgage

   origination (2)

 

 

107,096

 

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

121,333

 

 

 

6.8

%

 

 

291,081

 

 

 

5.3

%

 

 

299,141

 

 

 

5.8

%

Other

 

 

14,187

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

11,789

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

38,271

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

35,609

 

 

 

0.7

%

Total fee revenue

 

 

1,355,215

 

 

 

68.8

%

 

 

1,240,753

 

 

 

69.9

%

 

 

3,750,001

 

 

 

67.9

%

 

 

3,562,453

 

 

 

69.3

%

Pass through costs also recognized

   as revenue

 

 

614,215

 

 

 

31.2

%

 

 

534,573

 

 

 

30.1

%

 

 

1,768,962

 

 

 

32.1

%

 

 

1,581,137

 

 

 

30.7

%

Total revenue

 

 

1,969,430

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

1,775,326

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

5,518,963

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

5,143,590

 

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

1,394,731

 

 

 

70.8

%

 

 

1,256,268

 

 

 

70.8

%

 

 

3,848,207

 

 

 

69.7

%

 

 

3,594,638

 

 

 

69.9

%

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

340,190

 

 

 

17.3

%

 

 

335,839

 

 

 

18.9

%

 

 

1,013,478

 

 

 

18.4

%

 

 

994,439

 

 

 

19.3

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

73,768

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

62,549

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

214,061

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

186,352

 

 

 

3.6

%

Operating income

 

 

160,741

 

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

120,670

 

 

 

6.8

%

 

 

443,217

 

 

 

8.0

%

 

 

368,161

 

 

 

7.2

%

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

3,295

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

3,056

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

13,157

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

13,879

 

 

 

0.2

%

Other income (loss)

 

 

455

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

277

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

1,494

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(204

)

 

 

0.0

%

Less: Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

1

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Add-back: Depreciation and

   amortization

 

 

73,768

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

62,549

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

214,061

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

186,352

 

 

 

3.6

%

EBITDA

 

$

238,259

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

$

186,551

 

 

 

10.5

%

 

$

671,929

 

 

 

12.2

%

 

$

568,188

 

 

 

11.0

%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

238,259

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

$

222,043

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

$

689,068

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

$

636,668

 

 

 

12.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)Primarily represents costs incurred related to workforce optimization initiated and executed in the second quarter of 2020 as part of management’s cost containment efforts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges are cash expenditures primarily for severance costs incurred related to this effort. of the total costs, $6.3 million was included within the “Cost of revenue” line item and $6.4 million was included in the “Operating, administrative and other” line item in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

EMEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupier outsourcing

 

$

292,794

 

 

 

28.3

%

 

$

264,758

 

 

 

27.9

%

 

$

829,764

 

 

 

29.3

%

 

$

815,773

 

 

 

29.7

%

Property management

 

 

43,003

 

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

36,338

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

116,949

 

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

106,980

 

 

 

3.9

%

Valuation

 

 

39,462

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

31,071

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

109,200

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

96,954

 

 

 

3.5

%

Loan servicing (2)

 

 

2,315

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

2,521

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

7,872

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

8,521

 

 

 

0.3

%

Leasing

 

 

105,256

 

 

 

10.2

%

 

 

98,406

 

 

 

10.4

%

 

 

267,834

 

 

 

9.5

%

 

 

251,911

 

 

 

9.2

%

Capital Markets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

83,937

 

 

 

8.1

%

 

 

83,673

 

 

 

8.8

%

 

 

245,292

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

217,120

 

 

 

7.9

%

Commercial mortgage

   origination (2)

 

 

777

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

883

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

4,583

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

2,201

 

 

 

0.1

%

Other

 

 

6,768

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

6,817

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

16,383

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

16,286

 

 

 

0.7

%

Total fee revenue

 

 

574,312

 

 

 

55.6

%

 

 

524,467

 

 

 

55.3

%

 

 

1,597,877

 

 

 

56.4

%

 

 

1,515,746

 

 

 

55.3

%

Pass through costs also recognized

   as revenue

 

 

458,730

 

 

 

44.4

%

 

 

423,586

 

 

 

44.7

%

 

 

1,234,087

 

 

 

43.6

%

 

 

1,226,572

 

 

 

44.7

%

   Total revenue

 

 

1,033,042

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

948,053

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

2,831,964

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

2,742,318

 

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

803,293

 

 

 

77.8

%

 

 

734,343

 

 

 

77.5

%

 

 

2,202,793

 

 

 

77.8

%

 

 

2,169,669

 

 

 

79.1

%

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

158,829

 

 

 

15.4

%

 

 

164,552

 

 

 

17.4

%

 

 

466,606

 

 

 

16.5

%

 

 

473,442

 

 

 

17.3

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

17,539

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

19,379

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

51,954

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

50,631

 

 

 

1.8

%

Operating income

 

$

53,381

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

$

29,779

 

 

 

3.1

%

 

$

110,611

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

$

48,576

 

 

 

1.8

%

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

399

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

483

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

1,218

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

1,226

 

 

 

0.1

%

Other (loss) income

 

 

(95

)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(72

)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

10

 

 

 

0.0

%

Less: Net income (loss) attributable

   to non-controlling interests

 

 

55

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

431

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(105

)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(358

)

 

 

0.0

%

Add-back: Depreciation and

   amortization

 

 

17,539

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

19,379

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

51,954

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

50,631

 

 

 

1.8

%

EBITDA

 

$

71,169

 

 

 

6.9

%

 

$

49,210

 

 

 

5.2

%

 

$

163,816

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

$

100,801

 

 

 

3.7

%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

71,169

 

 

 

6.9

%

 

$

61,777

 

 

 

6.5

%

 

$

173,610

 

 

 

6.1

%

 

$

148,842

 

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fee revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupier outsourcing

 

$

63,424

 

 

 

14.4

%

 

$

53,921

 

 

 

14.9

%

 

$

179,286

 

 

 

14.9

%

 

$

157,685

 

 

 

15.3

%

Property management

 

 

22,092

 

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

18,337

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

61,785

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

53,743

 

 

 

5.2

%

Valuation

 

 

28,515

 

 

 

6.5

%

 

 

27,073

 

 

 

7.5

%

 

 

86,220

 

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

79,739

 

 

 

7.7

%

Leasing

 

 

88,576

 

 

 

20.1

%

 

 

75,906

 

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

230,719

 

 

 

19.2

%

 

 

203,742

 

 

 

19.7

%

Capital Markets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

80,158

 

 

 

18.2

%

 

 

60,098

 

 

 

16.6

%

 

 

200,645

 

 

 

16.7

%

 

 

157,876

 

 

 

15.3

%

Commercial mortgage

   origination (2)

 

 

535

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

880

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

1,989

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

1,664

 

 

 

0.2

%

Other

 

 

1,935

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

4,165

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

6,478

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

8,795

 

 

 

0.8

%

Total fee revenue

 

 

285,235

 

 

 

64.7

%

 

 

240,380

 

 

 

66.4

%

 

 

767,122

 

 

 

63.8

%

 

 

663,244

 

 

 

64.2

%

Pass through costs also recognized

   as revenue

 

 

155,698

 

 

 

35.3

%

 

 

121,422

 

 

 

33.6

%

 

 

435,584

 

 

 

36.2

%

 

 

369,519

 

 

 

35.8

%

   Total revenue

 

 

440,933

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

361,802

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

1,202,706

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

1,032,763

 

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

 

315,353

 

 

 

71.5

%

 

 

262,172

 

 

 

72.5

%

 

 

868,018

 

 

 

72.2

%

 

 

756,322

 

 

 

73.2

%

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

82,610

 

 

 

18.7

%

 

 

72,656

 

 

 

20.1

%

 

 

228,705

 

 

 

19.0

%

 

 

217,982

 

 

 

21.1

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,657

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

4,481

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

13,360

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

12,963

 

 

 

1.3

%

Operating income

 

$

38,313

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

$

22,493

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

$

92,623

 

 

 

7.7

%

 

$

45,496

 

 

 

4.4

%

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

111

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

102

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

161

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

142

 

 

 

0.0

%

Less: Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

45

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

208

 

 

 

0.0

%

Add-back: Depreciation and

   amortization

 

 

4,657

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

4,481

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

13,360

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

12,963

 

 

 

1.3

%

EBITDA

 

$

43,081

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

$

27,031

 

 

 

7.5

%

 

$

106,144

 

 

 

8.8

%

 

$

58,393

 

 

 

5.7

%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

43,081

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

$

31,467

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

$

106,562

 

 

 

8.9

%

 

$

72,570

 

 

 

