X0303 4 2010-05-06 0001094831 BGC Partners, Inc. BGCP 0001024896 CANTOR FITZGERALD L P 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 0 1 0 Class A Common Stock 2010-05-06 4 C 0 600000 0 A 404030 D Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2010-05-06 4 C 0 600000 0 D Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 600000 25799362 D On May 6, 2010, 600,000 shares of Class B Common Stock were converted into 600,000 shares of Class A Common Stock by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP"), of which 554,947 shares were distributed by CFLP on May 7, 2010 to certain current and former partners of CFLP to satisfy certain of CFLP's deferred stock distribution obligations provided to such partners on April 1, 2008. After the distribution of the aggregate 554,947 shares of Class A Common Stock, the aggregate number of remaining shares of Class A Common Stock subject to deferred stock distribution obligations that CFLP is required to distribute to current and former CFLP partners is 22,225,022. 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. /s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President for CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. 2010-05-10