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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT 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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| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. | SEC 1474 (9-02) | ||
| 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) |
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| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests (1) | (2) | 05/04/2012 | A(1)(3) | 34,160 (1) (3) | (2) | (2) | Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (2) | 34,160 (1) (3) | $ 3.96 (1) (3) | 35,786,608 (4) (5) (6) | I | See Footnote (7) | |||
| Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
| CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022 |
X | X | ||
| Howard W. Lutnick, Chief Executive Officer | 05/08/2012 | |
| **Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| * | 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) | On May 4, 2012, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") purchased from BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings") an aggregate of 34,160 exchangeable limited partnership interests in BGC Holdings (the "Interests") at a price of $3.96 per Interest in transactions exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with the Agreement of Limited Partnership of BGC Holdings, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2008 (as further amended from time to time, the "BGC Holdings Agreement"). |
| (2) | The exchange rights with respect to the Interests are exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC Partners") (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, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of BGC Partners) on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). 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. |
| (3) | Includes 9,380 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings as a result of the redemption of 9,380 non-exchangeable founding partner units, at an aggregate purchase price of $37,145, and 24,780 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to the Sixth Amendment of the BGC Holdings as a result of the redemption of 24,780 non-exchangeable founding partner units, at an aggregate purchase price of $98,129. |
| (4) | Does not include exchange rights with respect to an aggregate of 12,996,325 Interests assumed in previous reports to have been exercised for shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012. As of the date of this report, an aggregate of 17,473,709 shares of Class A Common Stock remain subject to CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights to receive shares provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 (15,545,606 remaining shares) and the deferral by certain partners of CFLP of receipt of shares distributed by CFLP on February 14, 2012 in connection with payment of previous quarterly CFLP distributions (1,928,103 remaining shares). |
| (5) | As of the date of this report, the aggregate 17,473,709 remaining shares of Class A Common Stock subject to CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations are assumed to be funded with (i) 588,119 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by CFLP upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 588,119 Interests on May 28, 2010, (ii) 3,889,265 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by CFLP upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 3,889,265 Interests on May 5, 2011, and (iii) the future exercise of exchange rights with respect to 12,996,325 Interests for 12,996,325 shares of Class A Common Stock. As of the date of this report, CFLP held an aggregate of 48,782,933 Interests. |
| (6) | Due to a typographical error, the number of shares in Column 9 of Table II in a Form 4 filed by CFLP on March 15, 2012 was incorrectly inserted as 35,169,615 and should have been 35,752,448. |
| (7) | CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM") is the Managing General Partner of CFLP. CFGM disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities 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 securities for purposes of Section 16 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose. |