SEC Form 4 · accession 0001437749-15-012096
BGC Group, Inc. · BGC
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Howard W Lutnick
Officer — Chairman and CEO · Director · 10% Owner
Period of report
Jun 5, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Jun 9, 2015 · 9:11 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001094831
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange RightF1,F2,F3,F4,F5 | — | Jun 5, 2015 | A | 25,748,294 | A | — | — | Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 25,748,294 | 25,748,294 | I |
Explanation of responses
- F1Right to Acquire Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, upon the exchange of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
- F2On June 5, 2015, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an exchange agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. ("CFLP") providing CFLP and its managing general partner, CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM"), and other Cantor affiliates entitled to hold the Company's Class B Common Stock, par value 0.01 per share (the "Class B Stock"), under the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (collectively, "Cantor"), the right to exchange from time to time, on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustment, up to an aggregate of 34,649,693 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Stock"), now owned or subsequently acquired by Cantor for up to an aggregate of 34,649,693 shares of Class B Stock. (continued in footnote 3)
- F3Such shares of Class B Stock, which currently can be acquired by Cantor upon the exchange of exchangeable limited partnership units owned by Cantor in the Company's subsidiary, BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), are already included in the Company's fully diluted share count and will not increase Cantor's maximum potential voting power in the common equity of the Company. Under the exchange agreement, CFLP and CFGM currently have the right to exchange the aggregate 25,748,294 shares of Class A Stock currently owned by them for the same number of shares of Class B Stock, up to the limit of the then-remaining authorized but issued shares of Class B Stock. (continued in footnote 4)
- F4The Company and Cantor have agreed in the exchange agreement that any shares of Class B Stock issued to Cantor in connection with the exchange agreement would be deducted from the aggregate number of shares of Class B Stock that may be issued to Cantor upon exchange of its exchangeable limited partnership units in BGC Holdings so that no more than the currently authorized but unissued 34,649,693 shares of Class B Stock could be issued in the aggregate to Cantor in exchange for Class A Stock or exchangeable limited partnership units. Shares of Class B Stock are convertible on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustment, for shares of Class A Stock.
- F5CFGM is the managing general partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of CFGM. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities 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 securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.