UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2005

 

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32205

 

94-3391143

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3400, Los Angeles, California

 

90017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(213) 613-3226

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the matters described herein.

 

Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

Effective January 1, 2005, Calvin W. Frese, Jr. was appointed President of the Company’s Americas Operations, which is the Company's largest geographic operation.  Mr. Frese, 47, previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer of the Americas beginning in 2001, and prior to that as its Executive Managing Director of the Central Region from 1998 to 2001.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)  Exhibits

 

99.1  Press release of the Company, dated January 4, 2005.

 

 

Signature

 

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

 

Date: January 4, 2005

 

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ KENNETH J. KAY

 

 

 

Kenneth J. Kay

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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