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Stock Transactions and Unit Redemptions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract] |
Changes in Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding | Changes in shares of BGC Class A common stock outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Shares outstanding at beginning of period |  |  | 307,915 |  |  |  | 291,475 |
Share issuances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemptions/exchanges of limited partnership interests¹ |  |  | 13,190 |  |  |  | 15,008 |
Vesting of RSUs |  |  | 1,134 |  |  |  | 435 |
Acquisitions |  |  | 391 |  |  |  | 1,039 |
Other issuances of BGC Class A common stock |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | 213 |
Issuance of BGC Class A common stock for general corporate purposes |  |  | 45 |  |  |  | — |
Treasury stock repurchases |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (233 | )
Forfeitures of restricted BGC Class A common stock |  |  | — |  |  |  | (22 | )
Shares outstanding at end of period |  |  | 323,018 |  |  |  | 307,915 |
1 | Included in redemptions/exchanges of limited partnership interests for the year ended December 31, 2020, are 9.5 million shares of BGC Class A common stock granted in connection with the cancellation of 9.2 million LPUs. Included in redemption/exchanges of limited partnership interests for the year ended December 31, 2019, are 10.1 million shares of BGC Class A common stock granted in connection with the cancellation of 11.5 million LPUs. Because LPUs are included in the Company’s fully diluted share count, if dilutive, redemptions/exchanges in connection with the issuance of BGC Class A common stock would not impact the fully diluted number of shares outstanding.
Gross Unit Redemptions and Share Repurchases of Class A Common Stock | The table below represents the units redeemed and/or shares repurchased for cash and does not include units redeemed/cancelled in connection with the grant of shares of BGC Class A common stock nor the limited partnership interests exchanged for shares of BGC Class A common stock. The gross unit redemptions and share repurchases of BGC Class A common stock during the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands, except for weighted-average price data):
Period |  | Total Number of Units Redeemed or Shares Repurchased |  |  | Weighted- Average Price Paid per Unit or Share |  |  | Approximate Dollar Value of Units and Shares That May Yet Be Redeemed/ Purchased Under the Program |
Redemptions1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2020—March 31, 2020 |  |  | 235 |  |  | $ | 4.30 |  |  |  |  |
April 1, 2020—June 30, 2020 |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 3.05 |  |  |  |  |
July 1, 2020—September 30, 2020 |  |  | 1,481 |  |  |  | 2.80 |  |  |  |  |
October 1, 2020—December 31, 2020 |  |  | 720 |  |  |  | 1.78 |  |  |  |  |
Total Redemptions |  |  | 2,539 |  |  | $ | 2.67 |  |  |  |  |
Repurchases2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2020—March 31, 2020 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
April 1, 2020—June 30, 2020 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
July 1, 2020—September 30, 2020 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2.58 |  |  |  |  |
October 1, 2020—December 31, 2020 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Total Repurchases |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2.58 |  |  |  |  |
Total Redemptions and Repurchases |  |  | 2,541 |  |  | $ | 2.67 |  |  | $ | 249,908 |
3 | During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company redeemed 1.8 million LPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $5.5 million for a weighted-average price of $3.03 per unit and 0.7 million FPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $1.3 million for a weighted-average price of $1.79 per unit. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company redeemed 1.4 million LPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $8.0 million for a weighted-average price of $5.92 per unit and approximately 56.9 thousand FPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $320.6 thousand for a weighted-average price of $5.64 per unit. The table above does not include units redeemed/cancelled in connection with the grant of 9.5 million shares and 10.1 million shares of BGC Class A common stock during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, nor the limited partnership interests exchanged for 3.7 million and 4.4 million shares of BGC Class A common stock during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
4 | During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 2 thousand shares of BGC Class A common stock at an aggregate price of $6 thousand for a weighted-average price of $2.58 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company repurchased approximately 0.2 million shares of BGC Class A common stock at an aggregate price of $1.2 million for a weighted-average price of $5.30 per share.
Summary of Changes in Carrying Amount of FPUs | The changes in the carrying amount of FPUs for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 23,638 |  |  | $ | 24,706 |
Consolidated net income allocated to FPUs |  |  | 815 |  |  |  | 1,942 |
Earnings distributions |  |  | (815 | ) |  |  | (1,942 | )
FPUs exchanged |  |  | (1,682 | ) |  |  | (980 | )
FPUs redeemed |  |  | (1,282 | ) |  |  | (88 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 20,674 |  |  | $ | 23,638 |

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