0001437749-16-026078.txt : 20160225 0001437749-16-026078.hdr.sgml : 20160225 20160225180133 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-16-026078 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160223 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160225 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160225 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BGC Partners, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001094831 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES [6200] IRS NUMBER: 134063515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE 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: ESPEED INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990913 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: 161457222 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 4 1 rdgdoc.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-02-23 0001094831 BGC Partners, Inc. BGCP 0001024896 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 1 Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2016-02-23 4 D 0 5000000 8.72 D 17493516 D Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2016-02-23 5 G 0 970639 0 D 16521272 D On February 23, 2016, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") sold 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") of BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") to the Company in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a price equal to the closing price per share of the Class A Common Stock on the date of such sale. This transaction was included in the Company's stock repurchase authorization and was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Represents a gift of 970,639 shares of Class A Common Stock by CFLP to a charitable organization. These shares were repurchased on the same date by the Company as part of the Company's stock repurchase authorization. /s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President 2016-02-25