<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001437749-15-007551.txt : 20150416
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-15-007551
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150413
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150416
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150416

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BGC Partners, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001094831
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES [6200]
		IRS NUMBER:				134063515
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		499 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-610-2200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		499 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ESPEED INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990913

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001024896
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35591
		FILM NUMBER:		15776426

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 EAST 59TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126102000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 EAST 59TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CANTOR FITZGERALD L P
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961015
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        <issuerCik>0001094831</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BGC Partners, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BGCP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>499 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-04-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>24042599</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Acquired in connection with the conversion by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (&quot;CFLP&quot;) of $150,000,000 Senior Convertible Notes due 2015 (as adjusted for certain cash dividends paid by BGC Partners, Inc.).  The issuance of these shares will have no impact on BGC Partners, Inc.'s fully diluted share count for distributable earnings because the issued shares were already included in the total.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Does not include an aggregate of  1,281,970 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by CFLP upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 1,281,970 exchangeable limited partnership obligations, because such aggregate 1,281,970  shares of Class A Common Stock were assumed in previous reports to have been distributed in connection with CFLP's deferred stock distribution obligations.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-04-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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