7.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

92,122

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

91,807

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

274,451

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

277,924

 

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

76,347

 

 

 

82.9

%

 

 

86,493

 

 

 

94.2

%

 

 

199,178

 

 

 

72.6

%

 

 

232,460

 

 

 

83.6

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

6,082

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

5,673

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

 

16,006

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

18,110

 

 

 

6.6

%

Operating income (loss)

 

$

9,693

 

 

 

10.5

%

 

$

(359

)

 

 

(0.4

%)

 

$

59,267

 

 

 

21.6

%

 

$

27,354

 

 

 

9.8

%

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

1,895

 

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

1,519

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

7,187

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

6,273

 

 

 

2.2

%

Other income

 

 

1,408

 

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

1,079

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

7,647

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

8,647

 

 

 

3.1

%

Less: Net income attributable to

   non-controlling interests

 

 

1,010

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

1,858

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

4,254

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

6,807

 

 

 

2.4

%

Add-back: Depreciation and

   amortization

 

 

6,082

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

5,673

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

 

16,006

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

18,110

 

 

 

6.6

%

EBITDA

 

$

18,068

 

 

 

19.6

%

 

$

6,054

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

$

85,853

 

 

 

31.3

%

 

$

53,577

 

 

 

19.3

%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

23,202

 

 

 

25.2

%

 

$

18,988

 

 

 

20.7

%

 

$

72,971

 

 

 

26.6

%

 

$

68,329

 

 

 

24.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

 

2017

 

 

2016 (1)

 

Development Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property management

 

$

2,337

 

 

 

16.2

%

 

$

2,635

 

 

 

16.0

%

 

$

7,345

 

 

 

16.2

%

 

$

6,603

 

 

 

12.9

%

Leasing

 

 

580

 

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

305

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

1,457

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

1,154

 

 

 

2.3

%

Capital Markets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

270

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

549

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

965

 

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

1,093

 

 

 

2.1

%

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development services

 

 

11,263

 

 

 

77.9

%

 

 

13,010

 

 

 

78.9

%

 

 

35,545

 

 

 

78.5

%

 

 

42,313

 

 

 

82.7

%

Total revenue

 

 

14,450

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

16,499

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

45,312

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

51,163

 

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, administrative and other

 

 

46,922

 

 

 

324.7

%

 

 

26,990

 

 

 

163.6

%

 

 

115,536

 

 

 

255.0

%

 

 

92,015

 

 

 

179.8

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

545

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

643

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

1,633

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

1,931

 

 

 

3.8

%

Gain on disposition of real estate

 

 

6,180

 

 

 

42.8

%

 

 

11,043

 

 

 

66.9

%

 

 

18,863

 

 

 

41.6

%

 

 

15,862

 

 

 

31.0

%

Operating loss

 

$

(26,837

)

 

 

(185.7

%)

 

$

(91

)

 

 

(0.6

%)

 

$

(52,994

)

 

 

(117.0

%)

 

$

(26,921

)

 

 

(52.6

%)

Equity income from unconsolidated

   subsidiaries

 

 

62,134

 

 

 

430.0

%

 

 

19,512

 

 

 

118.3

%

 

 

136,513

 

 

 

301.4

%

 

 

95,382

 

 

 

186.4

%

Less: Net (loss) income attributable

   to non-controlling interests

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

4,355

 

 

 

26.4

%

 

 

32

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

4,283

 

 

 

8.4

%

Add-back: Depreciation and

   amortization

 

 

545

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

643

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

1,633

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

1,931

 

 

 

3.8

%

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

35,863

 

 

 

248.2

%

 

$

15,709

 

 

 

95.2

%

 

$

85,120

 

 

 

187.9

%

 

$

66,109

 

 

 

129.2

%

(1)

In 2017, we changed the presentation of the operating results of one of our emerging businesses among our regional services reporting segments.  Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current-year presentation.  This change had no impact on our consolidated results.  Additionally, certain adjustments have been made to 2016 fee revenue to conform with current-year presentation.

(2)

Prior disclosure of fee revenue included loan servicing and commercial mortgage origination in one line item entitled “Commercial mortgage services”.  Beginning in Q3 2017, we began to disclose recurring revenue from our loan servicing portfolio and revenue from commercial mortgage origination on separate lines.

Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 Compared to the Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016

Americas

2020

Revenue increased by $194.1$682.8 million, or 10.9%46.9%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. The revenue increase primarily reflects strong organic growth fueled by higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue and improved sales and leasing activityrevenue, as well as higher loan servicingincrease in commercial mortgage origination activity, property management fees and valuation revenue. Foreign currency translation also had a $4.2 million5.2% positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, primarily driven by strength in the CanadianAustralian dollar and Mexican peso. These increases wereeuro, partially offset by lower revenue from commercial mortgage origination.

weakness in the Japanese yen.

Cost of servicesrevenue increased by $138.5$342.1 million, or 11.0%38.4%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016,2020, primarily due to higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business and higher professional bonuses in the United States resulting from improved operating performance.  Also contributing to the variance was higherincreased commission expense resulting from improvedhigher sales and lease transactionleasing revenue. Foreign currency translation had a $2.8 million4.8% negative impact on total cost of servicesrevenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.  These items were partially offset by the impact of $11.1 million of costs incurred in the prior-year quarter in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.2021. Cost of servicesrevenue as a percentage of revenue was consistent at 70.8%decreased to 57.6% for both the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016, with2021 versus 61.2% for the impactsame period in 2020 This increase in gross margin is primarily due to revenue growth outpacing fixed cost growth.
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Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $4.4$67.3 million, or 1.3%17.9%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.  The2020. This increase was partly driven by higher payroll-related costs (including an increase inprimarily due to overall bonus accrual, other incentive compensation, and stock compensation expense duetied to improvedbetter operating performance).results this quarter as compared to three months ended June 30, 2020. In addition, there has been an increase in new hires to support the growth of the business. Foreign currency alsotranslation had a $1.9 million4.9% negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, which included unfavorable foreign currency transaction activity, mostly hedging related, of $1.0 million and a negative impact from foreign currency translation of $0.9

2021.

million.  These increases were partially offset by the impact of $17.2 million in integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition and $6.9 million associated with our cost-elimination project, both of which were incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2016 and did not recur in the third quarter of 2017.

In connection with the origination and sale of mortgage loans for which the company retains servicing rights, we record servicing assets or liabilities based on the fair value of the retained mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) on the date the loans are sold.  We also assume or purchase certain servicing assets. Upon origination of a mortgage loan held for sale, the fair value of the mortgage servicing rights to be retained is included in the forecasted proceeds from the anticipated loan sale and results in a net gain (which is reflected in revenue). Subsequent to the initial recording, MSRs are amortized (within amortization expense) and carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value in other intangible assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. They are amortized in proportion to and over the estimated period that the servicing income is expected to be received. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, MSRs contributed to operating income $35.4$41.8 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $25.8$39.7 million of amortization of related intangible assets. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2020, MSRs contributed to operating income $48.9$37.7 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $18.0$31.9 million of amortization of related intangible assets.

