Sean A. Windeatt - Mar 2, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for BGC Partners, Inc. (BGC)

Role: Chief Operating Officer
Signature: /s/ Sean A. Windeatt
Stock symbol: BGC
Transactions as of: Mar 2, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 4/3/2023, 04:12 PM
Next filing: Aug 15, 2022

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BGC	BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests	Award		+136K			136K	Mar 2, 2022	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share			Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	On March 2, 2020, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") granted the reporting person 135,514 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests (the "2020 Grant") of BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"). Pursuant to the exchange rights schedule of the 2020 Grant, on March 2, 2022, the 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings became immediately exchangeable by the reporting person (the "2022 Exchange Rights Grant") for an aggregate of 135,514 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Class A Common Stock"). As timely reported and described in the reporting person's Form 4 filed on August 15, 2022, on August 11, 2022, the Company repurchased all of such 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests held by the reporting person at a price of $4.08 (the "2022 Repurchase"), the closing price of shares of Class A Common Stock on August 11, 2022. The 2022 Exchange Rights Grant is being reported late at this time due to an
F2	(continued from footnote 1) inadvertent administrative delay. The 2020 Grant and the 2022 Repurchase were each approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and were exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Content

On March 2, 2020, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") granted the reporting person 135,514 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests (the "2020 Grant") of BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"). Pursuant to the exchange rights schedule of the 2020 Grant, on March 2, 2022, the 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings became immediately exchangeable by the reporting person (the "2022 Exchange Rights Grant") for an aggregate of 135,514 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Class A Common Stock"). As timely reported and described in the reporting person's Form 4 filed on August 15, 2022, on August 11, 2022, the Company repurchased all of such 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests held by the reporting person at a price of $4.08 (the "2022 Repurchase"), the closing price of shares of Class A Common Stock on August 11, 2022. The 2022 Exchange Rights Grant is being reported late at this time due to an

(continued from footnote 1) inadvertent administrative delay. The 2020 Grant and the 2022 Repurchase were each approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and were exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.