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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000929638-23-001911
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230701
FILED AS OF DATE: 20230703
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230703
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001024896
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35591
FILM NUMBER: 231065727
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 110 EAST 59TH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
BUSINESS PHONE: 2126102000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 110 EAST 59TH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
FORMER NAME:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CANTOR FITZGERALD L P
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961015
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BGC Group, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001094831
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES [6200]
IRS NUMBER: 863748217
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 499 PARK AVENUE
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
BUSINESS PHONE: 212-610-2200
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 499 PARK AVENUE
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BGC Partners, Inc.
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080404
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ESPEED INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990913
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On July 1, 2023, BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC Partners") and BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), along with certain other affiliated entities, completed a corporate conversion (the "Corporate Conversion") pursuant to the Corporate Conversion Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2022, as amended as of March 29, 2023. Upon completion of the Corporate Conversion, BGC Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary of its new public holding company, BGC Group, Inc. ("BGC Group"), and (i) each share of BGC Partners Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of BGC Group Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), (ii) each share of BGC Partners Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of
(Continued from footnote 1) BGC Group Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock," and together with the Class A Common Stock, "Common Stock"), and (iii) each unit of BGC Holdings exchangeable limited partnership interests held by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of Class B Common Stock, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The transactions reported herein were approved by the Board of Directors of BGC Group and the Compensation Committee thereof.
The shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible at any time on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment) into shares of Class A Common Stock.
Includes an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of Class B Common Stock that may be distributed, or converted into shares of Class A Common Stock to be distributed, to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012.
Certain of the shares of Class B Common Stock issued to CFLP will exchange into shares of Class A Common Stock in the event that BGC Group does not issue at least $75,000,000 in Common Stock in connection with certain acquisition transactions prior to the seventh anniversary of the completion of the Corporate Conversion.
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
2023-07-03