EMEA

Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Revenue increased by $85.0 million,$0.6 billion, or 9.0%18.1%, for the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The revenue increase primarily reflects higher sales and leasing revenue, as well as increase in commercial mortgage origination activity, property management and valuation revenue. Foreign currency translation had a 3.4% positive impact on total revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily driven by strength in Australian dollar, British pound sterling and euro, partially offset by weakness in the Brazilian real.
Cost of revenue increased by $275.5 million, or 14.2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2016.  We achieved strong organic growth fueled by2020, primarily due to increased commission expense resulting from higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue, as well as increased sales and leasing activity.revenue and increased professional compensation to support the growth in the business. Foreign currency translation also had an $18.5a 3.4% negative impact on total cost of revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased slightly to 57.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 from 59.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $36.6 million, or 4.6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. This increase was primarily due to overall bonus accrual, other incentive compensation, and stock compensation expense tied to better operating results this period as compared to six months ended June 30, 2020. This was offset by a decrease in certain operating expenses such as travel and entertainment and salaries for office and administrative staff due to cost cutting measures that were implemented last year. Foreign currency translation also had a 3.5% negative impact on total operating expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, MSRs contributed to operating income $92.1 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $75.5 million of amortization of related intangible assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, MSRs contributed to operating income $73.3 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $62.4 million of amortization of related intangible assets.
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Global Workplace Solutions
The following table summarizes our results of operations for our Global Workplace Solutions operating segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue:
Net revenue:
Facilities management$1,199,657 29.4 %$1,087,657 28.8 %$2,356,146 29.1 %$2,201,715 28.8 %
Project management338,011 8.3 %293,386 7.8 %646,128 8.0 %625,048 8.1 %
Total segment net revenue1,537,668 37.7 %1,381,043 36.6 %3,002,274 37.0 %2,826,763 36.9 %
Pass through costs also recognized as revenue2,545,054 62.3 %2,389,390 63.4 %5,106,331 63.0 %4,828,199 63.1 %
Total segment revenue4,082,722 100.0 %3,770,433 100.0 %8,108,605 100.0 %7,654,962 100.0 %
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue3,729,624 91.4 %3,483,401 92.4 %7,427,397 91.6 %7,094,955 92.7 %
Operating, administrative and other193,284 4.7 %163,944 4.3 %369,295 4.6 %330,624 4.3 %
Depreciation and amortization32,547 0.8 %32,475 0.9 %67,006 0.8 %64,916 0.8 %
Asset impairments— 0.0 %— 0.0 %— 0.0 %50,171 0.7 %
Operating income127,267 3.1 %90,613 2.4 %244,907 3.0 %114,296 1.5 %
Equity income (loss) from unconsolidated subsidiaries416 0.0 %(401)0.0 %234 0.0 %116 0.0 %
Other income (loss)1,805 0.0 %(54)0.0 %2,071 0.0 %115 0.0 %
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests17 0.0 %21 0.0 %23 0.0 %35 0.0 %
Add-back: Depreciation and amortization32,547 0.8 %32,475 0.9 %67,006 0.8 %64,916 0.8 %
Add-back: Asset impairments— 0.0 %— 0.0 %— 0.0 %50,171 0.7 %
Adjustments:
Costs associated with workforce optimization efforts (1)
— 0.0 %4,878 0.1 %— 0.0 %4,878 0.1 %
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions8,134 0.2 %— 0.0 %8,134 0.1 %— 0.0 %
Segment operating profit and segment operating profit on revenue margin$170,152 4.1 %$127,490 3.4 %$322,329 3.9 %$234,457 3.1 %
Segment operating profit on net revenue margin11.1 %9.2 %10.7 %8.3 %
_______________________________
(1)Primarily represents costs incurred related to workforce optimization initiated and executed in the second quarter of 2020 as part of management’s cost containment efforts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges are cash expenditures primarily for severance costs incurred related to this effort. of the total costs, $1.2 million was included within the “Cost of revenue” line item and $3.8 million was included in the “Operating, administrative and other” line item in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Revenue increased by $312.3 million, or 8.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in our facilities management line of business, which is contractual in nature. Foreign currency translation had a 4.0% positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, primarily driven by weakness in the Argentine peso, partially offset by strength in the euro, partially offset by weakness in the British pound sterling.

sterling and euro.

Cost of servicesrevenue increased by $68.9$246.2 million, or 9.4%7.1%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due2020, driven by the higher revenue leading to higher pass through costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business as well asand higher professional bonuses (particularly in the United Kingdom) resulting from improved operating performance.  In addition, foreigncompensation. Foreign currency translation had a $13.4 million3.9% negative impact on total cost of servicesrevenue during the third quarter of 2017.three months ended June 30, 2021. Cost of servicesrevenue as a percentage of revenue was relatively consistent at 77.5%decreased slightly to 91.4% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 and 77.8%2021 from 92.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2017.  

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Operating, administrative and other expenses decreasedincreased by $5.7$29.3 million, or 3.5%17.9%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. This decreaseincrease was primarily driven byattributable to higher bonus accrual tied to segment and consolidated results and continued investments to sustain the impact of $10.1 million of integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition incurred during the third quarter of 2016 that did not recurgrowth in the current-year quarter.  This was partially offset by foreignbusiness. Foreign currency whichtranslation had a net $2.6 million4.8% negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, including2021.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Revenue increased by $453.6 million, or 5.9%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in our facilities management line of business, which is contractual in nature. Foreign currency translation had a $3.5 million negative3.0% positive impact from foreign currency translation,on total revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily driven by weakness in the Argentine peso and Brazilian real, partially offset by $0.9strength in the British pound sterling and euro.
Cost of revenue increased by $332.4 million, or 4.7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020, driven by the higher revenue leading to higher pass through costs and increased professional compensation. Foreign currency translation had a 2.9% negative impact on total cost of favorable foreignrevenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased slightly to 91.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 from 92.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $38.7 million, or 11.7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. This increase was attributable to higher bonus accrual tied to segment and consolidated results and continued investments to sustain the growth in the business in form of office management and administrative salaries. These increases were partially offset by benefits from targeted reduction in certain operating expenses, such as travel and entertainment costs, during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Foreign currency transaction activity,translation also had a 3.6% negative impact on total operating expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

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Real Estate Investments
The following table summarizes our results of operations for our Real Estate Investments operating segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
Revenue:
Investment management$139,271 57.2 %$103,132 63.8 %$271,342 59.7 %$224,809 60.3 %
Development services104,092 42.8 %58,479 36.2 %183,150 40.3 %148,272 39.7 %
Total segment revenue243,363 100.0 %161,611 100.0 %454,492 100.0 %373,081 100.0 %
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue56,970 23.4 %30,021 18.6 %97,960 21.6 %85,070 22.8 %
Operating, administrative and other235,275 96.7 %127,618 79.0 %416,255 91.6 %277,778 74.5 %
Depreciation and amortization5,523 2.3 %4,693 2.8 %15,953 3.5 %9,137 2.4 %
Asset impairments— 0.0 %— 0.0 %— 0.0 %25,000 6.7 %
Gain (loss) on disposition of real estate929 0.4 %(492)(0.3)%1,085 0.2 %22,335 6.0 %
Operating loss(53,476)(22.0 %)(1,213)(0.7 %)(74,591)(16.5 %)(1,569)(0.4 %)
Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries198,173 81.4 %21,296 13.2 %255,067 56.1 %40,198 10.8 %
Other income (loss)2,525 1.0 %735 0.5 %2,952 0.6 %(1,904)(0.5)%
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests580 0.2 %12 0.0 %3,070 0.7 %1,094 0.3 %
Add-back: Depreciation and amortization5,523 2.3 %4,693 2.9 %15,953 3.5 %9,137 2.4 %
Add-back: Asset impairments— 0.0 %— 0.0 %— 0.0 %25,000 6.7 %
Adjustments:
Carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue1,672 0.7 %(7,500)(4.6 %)17,004 3.7 %(15,284)(4.1 %)
Impact of fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in period(374)(0.2)%1,247 0.8 %725 0.2 %7,000 1.9 %
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions— 0.0 %236 0.1 %— 0.0 %1,019 0.3 %
Costs associated with workforce optimization efforts (1)
— 0.0 %5,172 3.2 %— 0.0 %5,172 1.4 %
Segment operating profit$153,463 63.0 %$24,654 15.4 %$214,040 46.9 %$67,675 18.2 %

(1)Primarily represents costs incurred related to workforce optimization initiated and executed in the second quarter of 2020 as part of whichmanagement’s cost containment efforts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges are cash expenditures primarily for severance costs incurred related to hedging activities.  

Asia Pacific

this effort and were included in the “Operating, administrative and other” line item in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Revenue increased by $79.1$81.8 million, or 21.9%50.6%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.  The revenue2020, primarily driven by an increase reflects strong organic growth, fueled by higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue as well as improvedin real estate sales and leasing activity.an increase in construction management fees in our development services line of business. Investment management fees increased due to growth in AUM. Foreign currency translation also had a $2.5 million10.6% positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, primarily driven by strength in the Australian dollarBritish pound sterling and Indian rupee, partially offset by weakness in the Japanese yen.

euro.

Cost of servicesrevenue increased by $53.2$26.9 million, or 20.3%89.8%, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, primarily driven by an increase in cost related to real estate development and construction services which is consistent with an increase in sales in our development service line of business. Foreign currency translation had a 20.4% negative impact on total cost of revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2021.

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $107.7 million, or 84.4%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2016, driven by higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business. Also contributing to the variance was higher commission expense resulting from improved sales and lease transaction revenue.  In addition, foreign currency translation had a $2.3 million negative impact on cost of services during the three months ended September 30, 2017.  Cost of services as a percentage of revenue decreased from


72.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to 71.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2017, partly2020, primarily due to higher transaction revenuean increase in certain countries that have a fixed compensation structure.  

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $10.0 million, or 13.7%, for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. We incurred higher payroll-related costs (including increased stock compensation and bonus expense due to improved operating performance)bonuses in the current year quarter.  This was partially offset by foreign currency activity, which had an overall net positive impactour

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development services and investment management line of $1.6 million, mostly related to hedging, partly offset by a $0.4 million negative impact from foreign currency translation.

