0001437749-19-000234.txt : 20190103 0001437749-19-000234.hdr.sgml : 20190103 20190103174510 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-000234 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190103 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERKEL STEPHEN M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001251144 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28191 FILM NUMBER: 19507328 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. STREET 2: 499 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 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 4 1 rdgdoc.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2018-12-31 0001094831 BGC Partners, Inc. BGCP 0001251144 MERKEL STEPHEN M C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 EVP, General Counsel and Sec'y Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2018-12-31 4 A 0 113032 A 139612 D Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 6258 I By various trusts Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 23581 I By 401(k) plan Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2250 I By reporting person's spouse On December 31, 2018, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") granted to the reporting person 113,032 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") following the redemption and cancellation of an aggregate of 113,032 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings, L.P. The grant was partial compensation for services provided by the reporting person to the Company during 2018. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Represents shares of Class A Common Stock held in trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's immediate family, of which the reporting person's spouse is the sole trustee of each trust and the reporting person has the power to remove and replace such trustee. Represents shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of December 31, 2018. /s/ Stephen M. Merkel 2019-01-03