SEC Form 4 · accession 0001437749-16-026090
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
Feb 11, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 25, 2016 · 9:49 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001094831
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareF2,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,F10 | Feb 11, 2016 | G | 58,617 | $0.00 | D | 35,049,308 | I | See footnotes |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareF3,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,F10 | Feb 23, 2016 | D | 5,000,000 | $8.72 | D | 30,049,308 | I | See footnotes |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareF4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,F10 | Feb 23, 2016 | G | 970,639 | $0.00 | D | 29,078,669 | I | See footnotes |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareF1 | holding | — | — | — | 10,394,613 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1The 10,394,613 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") consist of (i) 1,420,892 shares held by the reporting person, and (ii) 8,973,721 shares represented by deferred stock receivable by the reporting person (consisting of 7,742,325 shares receivable pursuant to deferred stock distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 ("April 2008 distribution rights shares") and 1,231,396 shares receivable pursuant to deferred stock distribution rights provided to partners of CFLP on February 14, 2012 ("February 2012 distribution rights shares").
- F10CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the President and Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of CFGM. KBCR is a non-managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the managing member of KBCR. The reporting person is the managing member of LFA. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by CFLP, CFGM, KBCR and LFA in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is he beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for the purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or for any other purpose.
- F2Represents a gift of 58,617 shares of Class A Common Stock by the reporting person's personal asset trust to a charitable organization.
- F3On February 23, 2016, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") sold 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Company in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), at a price equal to the closing price of the Class A Common Stock on the date of such sale. The transaction was included in the Company's stock repurchase authorization and was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
- F4Represents a gift of 970,369 shares of Class A Common Stock by CFLP to a charitable organization. These shares were repurchased on the same date by the Company as part of its stock repurchase program.
- F5After giving effect to the transactions reported above, the reporting person's indirect pecuniary interest in 29,078,669 shares of Class A Common Stock consists of (i) 16,521,272 shares held by CFLP after the sale of the 5,000,000 shares referred to in footnote 3 and the gift of 970,639 shares referred to in footnote 4, (ii) 504,255 shares held by CFGM, (iii) 2,050,197 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 160,675 February 2012 distribution rights shares receivable by CFGM (continued in footnote 6);
- F6(iv) 5,256,943 shares held in various trust, retirement and custodial accounts of the reporting person (consisting of (A) 4,219,326 shares held in a personal asset trust, of which the reporting person is the sole trustee, after the gift of the 58,617 shares referred to in footnote 2, (B) 246,931 shares held by a trust (the "Trust") for the benefit of the descendants of the reporting person and his immediate family, of which the reporting person's spouse is one of two trustees and the reporting person has limited powers to remove and replace such trustees, (C) 149,561 shares held in a Keogh retirement account for the reporting person, (D) 781,161 shares held by trust accounts for the benefit of the reporting person and members of the his immediate family, (E) 29,635 shares held in other retirement accounts, and (F) 13,702 shares held in custodial accounts for the benefit of certain members of the reporting person's family under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act) (continued in footnote 7);
- F7CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the President and Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of CFGM. KBCR is a non-managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the managing member of KBCR. The reporting person is the managing member of LFA. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by CFLP, CFGM, KBCR and LFA in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is he beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for the purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or for any other purpose.
- F8(viii) 206,902 shares held by KBCR (continued in footnote 9);
- F9(ix) 2,335,967 shares represented by distribution rights shares receivable by KBCR (consisting of 2,048,000 April 2008 distribution rights shares and 287,967 February 2012 distribution rights shares, and (x) 404,275 shares held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of January 31, 2016.