Global Investment Management

Revenue wasbusiness consistent at $92.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $91.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.with higher revenue growth. Foreign currency translation had a $1.1 million positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2017, primarily driven by strength in the euro.  

Operating, administrative and other expenses decreased by $10.1 million, or 11.7%, for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily driven by the impact of $15.6 million of costs incurred in the third quarter of 2016 in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.  Foreign currency had a net $0.3 million6.5% negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, which included a $0.9 million negative impact from foreign currency translation, partially offset by $0.6 million of favorable foreign currency transaction activity over the same period in the prior year, part of which related to hedging activities.  These items were partially offset by higher carried interest expense incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2017.  

2021.

A roll forward of our AUM by product type for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 is as follows (dollars in billions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

 

Accounts

 

 

Securities

 

 

Total

 

Balance at July 1, 2017

 

$

33.4

 

 

$

42.2

 

 

$

16.1

 

 

$

91.7

 

Inflows

 

 

1.5

 

 

 

9.5

 

 

 

0.3

 

 

 

11.3

 

Outflows

 

 

(0.7

)

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

(1.6

)

 

 

(3.1

)

Market (depreciation) appreciation

 

 

(2.6

)

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

(1.6

)

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

31.6

 

 

$

51.7

 

 

$

15.0

 

 

$

98.3

 

FundsSeparate AccountsSecuritiesTotal
Balance at March 31, 2021$47.8 $68.4 $8.3 $124.5 
Inflows1.9 2.8 0.5 5.2 
Outflows(1.2)(1.7)(0.7)(3.6)
Market appreciation1.1 1.1 0.8 3.0 
Balance at June 30, 2021$49.6 $70.6 $8.9 $129.1 

AUM generally refers to the properties and other assets with respect to which we provide (or participate in) oversight, investment management services and other advice, and which generally consist of real estate properties or loans, securities portfolios and investments in operating companies and joint ventures. Our AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of our presence in the real estate market, not the basis for determining our management fees. Our assets under management consist of:

the total fair market value of the real estate properties and other assets either wholly-owned or held by joint ventures and other entities in which our sponsored funds or investment vehicles and client accounts have invested or to which they have provided financing. Committed (but unfunded) capital from investors in our sponsored funds is not included in this component of our AUM. The value of development properties is included at estimated completion cost. In the case of real estate operating companies, the total value of real properties controlled by the companies, generally through joint ventures, is included in AUM; and

the net asset value of our managed securities portfolios, including investments (which may be comprised of committed but uncalled capital) in private real estate funds under our fund of funds investments.


Our calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers, and as a result, this measure may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other asset managers.

Development Services

Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Revenue decreasedincreased by $2.0$81.4 million, or 12.4%21.8%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily driven by an increase in real estate sales in our development services line of business and investment management fees related to growth in AUM. Foreign currency translation had a 6.8% positive impact on total revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily driven by strength in the British pound sterling and euro.
Cost of revenue increased by $12.9 million, or 15.2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily driven by an increase in real estate development which is consistent with an increase in sales in our development service line of business. Foreign currency translation had a 9.6% negative impact on total cost of revenue during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $138.5 million, or 49.9%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2016,2020, primarily driven by lower rental revenuedue to an increase in compensation and development fees.  

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $19.9 million, or 73.9%, for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.  This increase was primarily driven by higher bonuses in the current three months due to improvedour development services and investment management line of business consistent with higher revenue growth. These increases are partially offset by decreases in certain operating performance (property sales reflected in equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries were significantly higher in the current-year quarter).

Asexpenses, such as travel and entertainment costs, as a result of September 30, 2017, development projects in process totaled $5.9 billion, down $1.2 billion from the third quarter of 2016.  The development pipeline totaled $5.4 billion, up $1.7 billion over the third quarter of 2016.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

Americas

Revenue increased by $375.4 million, or 7.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  The revenue increase reflects strong organic growth fueled by higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue and improved sales and leasing activity as well as higher loan servicing revenue.Covid-19. Foreign currency translation had a $2.1 million positive impact on revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily driven by strength in the Brazilian real and the Canadian dollar, partially offset by weakness in the Mexican peso and Venezuelan bolivar.

Cost of services increased by $253.6 million, or 7.1%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business and higher professional bonuses in the United States.  Also contributing to the variance was higher commission expense resulting from improved sales and lease transaction revenue.  Foreign currency translation had a $0.1 million negative impact on cost of services during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. These items were partially offset by the impact of $11.9 million of costs incurred in the prior-year period in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.  Cost of services as a percentage of revenue was relatively consistent at 69.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 69.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, with the impact of higher professional bonuses in the current year offset by the impact of cost-elimination project costs that were only incurred in the prior year.  

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $19.0 million, or 1.9%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  The increase was partly driven by higher payroll-related costs (including an increase in bonus and stock compensation expense due to improved operating performance).  Foreign currency also had a $6.9 million5.0% negative impact on total operating expenses during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, which included a negative impact from foreign currency translation of $2.0 million and unfavorable foreign currency transaction activity, mostly hedging related, of $4.9 million.  These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $29.5 million in integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as well as the impact of $10.4 million of costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 as part of our cost-elimination project, which did not recur in the current year.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, MSRs contributed to operating income $96.0 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $72.5 million of amortization of related intangible assets.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, MSRs contributed to operating income $104.0 million of gains recognized in conjunction with the origination and sale of mortgage loans, offset by $52.8 million of amortization of related intangible assets.

2021.

EMEA

Revenue increased by $89.6 million, or 3.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.  We achieved strong organic growth fueled by higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue, as well as higher sales and leasing activity.  Such growth was partially offset by foreign currency translation, which had a $125.5 million negative impact on total revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily driven by weakness in the British pound sterling.

Cost of services increased by $33.1 million, or 1.5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business and higher professional bonuses, particularly in the United Kingdom resulting from improved operating performance.  These items were partly offset by foreign currency translation, which had a $101.4 million positive impact on cost of services.  In addition, we incurred $18.8 million of costs in the prior-year period in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.  The absence of such costs contributed to cost of services as a percentage of revenue decreasing from 79.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to 77.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  In addition, higher transaction revenue in certain countries that have a fixed compensation structure also contributed to the decline in cost of services as a percentage of revenue.  

Operating, administrative and other expenses decreased by $6.8 million, or 1.4%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.  This decrease was primarily driven by a decrease of $12.7 million in integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as well as the impact of $6.8 million of costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 as part of our cost-elimination project, which did not recur in the current year.  Foreign currency also had a $16.0 million net positive impact on total operating expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, including a $19.7 million positive impact from foreign currency translation, partially offset by $3.7 million of unfavorable foreign currency transaction activity, part of which related to hedging activities.  These favorable items were partially offset by higher payroll-related costs, including increased bonus and stock compensation expense due to improved operating performance during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  

Asia Pacific

Revenue increased by $169.9 million, or 16.5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  The revenue increase reflects strong organic growth, fueled by higher occupier outsourcing and property management revenue as well as improved sales and leasing activity.  In addition, foreign currency translation had a $3.5 million positive impact on total revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily driven by strength in the Australian dollar and Indian rupee, largely offset by weakness in the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen.

Cost of services increased by $111.7 million, or 14.8%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, driven by higher costs associated with our occupier outsourcing business.  Also contributing to the variance was higher commission expense resulting from improved sales and lease transaction revenue.  In addition, foreign currency translation had a $2.1 million negative impact on cost of services during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  These items were partially offset by the impact of $6.4 million of costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year.  The absence of such costs contributed to cost of services as a percentage of revenue decreasing from 73.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to 72.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.    

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $10.7 million, or 4.9%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.  We incurred higher payroll-related costs (including increased stock compensation and bonus expense due to improved operating performance) during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  This was partially offset by a decrease of $4.4 million in integration and other costs related to the GWS Acquisition incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as well as the impact of $2.9 million of costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 as part of our cost-elimination project, which did not recur in the current year.  Foreign currency activity also had an overall net positive impact of $8.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, due to favorable foreign currency transaction activity of


$8.7 million, mostly related to hedging, partially offset by a $0.7 million negative impact from foreign currency translation.

Global Investment Management

Revenue decreased by $3.5 million, or 1.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Foreign currency translation had a $6.0 million negative impact on total revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily driven by weakness in the British pound sterling.  This, coupled with lower asset management fees, was mostly offset by higher carried interest revenue in the current nine months.

