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Stock Transactions and Unit Redemptions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Equity [Abstract] |
Changes in Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding | Changes in shares of BGC Class A common stock outstanding were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, |
| 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Shares outstanding at beginning of period |  | 323,018 |  |  |  | 307,915 |
Share issuances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemptions/exchanges of limited partnership interests1 |  | 10,431 |  |  |  | 2,105 |
Vesting of RSUs |  | 1,367 |  |  |  | 697 |
Acquisitions |  | 251 |  |  |  | 270 |
Other issuances of BGC Class A common stock |  | 262 |  |  |  | 72 |
Treasury stock repurchases |  | (965 | ) |  |  | — |
Shares outstanding at end of period |  | 334,364 |  |  |  | 311,059 |
1 | Included in redemptions/exchanges of limited partnership interests for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 are 1.6 million shares of BGC Class A common stock granted in connection with the cancellation of 1.7 million LPUs, and 1.4 million shares of BGC Class A common stock granted in connection with the cancellation of 1.4 million LPUs, respectively. 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 three months ended March 31, 2021 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, 2021—March 31, 2021 |  |  | 20 |  |  | $ | 4.40 |  |  |  |  |
Repurchases2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2021—January 31, 2021 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
February 1, 2021—February 28, 2021 |  |  | 962 |  |  |  | 4.56 |  |  |  |  |
March 1, 2021—March 31, 2021 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 4.29 |  |  |  |  |
Total Repurchases |  |  | 965 |  |  | $ | 4.56 |  |  |  |  |
Total Redemptions and Repurchases |  |  | 985 |  |  | $ | 4.56 |  |  | $ | 245,422 |
1 | During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company redeemed 14 thousand LPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $61 thousand for a weighted-average price of $4.36 per unit. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company redeemed 6 thousand FPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $28 thousand for a weighted-average price of $4.48 per unit. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company redeemed 0.2 million LPUs at an aggregate redemption price of $1.0 million for a weighted-average price of $4.30 per unit. No FPUs were redeemed during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The table above does not include units redeemed/cancelled in connection with the grant of 1.6 million and 1.4 million shares of BGC Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, nor the limited partnership interests exchanged for 9.1 million and 0.6 million shares of BGC Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2 | During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 1.0 million shares of BGC Class A common stock at an aggregate price of $4.4 million for a weighted-average price of $4.56 per share. The Company did not repurchase any shares of BGC Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Summary of Changes in Carrying Amount of FPUs | The changes in the carrying amount of FPUs were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 20,674 |  |  | $ | 23,638 |
Consolidated net income allocated to FPUs |  |  | 520 |  |  |  | — |
FPUs exchanged |  |  | (256 | ) |  |  | (181 | )
FPUs redeemed |  |  | (949 | ) |  |  | — |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 19,989 |  |  | $ | 23,457 |

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