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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001690680-21-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMRK"
cik: "0001690680"
company_name: "NEWMARK GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T20:40:23.290290+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newmark changes non-GAAP definitions, excludes Nasdaq earn-out and 2021 Equity Event from Q3 2021

## Summary
- Nasdaq earn-out accelerated on June 25, 2021; Newmark received Nasdaq shares and will exclude related gains, dividends, and mark-to-market from Q3 2021 non-GAAP results.
- 2021 Equity Event charges for cash paid to independent contractors for withholding taxes and HDU redemptions will be excluded from Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA starting Q3 2021.
- Non-GAAP definitions updated; management believes excluding these items better reflects underlying performance of ongoing operations.
- Q2 2021 financial results were announced on August 6, 2021; specific earnings figures are not included in this filing body.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001690680-21-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMRK
- cik: 0001690680
- company_name: NEWMARK GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 2.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000169068021000034/0001690680-21-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000169068021000034/nmrk-20210802.htm

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