0000929638-23-001911 4 1 20230701 20230703 20230703 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 0001024896 DE 1231 4 34 001-35591 231065727 110 EAST 59TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10022 2126102000 110 EAST 59TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10022 CANTOR FITZGERALD L P 19961015 BGC Group, Inc. 0001094831 6200 863748217 1231 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 212-610-2200 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 BGC Partners, Inc. 20080404 ESPEED INC 19990913 4 1 form4.xml FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL ? Check this box OMB Number: if no longer UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 3235-0287 subject to Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated Section 16. Form STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF average burden 4 or Form 5 SECURITIES hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. Relationship of Person * or Trading Symbol Reporting Person(s) to CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. BGC Group, Inc. [ BGC ] Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest 10% Owner C/O BGC GROUP, INC., 499 PARK Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) _____ Officer (give title AVENUE 7/1/2023 below) _____ Other (specify below) (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or NEW YORK, NY 10022 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication ? Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership Form: 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Securities Direct (D) or Indirect Beneficial Execution (Instr. 8) Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) (Instr. Ownership (Instr. 4) Date, if Following Reported 4) any (A) Transaction(s) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Code V Amount (D) Price Class B Common Stock, par 7/1/2023 A 109,097,102 A (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 109,097,102 D value $0.01 per share Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. 3A. 4. Trans. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Trans. Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of derivative Ownership of Security or Date Execution (Instr. 8) Securities Derivative Security Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 5) Owned Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 Following Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security and 5) Reported or Transaction(s) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (Instr. 4) (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Shares Explanation of Responses: (1) On July 1, 2023, BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC Partners") and BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), along with certain other affiliated entities, completed a corporate conversion (the "Corporate Conversion") pursuant to the Corporate Conversion Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2022, as amended as of March 29, 2023. Upon completion of the Corporate Conversion, BGC Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary of its new public holding company, BGC Group, Inc. ("BGC Group"), and (i) each share of BGC Partners Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of BGC Group Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), (ii) each share of BGC Partners Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of (2) (Continued from footnote 1) BGC Group Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock," and together with the Class A Common Stock, "Common Stock"), and (iii) each unit of BGC Holdings exchangeable limited partnership interests held by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of Class B Common Stock, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The transactions reported herein were approved by the Board of Directors of BGC Group and the Compensation Committee thereof. (3) 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. (4) Includes an aggregate of 15,756,625 shares of Class B Common Stock that may be distributed, or converted into shares of Class A Common Stock to be distributed, to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012. (5) Certain of the shares of Class B Common Stock issued to CFLP will exchange into shares of Class A Common Stock in the event that BGC Group does not issue at least $75,000,000 in Common Stock in connection with certain acquisition transactions prior to the seventh anniversary of the completion of the Corporate Conversion. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. C/O BGC GROUP, INC. X 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Signatures /s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 7/3/2023 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * 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). 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