Howard W. Lutnick - Jul 2, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for BGC Group, Inc. (BGC)

Signature
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Stock symbol
BGC
Transactions as of
Jul 2, 2023
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
7/3/2023, 05:18 PM
Previous filing
Jul 3, 2023
Next filing
Jul 21, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Other +8.97M 8.97M Jul 2, 2023 Direct F1, F2, F3, F4
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Other +6.18M 6.18M Jul 2, 2023 See footnotes F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Other -15.8M -14.34% 94.1M Jul 2, 2023 See footnotes F2, F4, F7, F8
holding BGC Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 5.03M Jul 2, 2023 Direct
holding BGC Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 13.4M Jul 2, 2023 See footnotes F7, F9, F10, F11
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 As discussed in footnote 2 below, on July 2, 2023, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") authorized the distribution of an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of BGC Group, Inc. Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), in satisfaction of its deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 ("April 2008 distribution rights shares") and February 14, 2012 ("February 2012 distribution rights shares"). These shares of Class B Common Stock included an aggregate of 8,973,721 shares distributed to the reporting person in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution shares and February 2012 distribution rights shares (consisting of 7,742,325 shares in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution rights shares and 1,231,396 shares in satisfaction of February 2012 distribution rights shares).
F2 On July 2, 2023, CFLP authorized the distribution of an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of Class B Common Stock in satisfaction of its deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to the April 2008 distribution rights shares and the February 2012 distribution rights shares. 15,350,824 of such shares will remain Class B Common Stock in the hands of the recipient, and 405,801 of such shares will convert into an equivalent number of shares of BGC Group, Inc. Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), in the hands of the recipient pursuant to the terms of the BGC Group, Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
F3 Change in form of ownership exempt under Rule 16a-13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
F4 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.
F5 The shares of Class B Common Stock discussed in footnote 2 above included the distribution of (i) 2,210,872 shares in satisfaction of distribution rights shares receivable by CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM") (consisting of 2,050,197 shares in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution rights shares and 160,675 shares in satisfaction of February 2012 distribution rights shares), (ii) 1,610,182 shares in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution rights shares receivable by a trust for the benefit of descendants of the reporting person and his immediate family (the "Trust"), (iii) 26,052 shares in satisfaction of the reporting person's spouse's proportional interest in the distribution rights shares receivable by LFA LLC ("LFA") (consisting of 23,780 shares in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution rights shares and 2,272 shares in satisfaction of February 2012 distribution rights shares), and
F6 (Continued from footnote 5) (iv) 2,335,967 shares in satisfaction of distribution rights shares receivable by KBCR Management Partners, LLC ("KBCR") (consisting of 2,048,000 shares in satisfaction of April 2008 distribution rights shares and 287,967 shares in satisfaction of February 2012 distribution rights shares).
F7 CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and also the trustee of an entity that is the 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 the 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 Consists of (i) 761,652 shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFGM and (ii) 93,340,477 shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFLP.
F9 The reporting person's indirect pecuniary interest in 13,353,896 shares of Class A Common Stock consists of (i) 12,133,721 shares of Class A Common Stock held in various trust, retirement and custodial accounts consisting of (A) 8,457,493 shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's personal asset trust, of which he is the sole trustee, (B) 2,008,300 shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's GRAT IV account, of which he is the sole trustee, (C) 783,670 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Trust, of which the reporting person's wife is one of two trustees and the reporting person has limited powers to remove and replace such trustees, (D) 289,124 shares of Class A Common Stock held
F10 (Continued from footnote 8) in a Keogh retirement account for Mr. Lutnick, (E) 539,328 shares of Class A Common Stock held by trust accounts for the benefit of the reporting person and members of his immediate family, (F) 34,453 shares of Class A Common Stock held in an IRA retirement account, (G) 20,325 shares of Class A Common Stock held in custodial accounts for the benefit of certain members of the reporting person's family under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, and (H) 1,028 shares of Class A Common Stock held in other retirement accounts for the benefit of the reporting person's spouse,
F11 (Continued from footnote 9) (ii) 5,548 shares representing the proportional interest of the reporting person's spouse in shares owned by LFA, (iii) 600,938 shares held by KBCR, and (iv) 613,689 shares held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of May 31, 2023.