Operating, administrative and other expenses decreased by $33.3 million, or 14.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily driven by the impact of $21.3 million of costs incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 in connection with our cost-elimination project that did not recur in the current year. In addition, lower carried interest expense as well as lower payroll-related costs (including bonuses) contributed to the variance.  Lastly, foreign currency had a $4.3 million positive impact on total operating expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, which included a $3.9 million positive impact from foreign currency translation and $0.4 million of favorable foreign currency transaction activity over the same period in the prior year, part of which related to hedging activities.  

A roll forward of our AUM by product type for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 is as follows (dollars in billions):

 

 

 

 

 

Separate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

 

Accounts

 

 

Securities

 

 

Total

 

FundsSeparate AccountsSecuritiesTotal

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

31.6

 

 

$

37.5

 

 

$

17.5

 

 

$

86.6

 

Balance at January 1, 2021Balance at January 1, 2021$47.2 $67.9 $7.6 $122.7 

Inflows

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

13.7

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

19.0

 

Inflows3.1 4.6 1.0 8.7 

Outflows

 

 

(4.7

)

 

 

(3.3

)

 

 

(4.6

)

 

 

(12.6

)

Outflows(1.8)(2.8)(1.0)(5.6)

Market appreciation

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

5.3

 

Market appreciation1.1 0.9 1.3 3.3 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

31.6

 

 

$

51.7

 

 

$

15.0

 

 

$

98.3

 

Balance at June 30, 2021Balance at June 30, 2021$49.6 $70.6 $8.9 $129.1 

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We describe above how we calculate AUM. Also, as noted above, our calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers, and as a result, this measure may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other asset managers.

Development Services

Revenue decreased by $5.9 million, or 11.4%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily driven by lower incentive and development fees in the current nine months.

Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $23.5 million, or 25.6%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.  This increase was primarily driven by higher payroll-related costs, including increased bonus expense in the current nine months due to improved operating performance (property sales reflected in equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries were significantly higher in the current-year period).

Liquidity and Capital Resources


We believe that we can satisfy our working capital and funding requirements with internally generated cash flow and, as necessary, borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Our expectedWe expect our capital requirements for 2017 include up2021 to approximately $160be between $200 million and $240 million of anticipated capital expenditures, net of tenant concessions. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we incurred $86.9$63.1 million of capital expenditures, net of tenant concessions received.received, which includes approximately $15.8 million related to technology enablement. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had aggregate commitments of $33.5$118.7 million to fund future co-investments in our Global Investment ManagementReal Estate Investments business, $6.9$25.4 million of which is expected to be funded in 2017.  


2021. Additionally, as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we are committed to fund $20.4$55.5 million of additional capital to unconsolidated subsidiaries within our Development ServicesReal Estate Investments business, which we may be required to fund at any time. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had $2.8 billion of borrowings available under our $2.8 billion revolving credit facility.

facility and $2.0 billion of cash and cash equivalents available for general corporate use. On July 9, 2021, the revolving credit facility was increased by $350.0 million.


We have historically relied on our internally generated cash flow and our revolving credit facility to fund our working capital, capital expenditure and general investment requirements (including strategic in-fill acquisitions) and have not sought other external sources of financing to help fund these requirements. In the absence of extraordinary events or a large strategic acquisition, we anticipate that our cash flow from operations and our revolving credit facility would be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the foreseeable future, and at a minimum for the next 12 months. Given compensation is our largest expense and our sales and leasing professionals generally are paid on a commission and/or bonus basis that correlates with their revenue production, the negative effect of difficult market conditions is partially mitigated by the inherent variability of our compensation cost structure. In addition, when negative economic conditions have been particularly severe, we have moved decisively to lower operating expenses to improve financial performance, and then have restored certain expenses as economic conditions improved. We may seek to take advantage of market opportunities to refinance existing debt instruments, as we have done in the past, with new debt instruments at interest rates, maturities and terms we deem attractive. We may also, from time to time in our sole discretion, purchase, redeem, or retire our existing senior notes, through tender offers, in privately negotiated or open market transactions, or otherwise.


In December 2020, we redeemed the $425.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 5.25% senior notes due 2025 in full. We funded this redemption using cash on hand. In March 2021, we took advantage of favorable market conditions and low interest rates and conducted a new issuance for $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.500% senior notes due 2031. We may again seek to take advantage of market opportunities to refinance existing debt instruments with new debt instruments at interest rates, maturities and terms we deem attractive.
As noted above, we believe that any future significant acquisitions that we may make could require us to obtain additional debt or equity financing. In the past, we have been able to obtain such financing for material transactions on terms that we believed to be reasonable. However, it is possible that we may not be able to obtain acquisition financing on favorable terms, or at all, in the future if we decide to make any further significant acquisitions.

Our long-term liquidity needs, other than those related to ordinary course obligations and commitments such as operating leases, are generally comprised of twothree elements. The first is the repayment of the outstanding and anticipated principal amounts of our long-term indebtedness. We are unable to project with certainty whetherIf our long-term cash flow from operations will be sufficientis insufficient to repay our long-term debt when it comes due.  If our cash flow is insufficient,due, then we expect that we would need to refinance such indebtedness or otherwise amend its terms to extend the maturity dates. We cannot make any assurances that such refinancing or amendments would be available on attractive terms, if at all.

The second long-term liquidity need is the payment of obligations related to acquisitions. Our acquisition structures often include deferred and/or contingent purchase price paymentsconsideration in future periods that are subject to the passage of time or achievement of certain performance metrics and other conditions. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016,2021, we had accrued $73.2deferred purchase consideration totaling $125.6 million ($20.8 million of which was a current liability) and $91.0 million ($29.336.0 million of which was a current liability), respectively, of deferred purchase consideration, which was included in accounts“Accounts payable and accrued expensesexpenses” and in other long-term liabilities“Other liabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

In addition, on October 27, 2016, we announced that

Lastly, as described in our 2020 Annual Report, our board of directors had authorized a program for the company to repurchase of up to an aggregate of $250$500.0 million of our Class A common stock over three years. As of December 31, 2020, $350.0 million was available for share repurchases under the authorized repurchase program. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we spent $64.1 million to repurchase, through a stock repurchase plan entered into pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act,
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831,274 shares of our Class A common stock with an average price paid per share of $77.15. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we spent $24.1 million to repurchase an additional 300,454 shares of our Class A common stock with an average price paid per share of $80.31. As of June 30, 2021, we had $261.7 million of capacity remaining under our repurchase program. Our stock repurchases have been funded with cash on hand and we intend to continue funding future repurchases with existing cash. We may utilize our stock repurchase program to continue offsetting the impact of our stock-based compensation program and on a more opportunistic basis if we believe our stock presents a compelling investment compared to other discretionary uses. The timing of the repurchaseany future repurchases and the actual amountamounts repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of our common stock, general market and economic conditions and other factors.  We intend to fund the repurchases, if any, with cash on hand or borrowings under our revolving credit facility.  As of September 30, 2017, the authorization remains unused.

Historical Cash Flows

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $247.3$227.1 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, an increase of $203.0 million as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $53.2 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. The primary drivers that contributed to the net increase were an overall improvement in net cash provided by operating activities was primarilythe company's performance and elevated distributions of earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries (mainly due to improved operating performance, lower net payments to vendors and lower net income taxes paid duringcertain transactions that occurred in second quarter in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.REI segment). These items were partially offset by higherincreased outflows related to changes in net receivables recordedworking capital of approximately $124.6 million and an increase in real estate under development of approximately $28.6 million. The increased real estate development activities are due to better market opportunities as compared to a pandemic affected environment during the currentsame period last year.

The impact from net working capital was largely attributable to an increase in accounts receivable, supplemented by a lower incentive compensation payout, partially offset by a larger net decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, and net income tax payment this period as compared to a net refund during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was comparable at $33.8totaled $344.5 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 versus $39.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities totaled $44.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, an increase of $43.3$208.5 million as compared to the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2020. This increase was primarily driven by our investment in Industrious, uptick in mergers and acquisitions related activities, and approximately $27.8 million in lower distributions received from unconsolidated subsidiaries compared to 2020.

Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $379.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $20.2 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was primarily due to lowerthe net borrowings underproceeds of $492.3 million from the issuance of our 2.500% senior notes during 2021 as compared to net proceeds from our revolving credit facility duringof $451.0 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020. In addition, we received approximately $25.8 million from the issuance of note payables related to various real estate development activities during 2021, which was partially offset by additional funds that were used to repurchase shares during the impactsix months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to same period in 2020.
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Indebtedness

Our level of indebtedness increases the possibility that we may be unable to pay the principal amount of our indebtedness and other obligations when due. In addition, we may incur additional debt from time to time to finance strategic acquisitions, investments, joint ventures or for other purposes, subject to the restrictions contained in the documents governing our indebtedness. If we incur additional debt, the risks associated with our leverage, including our ability to service our debt, would increase.

