Sec Form 4 Filing - LUTNICK HOWARD W @ NEWMARK GROUP, INC. - 2018-03-06

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person LUTNICK HOWARD W 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEWMARK GROUP, INC. [ NMRK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director X __ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) ., 499 PARK AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 03/06/2018 (Street) NEW YORK, NY10022 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Newmark Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Units ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 03/06/2018 A( 2 ) 16,606,726 ( 2 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Class A or Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ( 1 ) 16,606,726 ( 2 ) $ 14.57 ( 2 ) 40,408,073 ( 2 ) ( 4 ) I See footnote ( 3 )

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other LUTNICK HOWARD W . 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY10022 X X Chairman Signatures /s/ Howard W. Lutnick 03/08/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Exchangeable limited partnership units ("Units") of Newmark Holdings, L.P. ("Newmark Holdings") are exchangeable, at the discretion of the holder, at any time on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, into either shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A common stock"), or shares of the Issuer's Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class B common stock"). Shares of Class B common stock are convertible, at any time on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, into shares of Class A common stock. ( 2 )As previously disclosed, on March 6, 2018, BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC"), including through its subsidiary, BGC Partners, L.P. ("BGC OpCo") entered into an agreement to purchase an aggregate of 16,606,726 Units for approximately $242.0 million (the "Investment"). In the Investment, BGC acquired 7,750,487 Units and BGC OpCo acquired 8,856,239 Units. The price per Unit was based on the $14.57 closing price of the Issuer's Class A common stock on March 6, 2018, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The closing occurred on March 7, 2018. ( 3 )A majority of the voting power of BGC is held by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. and its affiliates ("CFLP"). CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM") is the Managing General Partner of CFLP and the reporting person is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of CFGM. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities in excess of its pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose. ( 4 )Includes 23,801,347 Units acquired by CFLP on December 13, 2017 in connection with the separation of the Issuer' s business from the remainder of the businesses held by BGC and its subsidiaries.

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