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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-229247
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251003

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cushman & Wakefield plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001628369
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE [6500]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		EIN:				981193584
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			Y9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38611
		FILM NUMBER:		251372096

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 OLD BROAD STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC2N 1AR
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44 20 3296 3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 OLD BROAD STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC2N 1AR

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Cushman & Wakefield Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20180726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20180726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Cushman & Wakefield plc
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20180719
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy
Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Amendment No. ) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the Registrant:&#8194;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by a Party other
than the Registrant:&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Preliminary Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Additional Materials </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14A-12</FONT>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield plc </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of&nbsp;Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of person(s) filing proxy statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No fee required. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(i)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-11.</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Independent Proxy Advisory Firm Glass Lewis Joins ISS in Recommending Shareholders Vote &#8220;FOR&#8221;
All Proposals Related to Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield&#8217;s Redomiciliation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NEW YORK, October</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;3, 2025</B> &#8211;
Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield plc (NYSE: CWK) (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) today announced that independent proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Co. (&#8220;Glass Lewis&#8221;) has recommended that the Company&#8217;s shareholders vote
&#8220;FOR&#8221; all of the Company&#8217;s proposals in connection with the Company&#8217;s intention to change its place of incorporation from England and Wales to Bermuda (the &#8220;Redomiciliation&#8221;). Glass Lewis&#8217;s voting
recommendations follow similar voting recommendations from independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (&#8220;ISS&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#8217;s board of directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of all its proposals to redomicile to Bermuda to facilitate shareholder value creation. The Redomiciliation would change the jurisdiction of
incorporation and governing documents of its parent company, but is not expected to have any material impact on the Company&#8217;s operations or subsidiaries: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">After an approximately <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">18-month</FONT> extensive review process of six potential
jurisdictions, the Board determined that Bermuda offered the Company and shareholders the best balance in terms of economic savings, efficiencies from reduced administrative burden, reliability, tax neutrality, risk, feasibility, and facilitation
and creation of long-term shareholder value. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The proposals would facilitate shareholder value creation, including cost savings (estimated annual savings of
$3&nbsp;million annually) by reducing administrative, accounting, tax and legal complexity while increasing corporate efficiencies. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Redomiciliation is part of a larger effort to enhance the Company&#8217;s corporate governance, including a
separate proposal to declassify the Board gradually over a three-year period. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Redomiciliation provides an opportunity to better align the Company&#8217;s corporate governance with the
expectations of the Company&#8217;s largely U.S. shareholder base under the more adaptable and business-friendly corporate law of Bermuda. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Redomiciliation is not tax driven as the relocation to Bermuda would be generally tax neutral and the
Company&#8217;s subsidiaries&#8217; tax residences will not change. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">As a Bermuda company, the Company will continue trading on the NYSE (under the same symbol &#8220;CWK&#8221;) and
will continue to be governed by the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) rules and regulations. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Redomiciliation is not expected to result in any material change in the Company&#8217;s offices, management
team, Board or employee base, nor will it result in material changes to the Company&#8217;s operating companies&#8217; client offerings or services. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company remains committed to its U.K. and European customers, employees and businesses.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">There will be no material change to the Company&#8217;s U.S. GAAP financial statements and no changes in its
financial documents, financings or credit agreements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The special meetings associated with the Redomiciliation will be held on
October&nbsp;16, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For more information about the proposed Redomiciliation, see the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement for the special
meetings filed on September&nbsp;4, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield plc (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately
52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2024, the firm reported revenue of $9.4&nbsp;billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief
that<I>&nbsp;Better never settles</I>, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This communication contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements relating to the
shareholder meetings in connection with the Redomiciliation, the Redomiciliation, trends in or expectations relating to the expected effects of our initiatives, strategies and plans, as well as trends in or expectations regarding our financial
results and long-term growth model and drivers, and regarding our business strategy and plans and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words &#8220;can,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221;
&#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;seek&#8221; and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these
forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks detailed in our filings with the SEC, including the Risk Factors section of our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2024. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors,
may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this document may not occur and
actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in
the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results. We assume no obligation to update any of the
forward-looking statements contained in this document, except as required by law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional Information and Where to Find It </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. This
communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the Redomiciliation. In connection with the Redomiciliation and the related special meetings on October&nbsp;16, 2025, the Company filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement
and scheme circular (the &#8220;Definitive Proxy Statement&#8221;) on September&nbsp;4, 2025, which was also mailed to the Company&#8217;s shareholders, as well as other relevant documents regarding the proposed Redomiciliation. THE COMPANY&#8217;S
SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ANY DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION THAT THE
COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE REDOMICILIATION. The Company&#8217;s shareholders and investors may obtain free copies of the Definitive Proxy Statement and other
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