Long-Term Debt

We maintain credit facilities with third-party lenders, which we use for a variety of purposes. On January 9, 2015,March 4, 2019, CBRE Services, Inc. (CBRE Services) entered into our 2015an incremental assumption agreement with respect to its credit agreement, dated October 31, 2017 (such agreement, as amended by a December 20, 2018 incremental loan assumption agreement and such March 4, 2019 incremental assumption agreement, is collectively referred to in this Quarterly Report as the 2019 Credit Agreement with a syndicate of banks jointly led by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse AG. On March 21, 2016, CBRE Services executed an amendment to our 2015 Credit Agreement that, among other things,Agreement), which (i) extended the maturity on our revolvingof the U.S. dollar tranche A term loans under such credit facility to March 2021 and increasedagreement, (ii) extended the borrowing capacity undertermination date of the revolving credit commitments available under such credit agreement and (iii) made certain changes to the interest rates and fees applicable to such tranche A term loans and revolving credit commitments under such credit agreement. The proceeds from the new tranche A term loan facility by $200.0 million.

Our 2015under the 2019 Credit Agreement was anwere used to repay the $300.0 million of tranche A term loans outstanding under the credit agreement in effect prior to the entry into the 2019 incremental assumption agreement.

The 2019 Credit Agreement is a senior unsecured credit facility that was jointly and severallyis guaranteed by us and substantially allus. As of our material domestic subsidiaries. Our 2015June 30, 2021, the 2019 Credit Agreement provided for the following: (1) a $2.8 billion revolving credit facility, which included the capacity to obtain letters of credit and swingline loans and had a maturity date of March 21, 2021; (2) a $500.0 million tranche A term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments, which began on June 30, 2015 and would have continued through maturity on January 9, 2020; (3) a $270.0 million tranche B-1 term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments, which began on December 31, 2015 and would have continued through maturity on September 3, 2020; and (4) a $130.0 million tranche B-2 term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments, which began on December 31, 2015 and would have continued through maturity on September 3, 2022.  On November 1, 2016, we prepaid a total of $101.9 million of the 2017 and 2018 required amortization on our senior term loans, which included $59.4 million for the tranche A term loan facility, $28.7 million for the tranche B-1 term loan facility and $13.8 million for the tranche B-2 term loan facility.

On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services entered into a new Credit Agreement (2017 Credit Agreement), which refinanced and replaced our 2015 Credit Agreement.  

Our 2017 Credit Agreement is a senior unsecured credit facility that is jointly and severally guaranteed by us and certain of our subsidiaries. Our 2017 Credit Agreement provides for the following credit facilities:

a $750.0 million delayed draw tranche A term loan facility; and

a revolving credit facility of up to $2.8 billion (including an allowance for borrowings outside of the U.S.), which includes the capacity to obtain letters of credit and swingline loans and maturesterminates on October 31, 2022.

On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services made an initial borrowing of (1) $200.0March 4, 2024; (2) a $300.0 million under the tranche A term loan facility (withmaturing on March 4, 2024, requiring quarterly principal payments unless our leverage ratio (as defined in the remaining $550.02019 Credit Agreement) is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding any such payment date and (3) a €400.0 million available to be drawn under the tranche A term loan facility due and payable in full at maturity on one additional occasionDecember 20, 2023.


On July 9, 2021, CBRE Services entered into an incremental assumption agreement with respect to the 2019 Credit Agreement for purposes of increasing the revolving credit commitments available under the 2019 Credit Agreement by an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million.
On March 18, 2021, CBRE Services issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.500% senior notes due April 1, 2031 at a price equal to 98.451% of their face value (the 2.500% senior notes). The 2.500% senior notes are unsecured obligations of CBRE Services, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. Interest accrues at a rate of 2.500% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on any dateApril 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2021. The 2.500% senior notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, on or after January 1, 2031 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount on that date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of redemption. At any time prior to July 31, 2018)January 1, 2031, we may redeem all or a portion of the notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed and (2) $83.0the sum of the present value at the date of redemption of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon to January 1, 2031, assuming the notes matured on January 1, 2031, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at an adjusted rate equal to the treasury rate plus 20 basis points, minus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. The amount of the 2.500% senior notes, net of unamortized discount and unamortized debt issuance costs, included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet was $487.6 million underat June 30, 2021.
On August 13, 2015, CBRE Services issued $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due March 1, 2026 (the 4.875% senior notes) at a price equal to 99.24% of their face value. The 4.875% senior notes are unsecured obligations of CBRE Services, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. The 4.875% senior notes are guaranteed on a senior basis by us. Interest accrues at a rate of 4.875% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1.

On September 26, 2014, CBRE Services issued $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due March 15, 2025 (the 5.25% senior notes). On December 12, 2014, CBRE Services issued an additional $125.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due March 15, 2025 at a price equal to 101.5% of their face value, plus interest deemed to have accrued from September 26, 2014. The 5.25% senior notes were unsecured obligations of CBRE Services, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. The 5.25% senior notes were jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior basis by us and certain of
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our subsidiaries. Interest accrued at a rate of 5.25% per year and was payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15. We redeemed these notes in full on December 28, 2020 and incurred charges of $75.6 million, including a premium of $73.6 million and the revolving credit


facility. These proceeds, in addition towrite-off of $2.0 million of unamortized premium and debt issuance costs. We funded this redemption using cash on hand,hand.

The indentures governing our 4.875% senior notes and 2.500% senior notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to create or permit liens on assets securing indebtedness, enter into sale/leaseback transactions and enter into consolidations or mergers.
On May 21, 2021, we released all existing subsidiary guarantors from their guarantees of our 2019 Credit Agreement, 4.875% senior notes and 2.500% senior notes. Our 2019 Credit Agreement, 4.875% senior notes and 2.500% senior notes remain fully and unconditionally guaranteed by CBRE Group, Inc. Combined summarized financial information for CBRE Group, Inc. (parent) and CBRE Services (subsidiary issuer) is as follows (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2021
December 31, 2020 (1)
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets$4,851 $3,307,147 
Noncurrent assets (2)
248,102 5,252,455 
Total assets (2)
252,953 8,559,602 
Current liabilities$14,077 $3,241,264 
Noncurrent liabilities1,380,808 1,884,629 
Total liabilities1,394,885 5,125,893 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
20212020
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenue$— $6,332,337 
Operating (loss) income(986)138,122 
Net income15,847 118,459 

(1)Amounts include activity related to our subsidiaries that were used to repay all amounts outstanding under our 2015 Credit Agreement.  still listed as guarantors for the period presented.
(2)Includes $237.1 million and $360.0 million of intercompany loan receivables from non-guarantor subsidiaries as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. All intercompany balances and transactions between CBRE Group, Inc., CBRE Services and the guarantor subsidiaries have been eliminated.
For additional information on all of our 2017 Credit Agreement,long-term debt, see Note 1211 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 included in our 2020 Annual Report and Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

In prior years, we also issued 5.00%, 4.875% and 5.25% senior notes that are due in 2023, 2026 and 2025, respectively.  For additional information on all of our long-term debt, see Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 included in our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

Short-Term Borrowings

We maintain a $2.8$3.15 billion (inclusive of the $350.0 million increase executed on July 9, 2021) revolving credit facility under our 2017the 2019 Credit Agreement and warehouse lines of credit with certain third-party lenders. For additional information on all of our short-term borrowings, see Note 1011 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 included in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Notes 3 7 and 128 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

In March 2011, we entered into five interest rate swap agreements, all with effective dates in October 2011, and immediately designated them as cash flow hedges in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”  The purpose of these interest rate swap agreements is to attempt to hedge potential changes to our cash flows due to the variable interest nature of our senior term loan facilities. The total notional amount of these interest rate swap agreements at September 30, 2017 was $400.0 million, with $200.0 million having expired on October 2, 2017 and $200.0 million expiring in September 2019. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the fair values of such interest rate swap agreements were reflected as a $6.6 million liability and a $13.2 million liability, respectively, and were included in other current and long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

In July 2015, we entered into three interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $300.0 million, all with effective dates in August 2015, and designated them as cash flow hedges in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815. In August 2015, we elected to terminate these agreements and paid a $6.2 million cash settlement, which has been recorded to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. This settlement fee is being amortized to interest expense throughout the remaining term of the terminated hedge transaction until August 2025.

