SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BGC Group, Inc. [ BGCP ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 07/01/2023 | D | 45,122,728 | D | (1)(2)(3) | 0 | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests(4) | (5) | 06/30/2023 | A(4) | 143,885(6) | (5) | (5) | Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(5) | 143,885(5) | (6) | 58,368,827(7) | D | ||||
| BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests(8) | (5) | 06/30/2023 | A(8) | 5,605,547(9) | (5) | (5) | Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(5) | 5,605,547(5) | (9) | 63,974,374(7) | D | ||||
| BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests(1)(2) | (5) | 07/01/2023 | D(1)(2) | 63,974,374 | (5) | (5) | Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(5) | 63,974,374(5) | (1)(2) | 0(1)(2) | D | ||||
| 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 (the "Corporate Conversion Agreement"). 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 ("Class A Common Stock"), 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, |
| 2. (Continued from footnote 1) (ii) each share of BGC Partners Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of BGC Group Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("BGC Group Class B Common Stock"), and (iii) each unit of BGC Holdings exchangeable limited partnership interests held by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") (such interests collectively, "Interests") outstanding as of immediately prior to the Corporate Conversion was converted into one share of BGC Group Class B Common Stock, in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The transactions reported herein were approved by the Board of Directors of BGC Partners and the Compensation Committee thereof. |
| 3. The shares of Class B Common Stock were convertible at any time on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment) into shares of Class A Common Stock. |
| 4. On June 30, 2023, CFLP purchased from BGC Holdings an aggregate of 143,885 Interests in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, in accordance with the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of BGC Holdings, as amended (the "BGC Holdings Agreement"). |
| 5. The exchange rights with respect to the Interests were exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock (or, at CFLP's option, shares of Class A Common Stock), on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). |
| 6. Includes 143,885 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 143,885 non-exchangeable founding partner units for aggregate consideration of $285,421. |
| 7. Includes Interests that may 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 distribution rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012. |
| 8. On June 30, 2023, CFLP purchased from BGC Holdings an aggregate of 5,605,547 Interests in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, in accordance with the BGC Holdings Agreement and the Corporate Conversion Agreement. |
| 9. Includes 5,281,324 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to Sections 12.02 and 12.03 of the BGC Holdings Agreement and the Corporate Conversion Agreement as a result of the redemption of 5,281,324 non-exchangeable founding partner units for an aggregate consideration of $9,430,351, and 324,223 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to Section 8.08 of the BGC Holdings Agreement and the Corporate Conversion Agreement for an aggregate consideration of $598,712 as a result of the exchange of 324,223 exchangeable founding partner units. |
| /s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 07/03/2023 | |
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