Edgar Filing: BGC Partners, 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 ^*

LUTNICK HOWARD W

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BGC Partners, Inc. [BGCP]

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

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC., 499 PARK AVENUE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/05/2015

(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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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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

Exchange Right ⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

06/05/2015

A⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

25,748,294 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

25,748,294 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

25,748,294 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

I ⁽⁵⁾

See footnote 5

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LUTNICK HOWARD W C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022	X	X	Chairman and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Howard W. Lutnick		06/09/2015
^**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)	Right to Acquire Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, upon the exchange of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
(2)	On June 5, 2015, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an exchange agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. ("CFLP") providing CFLP and its managing general partner, CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM"), and other Cantor affiliates entitled to hold the Company's Class B Common Stock, par value 0.01 per share (the "Class B Stock"), under the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (collectively, "Cantor"), the right to exchange from time to time, on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustment, up to an aggregate of 34,649,693 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Stock"), now owned or subsequently acquired by Cantor for up to an aggregate of 34,649,693 shares of Class B Stock. (continued in footnote 3)
(3)	Such shares of Class B Stock, which currently can be acquired by Cantor upon the exchange of exchangeable limited partnership units owned by Cantor in the Company's subsidiary, BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), are already included in the Company's fully diluted share count and will not increase Cantor's maximum potential voting power in the common equity of the Company. Under the exchange agreement, CFLP and CFGM currently have the right to exchange the aggregate 25,748,294 shares of Class A Stock currently owned by them for the same number of shares of Class B Stock, up to the limit of the then-remaining authorized but issued shares of Class B Stock. (continued in footnote 4)
(4)	The Company and Cantor have agreed in the exchange agreement that any shares of Class B Stock issued to Cantor in connection with the exchange agreement would be deducted from the aggregate number of shares of Class B Stock that may be issued to Cantor upon exchange of its exchangeable limited partnership units in BGC Holdings so that no more than the currently authorized but unissued 34,649,693 shares of Class B Stock could be issued in the aggregate to Cantor in exchange for Class A Stock or exchangeable limited partnership units. Shares of Class B Stock are convertible on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustment, for shares of Class A Stock.
(5)	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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.

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