Off –Balance Sheet Arrangements

Our off-balance sheet arrangements are described in Note 810 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report and are incorporated by reference herein.

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Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includescontains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “should,” “propose,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will” and similar terms and phrases are used in this Quarterly Report to identify forward-looking statements. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters addressed in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies.


These forward-looking statements are made based on our management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting us and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These uncertainties and factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements.

The following factors are among those, but are not only those, that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements:


disruptions in general economic, political and businessregulatory conditions and significant public health events, particularly in geographies or industry sectors where our business may be concentrated;


volatility and disruption ofor adverse developments in the securities, capital andor credit markets, interest rate increases and conditions affecting the cost and availabilityvalue of capital for investment in real estate assets, inside and outside the U.S.;


poor performance of real estate investments or other conditions that negatively impact clients’ willingness to make real estate or long-term contractual commitments and other factors affecting the valuecost and availability of capital for investment in real estate assets, insideestate;

foreign currency fluctuations and outsidechanges in currency restrictions, trade sanctions and import/export and transfer pricing rules;

disruptions to business, market and operational conditions related to the United States;

Covid-19 pandemic and the impact of government rules and regulations intended to mitigate the effects of this pandemic, including, without limitation, rules and regulations that impact us as a loan originator and servicer for U.S. Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs);

our ability to compete globally, or in specific geographic markets or business segments that are material to us;


our ability to identify, acquire and integrate accretive businesses;

costs and potential future capital requirements relating to businesses we may acquire;

integration challenges arising out of companies we may acquire;

increases in unemployment and general slowdowns in commercial activity;


trends in pricing and risk assumption for commercial real estate services;


the effect of significant movementschanges in average capcapitalization rates across different property types;


a reduction by companies in their reliance on outsourcing for their commercial real estate needs, which would affect our revenues and operating performance;


client actions to restrain project spending and reduce outsourced staffing levels;

declines in lending activity of U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises, regulatory oversight of such activity and our mortgage servicing revenue from the commercial real estate mortgage market;


our ability to further diversify our revenue model to offset cyclical economic trends in the commercial real estate industry;


our ability to attract new user and investor clients;


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our ability to retain major clients and renew related contracts;


our ability to leverage our global services platform to maximize and sustain long-term cash flow;


our ability to maintain EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margins that enable us to continue investing in our platform and client service offerings;


our ability to control costs relativemaintain expense discipline;


the emergence of disruptive business models and technologies;

negative publicity or harm to revenue growth;

our brand and reputation;

economic volatilitythe failure by third parties to comply with service level agreements or regulatory or legal requirements;


the ability of our investment management business to maintain and market uncertainty globallygrow assets under management and achieve desired investment returns for our investors, and any potential related litigation, liabilities or reputational harm possible if we fail to uncertainty surrounding the implementation and effect of the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union, including uncertainty in relation to the legal and regulatory framework that would apply to the United Kingdom and its relationship with the remaining members of the European Union;

do so;

foreign currency fluctuations;


our ability to retain and incentivize key personnel;

our ability to compete globally, or in specific geographic markets or business segments that are material to us;

our ability to identify, acquire and integrate synergistic and accretive businesses;

costs and potential future capital requirements relating to businesses we may acquire;

integration challenges arising out of companies we may acquire;


the ability of our Global Investment Management business to maintain and grow assets under management and achieve desired investment returns for our investors, and any potential related litigation, liabilities or reputational harm possible if we fail to do so;

our ability to manage fluctuations in net earnings and cash flow, which could result from poor performance in our investment programs, including our participation as a principal in real estate investments;


the ability of CBRE Capital Markets to periodically amend, or replace, on satisfactory terms, the agreements for its warehouse lines of credit;


declines in lending activity of U.S. GSEs, regulatory oversight of such activity and our mortgage servicing revenue from the commercial real estate mortgage market;

changes in U.S. and international law and regulatory environments (including relating to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, trade sanctions, tariffs, currency controls and other trade control laws), particularly in Asia, Africa, Russia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, due to the level of political instability in those regions;

litigation and its financial and reputational risks to us;

our exposure to liabilities in connection with real estate advisory and property management activities and our ability to procure sufficient insurance coverage on acceptable terms;

our ability to retain and incentivize key personnel;

our ability to manage organizational challenges associated with our size;

liabilities under guarantees, or for construction defects, that we incur in our development services business;

variations in historically customary seasonal patterns that cause our business not to perform as expected;

our leverage under our debt instruments as well as the limited restrictions therein on our ability to incur additional debt, and the potential increased borrowing costs to us from a credit-ratings downgrade;

the ability of CBRE Capital Markets to periodically amend, or replace, on satisfactory terms, the agreements for its warehouse lines of credit;


variations in historically customary seasonal patterns that cause our business not to perform as expected;

litigation and its financial and reputational risks to us;

our exposure to liabilities in connection with real estate advisory and property management activities and our ability to procure sufficient insurance coverage on acceptable terms;

liabilities under guarantees, or for construction defects, that we incur in our Development Services business;

our and our employees’ ability to execute on, and adapt to, information technology strategies and trends;


changes in domestic and international law and regulatory environments (including relatingcybersecurity threats or other threats to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, trade sanctions, currency controls and other trade control laws), particularly in Russia, Eastern Europe andour information technology networks, including the Middle East, due to the levelpotential misappropriation of political instability in those regions;

assets or sensitive information, corruption of data or operational disruption;

our ability to comply with laws and regulations related to our global operations, including real estate licensure, tax, labor and employment laws and regulations, as well as the anti-corruption laws and trade sanctions of the U.S. and other countries;

our ability to maintain our effective tax rate at or below current levels;


changes in applicable tax or accounting requirements, including potential tax reform under the current U.S. administration;

requirements;

any inability for us to implement and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;

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the effect of implementation of new accounting rules and standards;standards or the impairment of our goodwill and

intangible assets; and

the other factors described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, included under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies,” “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” or as described in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,, in particular in Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors”, or as described in the other documents and reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Commission (SEC).

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties is contained in our other periodic filings with the SecuritiesSEC.
Investors and Exchange Commission.

others should note that we routinely announce financial and other material information using our Investor Relations website (
https://ir.cbre.com), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. We use these channels of distribution to communicate with our investors and members of the public about our company, our services and other items of interest. Information contained on our website is not part of this Quarterly Report or our other filings with the SEC.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The information in this section should be read in connection with the information on market risk related to changes in interest rates and non-U.S. currency exchange rates in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

2020
.

Our exposure to market risk primarily consists of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations related to our international operations and changes in interest rates on debt obligations. We manage such risk primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of our debt funding and by using derivative financial instruments. We apply Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” when accounting for derivative financial instruments. In all cases, we view derivative financial instruments as a risk management tool and, accordingly, do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

Exchange Rates

Our foreign operations expose us to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. These fluctuations may impact the value of our cash receipts and payments in terms of our functional (reporting) currency, which is the U.S. dollars.dollar. See the discussion of international operations, which is included in Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Items Affecting Comparability—International Operations” and is incorporated by reference herein.

Interest Rates

We manage our interest expense by using a combination of fixed and variable rate debt. We enterHistorically, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements to attempt to hedge the variability of future interest payments due to changes in interest rates. See discussionAs of ourJune 30, 2021, we did not have any outstanding interest rate swap agreements, which is included in Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Indebtedness—Interest Rate Swap Agreements” and is incorporated by reference herein.

agreements.

The estimated fair value of our senior term loans was approximately $750.8$770.4 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2021. Based on dealers’ quotes, the estimated fair valuesvalue of our 5.00% senior notes, 4.875% senior notes and 5.25%2.500% senior notes were $829.1 million, $646.6was $696.3 million and $463.4$507.2 million, respectively, at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2021.

We utilize sensitivity analyses to assess the potential effect ofon our variable rate debt. If interest rates were to increase 100 basis points on our outstanding variable rate debt at SeptemberJune 30, 2017, excluding notes payable on real estate,2021, the net impact of the additional interest cost would be a decrease of $2.6$7.5 million on pre-tax income and a decrease of $2.6$7.5 million in cash provided by operating activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2021.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Rule 13a-15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires that we conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, and we have a disclosure policy in furtherance of the same. This evaluation is designed to ensure that all corporate disclosure is complete and accurate in all material respects. The evaluation is further designed to ensure that all information required to be disclosed in our SEC reports is accumulated and communicated to management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures and recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods and in the manner specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer supervise and participate in this evaluation, and they are assisted by our Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer and other members of our Disclosure Committee. In addition to our Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, ourOur Disclosure Committee consists of our General Counsel, our chief communication officer,Deputy CFO and Chief Accounting Officer, our corporate controller,Chief Transformation Officer, our head of GlobalChief Communication Officer, our Senior Vice President, Risk and Assurance, and Advisory, our senior officersSenior Officers of significant business lines and other select employees.

