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) November 10, 2021

GCM Grosvenor Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39716	85-2226287
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

900 North Michigan Avenue Suite 1100 Chicago, Illinois	60611
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(312) 506-6500

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	GCMG	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of Class A common stock	GCMGW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 10, 2021, GCM Grosvenor Inc. (the “Company”) reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 10, 2021, the Company posted a slide presentation entitled “2021 Third Quarter Results—Earnings Presentation, November 10, 2021” in the “Shareholder Relations” portion of its website at www.gcmgrosvenor.com/public-shareholders. A copy of the slide presentation is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2. The Company undertakes no obligation to update, supplement or amend the materials attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

The information contained in Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly provided by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated November 10, 2021
99.2	2021 Third Quarter Results—Earnings Presentation, dated November 10, 2021
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	GCM Grosvenor Inc.
Date: November 10, 2021	By:	/s/ Michael J. Sacks
	Name:	Michael J. Sacks
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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