0001437749-19-006058.txt : 20190329 0001437749-19-006058.hdr.sgml : 20190329 20190329171035 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-006058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190327 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190329 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190329 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: 19717573 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 2019-03-27 0001094831 BGC Partners, Inc. BGCP 0001251144 MERKEL STEPHEN M C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 EVP and General Counsel Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2019-03-27 4 D 0 233172 5.30 D 0 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 23881 I By 401(k) Plan Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2250 I By reporting person's spouse These shares of BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), were sold by the reporting person to the Company in an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The sale price per share was the closing price of the Class A Common Stock on March 26, 2019. The transaction was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. 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 February 28, 2019. /s/ Stephen M. Merkel 2019-03-29