0001437749-20-004350.txt : 20200304 0001437749-20-004350.hdr.sgml : 20200304 20200304171233 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-20-004350 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200302 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200304 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: 20688280 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 2020-03-02 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 BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests 2020-03-02 4 A 0 110000 0 A Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 110000 110000 D BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests 2020-03-02 4 A 0 250065 0 A Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 250065 360065 D On March 2, 2020, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") granted the reporting person 110,000 exchange rights with respect to 110,000 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings") that were previously granted to the reporting person. The resulting 110,000 exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings are immediately exchangeable by the reporting person for an aggregate of 110,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Class A common stock"). The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Compensation Committee") and was exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). On March 2, 2020, the Company granted the reporting person 250,065 exchange rights with respect to 250,065 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings that were previously granted to the reporting person. The resulting 250,065 exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings are immediately exchangeable by the reporting person for an aggregate of 250,065 shares of Class A common stock. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee and was exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. /s/ Stephen M. Merkel 2020-03-04