BGC Group, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP)
CIK: 0001094831
Period of Report: 2012-03-13

Reporting Person: LUTNICK HOWARD W (Director, Chairman & CEO, 10% Owner)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-13	BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests	$	A	886569	Acquired		Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (886569)	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On March 13, 2012, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") purchased from BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings") an aggregate of 886,569 exchangeable limited partnership interests in BGC Holdings (the "Interests") at a price of $2.93 per Interest in transactions exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with the Agreement of Limited Partnership of BGC Holdings, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2008 (as further amended from time to time, the "BGC Holdings Agreement").

F2: The exchange rights with respect to the Interests are exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC Partners") (or, at CFLP's option or if there are no additional authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of BGC Partners) on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). 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.

F3: Includes 397,825 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings, as a result of the redemption of 397,825 non-exchangeable founding partner units, at an aggregate purchase price of $1,146,771, and 488,744 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to the Sixth Amendment of the BGC Holdings Agreement in connection with the grant of exchangeability and exchange of 488,744 founding partner units, at an aggregate purchase price of $1,449,663.

F4: Does not include exchange rights with respect to an aggregate of 12,996,325 Interests assumed in previous reports to have been exercised for shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012. As of the date of this report, an aggregate of 17,473,709 shares of Class A Common Stock remain subject to CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights to receive shares provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 (15,545,606 remaining shares) and the deferral by certain partners of CFLP of receipt of shares distributed by CFLP on February 14, 2012 in connection with payment of previous quarterly CFLP distributions (1,928,103 remaining shares).

F5: As of the date of this report, the aggregate 17,473,709 remaining shares of Class A Common Stock subject to CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations are assumed to be funded with (i) 588,119 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by CFLP upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 588,119 Interests on May 28, 2010, (ii) 3,889,265 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by CFLP upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 3,889,265 Interests on May 5, 2011, and (iii) the future exercise of exchange rights with respect to 12,996,325 Interests for 12,996,325 shares of Class A Common Stock. As of the date of this report, CFLP held an aggregate of 48,748,773 Interests.

F6: CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM") is the Managing General Partner of CFLP and the reporting person is the President and sole stockholder of CFGM. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.