BGC Group, Inc.

Regulatory Filings • Oct 29, 2020

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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 29, 2020

Registration No. 333-235533

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BGC PARTNERS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	13-4063515
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

499 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 610-2200

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Stephen M. Merkel

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

BGC Partners, Inc.

499 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 610-2200

Fax: (212) 829-4708

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Christopher T. Jensen

Howard A. Kenny

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

101 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10178

(212) 309-6000

Fax: (212) 309-6001

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister securities that were registered under the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-235533) filed on December 16, 2019 (the “2019 Registration Statement”) by BGC Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BGC”), which 2019 Registration Statement immediately became effective upon such filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The 2019 Registration Statement was filed to register the offer and sale by affiliates of BGC, in connection with market-making transactions, of an indeterminate amount of BGC’s: (i) 5.125% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes”), (ii) 5.375% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), and (iii) 3.750% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes” and, collectively with the 2021 Notes and the 2023 Notes, the “Securities”).

On October 20, 2020, BGC filed a registration statement (the “2020 Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-249567) to register the offer and sale by affiliates of BGC, in connection with market-making transactions, of an indeterminate amount of certain securities of BGC, including the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes and the 2024 Notes. The 2020 Registration Statement became effective on October 28, 2020.

Accordingly, the offerings of the Securities pursuant to the 2019 Registration Statement have been terminated, and BGC hereby removes from registration under the 2019 Registration Statement all of the Securities registered under the 2019 Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, BGC Partners, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2019 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York on October 29, 2020.

BGC PARTNERS, INC.
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
Title:	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2019 Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act.

[Signature Page to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the BGC Partners, Inc. Market-Making Registration

Statement for the 2021 Notes, 2023 Notes and 2024 Notes]