05/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/12/2025 15:02
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 12, 2025, CBRE Services, Inc. ("Services"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, completed its previously announced offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.800% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes") and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2035 (the "2030 Notes" and, together with the 2035 Notes, the "Notes").
Each series of Notes is guaranteed on a full and unconditional basis by the Company. Each series of Notes is governed by an Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2013 (the "Base Indenture"), among Services, the Company, certain of Services' subsidiaries and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended and supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture entered into among Services, the Company and the Trustee on May 12, 2025 relating to the 2030 Notes (the "Tenth Supplemental Indenture") and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture entered into among Services, the Company and the Trustee on May 12, 2025 relating to the 2035 Notes (the "Eleventh Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Base Indenture and the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture").
The Notes were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of April 28, 2025, among Services, the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and NatWest Markets Securities Inc. on behalf of the several underwriters listed in Schedule A thereto. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem Services' 4.875% senior notes due 2026, to repay borrowings under the Company's commercial paper program and for other general corporate purposes. The Notes were offered pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276141) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated April 28, 2025.
The 2030 Notes will mature on June 15, 2030 and bear interest at a rate of 4.800% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2025. The 2035 Notes will mature on June 15, 2035 and bear interest at a rate of 5.500% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2025.
As of May 12, 2025 (the "Issue Date"), each series of Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company. After the Issue Date, certain of Services' subsidiaries will be required to fully and unconditionally guarantee the Notes on a senior unsecured basis if such subsidiaries guarantee other of Services' indebtedness above a specified amount. The guarantees by each guarantor of the Notes will rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of such guarantor.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of Services. The Notes rank equal in right of payment with Services' existing and future senior indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of Services' future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes and related guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of Services' and such guarantors' secured debt (if any) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.
The Indenture governing each series of Notes contains covenants that limit Services' ability and the ability of certain of Services' subsidiaries to (i) create certain liens, (ii) enter into sale/leaseback transactions and (iii) enter into mergers or consolidations. These covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions contained in the Indenture.
Events of default under the Indenture governing each series of Notes include, among others, the following (subject in certain cases to grace and cure periods): nonpayment, breach of covenants in the Indenture, default of payment of principal at final maturity and cessation of the guarantees.
The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Base Indenture, attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto, and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, attached as Exhibit 4.3 hereto.
The underwriters and their affiliates have in the past provided and from time to time in the future may provide the Company and its affiliates with certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services in the ordinary course of business, for which they have received and may receive customary payments of interest, fees and commissions.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.