Edgar Filing: ESPEED INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ESPEED INC [BGCP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

110 EAST 59TH STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2008

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	04/01/2008		A⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		2,050,197 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	A ⁽³⁾	⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	2,439,009 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	D
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	04/01/2008		A⁽⁵⁾		10,856,642	A	⁽⁵⁾	12,027,222 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	03/12/2008		G⁽⁸⁾	V	8,334	D	$ 0	12,018,888 ⁽⁹⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

⁽¹⁰⁾

04/01/2008

48,745

⁽¹⁰⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

48,745

⁽¹⁰⁾

48,745

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

04/01/2008

A⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁾

11,112,429

⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

11,112,429 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

30,561,484 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾

See footnotes ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

04/01/2008

D⁽⁵⁾⁽¹²⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽¹⁴⁾

28,223,716

⁽⁵⁾⁽¹²⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽¹⁴⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

28,223,716 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

2,337,768 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾

See footnotes ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾

04/01/2008

D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽¹²⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽¹⁴⁾

2,050,197 ⁽³⁾

⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽¹²⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽¹⁴⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

2,050,197 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

287,571 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁶⁾

See footnotes ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁶⁾

BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

04/01/2008

A⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁷⁾

67,069,530 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁷⁾

Class A or B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

67,069,530 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

67,069,530 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾

See footnote ⁽⁷⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC 110 EAST 59TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10022	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Howard W. Lutnick,President for CF Group Management, Inc.		04/03/2008
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Deferred stock distributions of shares of Class A Common Stock receivable by CF Group Management,Inc.("CFGM") from Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.("CFLP") in respect of its CFLP partnership units in connection with the Separation and Merger(as such terms are defined below). The shares are receivable by CFGM on the ninth anniversary of the completion of the Merger,subject to acceleration in certain circumstances as follows:(i) with respect to distributions received in respect of CFLP partnership units held three years or longer as of the completion of the Merger, one-third of the shares on each of the 12-, 18- and 24-month anniversaries of the completion of the Merger,and (ii) with respect to distributions received in respect of CFLP partnership units held less than three years as of the completion of the Merger,one-fifth of the shares on each of the 12-, 18-, 24-, 30- and 36-month anniversaries of the completion of the Merger,in the case of both (i) and (ii) above,(Continued in footnote 2)
(2)	if, as of the applicable anniversary date, CFGM continues to provide services to CFLP and has not breached its CFLP partner obligations, including the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants contained in the limited partnership agreement of CFLP, to the extent applicable.Prior to the Merger, CFLP separated (the "Separation") its inter-dealer brokerage business, market data business and fulfillment businesses (collectively, the "BGC Businesses") from the remainder of CFLP's businesses and contributed the BGC Businesses to BGC Partners, LLC, which then merged (the "Merger") with and into eSpeed, which was renamed BGC Partners, Inc.The Merger was completed on April 1, 2008.
(3)	Change in form of ownership exempt under Rule 16a-13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(4)	The 2,439,009 shares consist solely of Class A Common Stock. Previously, CFGM had aggregated its shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in Column 5 of Table I.
(5)	Pursuant to the Merger, eSpeed, Inc. ("eSpeed") issued to CFLP: (i) 10,856,642 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 11,112,429 shares of Class B Common Stock and (iii) 67,069,530 rights to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock and/or Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exchange of Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests of BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings").
(6)	The 12,027,222 shares held indirectly by CFGM consist solely of shares of Class A Common Stock held by CFLP. Previously, CFGM had aggregated CFLP's shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in Column 5 of Table I.
(7)	CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP. CFGM disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares in excess of its pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that CFGM is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.
(8)	The 8,334 shares of Class A Common Stock were gifted by CFLP.
(9)	The 12,018,888 shares held indirectly by CFGM consist solely of shares of Class A Common Stock held by CFLP.
(10)	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.
(11)	The 30,561,484 shares held indirectly by CFGM consist solely of shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFLP.
(12)	Deferred stock distributions to CFLP partners in respect of their CFLP partnership units in connection with the Separation and Merger. To the extent that CFLP does not have sufficient shares of Class A Common Stock, CFLP will make the distributions from its shares of Class B Common Stock, which will become shares of Class A Common Stock in the hands of the distributee partners. Certain CFLP partners, who provide services to the BGC Businesses and became founding partners of BGC Holdings in connection with the Separation and Merger, will receive a fixed number of shares of Class A Common Stock, with one-third of such shares receivable on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the completion of the Merger. (Continued in footnote 13)
(13)	Other CFLP partners, who did not become founding partners of BGC Holdings in connection with the Separation and Merger, will receive a fixed number of shares of Class A Common Stock on the ninth anniversary of the completion of the Merger, subject to acceleration in certain circumstances as follows:(i) with respect to distributions received in respect of CFLP partnership units held three years or longer as of the completion of the Merger, one-third of the shares on each of the 12-, 18- and 24-month anniversaries of the completion of the Merger,(Continued in footnote 14)
(14)	and (ii) with respect to distributions received in respect of CFLP partnership units held less than three years as of the completion of the Merger, one-fifth of the shares on each of the 12-, 18-, 24-, 30- and 36-month anniversaries of the completion of the Merger, in the case of both (i) and (ii) above, if, as of the applicable anniversary date, the partner continues to provide services to CFLP and has not breached his or her CFLP partner obligations, including the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants contained in the limited partnership agreement of CFLP, to the extent applicable.
(15)	The 2,337,768 shares held indirectly by CFGM consist solely of shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFLP.
(16)	The 287,571 shares held indirectly by CFGM consist solely of shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFLP.
(17)	After the first anniversary of the completion of the Merger, the exchange rights with respect to CFLP's BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests will be exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock (or, at CFLP's option or if there are no additional authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, shares of Class A Common Stock) on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). CFLP will, however, be able to exercise its exchange rights with respect to up to 20 million of its BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests for shares of Class A Common Stock prior to the first anniversary of the completion of the Merger in connection with a broad-based public offering, including all the shares of Class A Common Stock received upon such exchange, underwritten by a nationally recognized investment banking firm.

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