Howard W. Lutnick - Apr 16, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for BGC Partners, Inc. (BGC)

Signature
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stock symbol
BGC
Transactions as of
Apr 16, 2023
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
4/18/2023, 04:11 PM
Previous filing
Nov 30, 2022
Next filing
May 22, 2023

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 +620K +1.08% 58.2M Apr 16, 2023 Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 620K See footnote F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On April 16, 2023, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") purchased from BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings") an aggregate of 619,532 exchangeable limited partnership interests in BGC Holdings (the "Interests") in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of BGC Holdings, as amended and restated as of December 13, 2017 (as further amended from time to time, the "BGC Holdings Agreement").
F2 The exchange rights with respect to the 619,532 Interests are currently exercisable at any time for an aggregate of 619,532 shares of Class B Common Stock (or, at CFLP's option, an aggregate of 619,532 shares of Class A Common Stock) on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). 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.
F3 Includes 533,757 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to Sections 12.02 and 12.03 of the BGC Holdings Agreement as a result of the redemption of 533,757 non-exchangeable founding partner units for an aggregate consideration of $1,051,080, and 85,775 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to Section 8.08 of the BGC Holdings Agreement for an aggregate consideration of $173,154 as a result of the exchange of 85,775 exchangeable founding partner units.
F4 Includes Interests that may have to be exchanged for an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012.
F5 CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM") 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 Exchange Act or for any other purpose.