0001437749-23-026584 4 1 20230710 20230922 20230922 Windeatt Sean A 0001450108 4 34 001-35591 231271791 C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENNUE NY 10022 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 rdgdoc.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL ? Check this box OMB Number: if no longer 3235-0287 subject to Estimated Section 16. Form average burden 4 or Form 5 hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). ? Check this box UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION to indicate that Washington, D.C. 20549 a transaction STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF was made SECURITIES 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. 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 Windeatt Sean A BGC Group, Inc. [ BGC ] Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest below) _____ Other C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC., 499 PARK Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) (specify below) AVENUE 7/10/2023 Chief Operating Officer (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 (City) (State) (Zip) than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. Code 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed 5. Amount of 6. Ownership Form: 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed (Instr. 8) of (D) Securities Direct (D) or Indirect Execution (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) Beneficial Date, if Following Reported (Instr. 4) Ownership (Instr. any (A) Transaction(s) 4) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Code V Amount (D) Price Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per 7/10/2023 F (1) 245,701 (1) D $4.45 (1) 1,083,284 D share Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per 9/21/2023 D (2) 474,808 (2) D $5.29 (2) 608,476 (3) D 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) The reported transaction involved the surrender to BGC Group, Inc. (the "Company") of 245,701 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), issuable upon the accelerated vesting of 720,509 restricted stock units which each represent a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock ("RSUs") granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), due to the amendment of the reporting persons employment arrangements, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the shares were withheld for taxes. The accelerated vesting of the RSUs was not a reportable event, but the surrender is being reported late at this time due to an inadvertent administrative delay. (2) On September 21, 2023, the reporting person sold 474,808 shares of Class A Common Stock, to the Company in an exempt transaction made pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The sale price per share of $5.29 was the closing price of a share of Class A Common Stock on September 21, 2023. The transaction was approved by the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board and was made pursuant to the Company's stock buyback authorization. (3) Includes 210,037 RSUs granted under the LTIP that will vest on July 1, 2033, provided that the reporting person remains employed through such vesting date, and contingent upon BGC Group generating at least $5 million in revenue for the quarter in which the vesting occurs. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Windeatt Sean A C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. Chief Operating Officer 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Signatures /s/ Sean A. 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