SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O BGC GROUP, INC.
499 PARK AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10022

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BGC Group, Inc. [ BGC ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2023
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication

  
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 07/01/2023 A 109,097,102 A (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) 109,097,102 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. On July 1, 2023, BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC Partners") and BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), along with certain other affiliated entities, completed a corporate conversion (the "Corporate Conversion") pursuant to the Corporate Conversion Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2022, as amended as of March 29, 2023. Upon completion of the Corporate Conversion, BGC Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary of its new public holding company, BGC Group, Inc. ("BGC Group"), and (i) each share of BGC Partners Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of BGC Group Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), (ii) each share of BGC Partners Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of
2. (Continued from footnote 1) BGC Group Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock," and together with the Class A Common Stock, "Common Stock"), and (iii) each unit of BGC Holdings exchangeable limited partnership interests held by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of Class B Common Stock, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The transactions reported herein were approved by the Board of Directors of BGC Group and the Compensation Committee thereof.
3. 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.
4. Includes an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of Class B Common Stock that may be distributed, or converted into shares of Class A Common Stock to be distributed, to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012.
5. Certain of the shares of Class B Common Stock issued to CFLP will exchange into shares of Class A Common Stock in the event that BGC Group does not issue at least $75,000,000 in Common Stock in connection with certain acquisition transactions prior to the seventh anniversary of the completion of the Corporate Conversion.
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 07/03/2023
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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