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EXPLANATORY NOTE / DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This post-effective amendment (this “ Post-Effective Amendment ”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-211722) (the “ Registration Statement ”), filed by HFF, Inc. (the “ Registrant ”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2016 relating to a total of 6,269,453 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, of the Registrant (“ HFF Common Stock ”) for issuance under the HFF, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and the HFF, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan.

Effective as of July 1, 2019, pursuant the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 18, 2019 (as amended from time to time, the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (“ JLL ”), JLL CM, Inc. (“ Merger Sub ”), JLL CMG, LLC (“ Merger LLC ”) and the Registrant, (i) Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the “ Merger ”), with the Registrant surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of JLL and (ii) immediately following the effective time of the Merger, the Registrant, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, merged with and into Merger LLC (together with the Merger, the “ Transactions ”), with Merger LLC surviving the subsequent merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of JLL (the “ Surviving Company ”).

As a result of the Transactions, the Surviving Company, as successor by merger to the Registrant, has terminated any and all offerings of HFF Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement, the Surviving Company hereby removes from registration all shares of HFF Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.