We conducted the required evaluation, and our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) were not effective as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 due to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting that were disclosed in our
2020 Annual Report.

Notwithstanding such material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, our management concluded that our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q present fairly, in all material respects, the company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of the dates, and for the periods presented, in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

Remediation
As previously described in Part II, Item 9A of our 2020 Annual Report, we continue to implement our remediation plans that address the material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we pursued several activities to further our remediation efforts:

Implemented mechanisms to provide close to real-time visibility into the results of the ongoing monitoring program to ensure immediate action on items requiring attention;
Inventoried, baselined and rationalized key reports in the primary accounting system so as to have standard reports supporting the efficient execution of controls;
Enhanced the framework around proper design and implementation of key balance sheet account reconciliations; and
Continued to train employees responsible for control execution and oversight and established a control owner “certification” to promote awareness and underscore ownership and accountability.

Though further remediation efforts were made this quarter, the material weakness will not be considered fully remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through formal testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
Changes in Internal ControlsControl Over Financial Reporting

No

Except for changes made in connection with our implementation of the remediation efforts mentioned above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings


Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

There have been no material changes to our legal proceedings as previously disclosed in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

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Item 1A.

Risk Factors


Item 1A.    Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to our risk factors as previously disclosed in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Open market share repurchase activity during the three months ended June 30, 2021 was as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
PeriodTotal
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average
Price Paid
per Share
Total Number
of Shares Purchased
as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021300,454 $80.31 300,454 
May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021— — — 
June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021— — — 
300,454 $80.31 300,454 $261,737 

(1)During 2019, our board of directors authorized a program for the fiscal year endedcompany to repurchase up to $500.0 million of our Class A common stock over three years, and during the second quarter of 2021, we repurchased $24.1 million of our common stock under this program. The remaining $261.7 million in the table represents the amount available to repurchase shares under the authorized repurchase program as of June 30, 2021.
Our repurchase programs do not obligate us to acquire any specific number of shares. Under these programs, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. The timing of any future repurchases and the actual amounts repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of our common stock, general market and economic conditions and other factors.
Item 5.    Other Information

On July 28, 2021 (the “Transition Date”), the company’s board of directors appointed (i) Emma E. Giamartino as the company’s Global Group President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer and (ii) Madeleine Barber as the company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer.

Ms. Giamartino, age 38, has served as the company’s Global Chief Investment Officer since January 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Giamartino served as the company’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions from June 2020 to January 2021 and as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions in the Americas from February 2018 to June 2020. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Giamartino served as Director of Corporate Development at Verizon Communications from March 2016 to February 2018. She also worked in Nomura’s technology, media and telecommunication investment banking group from June 2010 to March 2016. She began her career at Assured Guaranty (formerly Financial Security Assurance), in the residential mortgage-backed securities group. Effective on the Transition Date, Ms. Giamartino will earn an annual base salary of $680,000 and will be eligible for an annual target bonus of $1,000,000 (prorated as of the Transition Date). Shortly after the Transition Date, Ms. Giamartino will also receive an additional equity award with a grant date value of $615,000. Beginning in 2022, she will be eligible to receive an annual equity award with a target grant date value of $1,820,000. Ms. Giamartino will also receive a one-time cash promotion award of $1,000,000. The cash promotion award will be subject to repayment under certain circumstances. As a condition of her appointment, Ms. Giamartino executed our standard Restrictive Covenants Agreements for senior executives.

Ms. Barber, age 57, has served as the company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Chief Accounting, Tax and Treasury Officer since June 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Barber served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance from January 2020 to June 2020 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer from December 2016 to June 2020. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Barber served in senior finance roles, each with increasing responsibility at Tyco International Plc for 12 years, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer from October 2011 to November 2016. Prior to that, she served as Tax Partner at KPMG LLP from May 2002 to December 2004 and Tax Partner at Arthur Anderson LLP from August
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1988 to May 2002. Effective as of the Transition Date, Ms. Barber will earn an annual base salary of $550,000 and will be eligible for an annual target bonus of $550,000 (prorated as of the Transition Date). Beginning in 2022, she will be eligible for an annual equity award with a target grant date value of $600,000. Ms. Barber will also receive a one-time cash promotion award of $300,000. The cash promotion award will be subject to repayment under certain circumstances. As a condition of her appointment, Ms. Barber executed our standard Restrictive Covenants Agreements for senior executives.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Giamartino, Ms. Barber and any other persons pursuant to which they were selected for their respective positions with the company. There are no family relationships between Ms. Giamartino, Ms. Barber and any director or executive officer of the company. Ms. Giamartino and Ms. Barber do not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor are any such transactions currently proposed.

Leah C. Stearns, who served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer until July 28, 2021, will remain at the company through December 31, 2016.2021. Ms. Stearns will receive payments and benefits afforded to senior executives under the company’s Change in Control and Severance Plan for Senior Management, and will remain eligible to receive a pro rata portion of the outstanding one-time Strategic Equity Awards that were granted to Ms. Stearns when she joined the company, described under the heading “Executive Compensation—Employment Agreements” in the company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 5, 2021.
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Item 6.    Exhibits
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit No.Exhibit DescriptionFormSEC File No.ExhibitFiling DateFiled Herewith
2.18-K001-322052.107/29/2021
3.18-K001-322053.105/23/2018
3.28-K001-322053.103/27/2020
10.18-K001-3220510.107/13/2021
10.2X
10.3X
10.4X
22.1X
31.1X
31.2X
32X
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)X
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema DocumentX
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase DocumentX
101.DEFInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase DocumentX
101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase DocumentX
101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase DocumentX
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)X

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No.

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Filed
Herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CBRE Group, Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-32205

 

3.1

 

05/19/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    3.2

 

Amended and Restated By-Laws of CBRE Group, Inc.

 

10-Q

 

001-32205

 

3.2

 

05/10/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    4.1

 

Form of Class A common stock certificate of CBRE Group, Inc.

 

10-Q

 

001-32205

 

4.1

 

08/08/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    4.2(a)

 

Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2013, among CBRE Group, Inc., CBRE Services, Inc., certain subsidiaries of CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee

 

10-Q

 

001-32205

 

4.4(a)

 

05/10/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    4.2(b)

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2013, between CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the 5.00% Senior Notes Due 2023, including the Form of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 

10-Q

 

001-32205

 

4.4(b)

 

05/10/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    4.2(c)

 

Form of Supplemental Indenture among certain subsidiary guarantors of CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 

8-K

 

001-32205

 

4.3

 

04/16/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    4.2(d)

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 10, 2013, between CBRE/LJM- Nevada, Inc., CBRE Consulting, Inc., CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 

S-3ASR

 

333-201126

 

4.3(c)

 

12/19/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+    Denotes a management contract or compensatory arrangement

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Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No.

Exhibit Description

Form

SEC File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed
Herewith

    4.2(e)

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2014, between CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025, including the Form of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025

8-K

001-32205

4.1

09/26/2014

    4.2(f)

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2014, between CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the additional issuance of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025

8-K

001-32205

4.1

12/12/2014

    4.2(g)

Form of Supplemental Indenture among certain subsidiary guarantors of CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025

S-3ASR

333-201126

4.3(h)

12/19/2014

    4.2(h)

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2015, between CBRE Services, Inc., CBRE Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, for the issuance of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2026, including the Form of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2026

8-K

001-32205

4.2

08/13/2015

    4.2(i)

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2015, between CBRE GWS LLC, CBRE Services, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023, the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 and the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2026

8-K

001-32205

4.1

09/25/2015

  11

Statement concerning Computation of Per Share Earnings (filed as Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial Statements)

X

  31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

  31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

  32

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X


Table of contents

SIGNATURES

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No.

Exhibit Description

Form

SEC File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed
Herewith

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

X

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

X

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

X

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

X

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

X

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

X


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CBRE GROUP, INC.

Date: November 9, 2017

July 30, 2021

/s/ James R. Groch

E
MMA E. GIAMARTINO

James R. Groch

Emma E. Giamartino
Global Group President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

and Chief Investment Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 9, 2017

July 30, 2021

/s/ Gil Borok

M
ADELEINE BARBER

Gil Borok

Madeleine Barber
Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

(Principal Accounting Officer)

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