BGC Group, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 30, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP)
CIK: 0001094831
Period of Report: 2016-09-30

Reporting Person: MERKEL STEPHEN M (EVP, General Counsel and Sec'y)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-09-30	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	D	16634	$8.75	Disposed	39436	Direct
2016-09-30	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	D	4131	$8.75	Disposed	0	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	17301	Indirect
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	2250	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares of BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ( "Class A Common Stock"), sold by the reporting person to the Company in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). This transaction was included in the Company's stock repurchase authorization and was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

F2: Represent shares of Class A Common Stock sold by trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's immediately 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, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act. This transaction was included in the Company's stock repurchase authorization and was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

F3: Represents shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of August 31, 2016.