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Subsequent Events | 6 Months Ended
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Subsequent Events | Subsequent Events Second Quarter 2021 Dividend On August 3, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share for the second quarter of 2021, payable on September 7, 2021 to BGC Class A and Class B common stockholders of record as of August 24, 2021. Purchase of CX Futures Transaction On June 7, 2021, the Board and Audit Committee approved entry into an agreement between certain affiliates of BGC and Cantor for the sale to BGC of Cantor’s futures exchange and related clearinghouse. On June 21, 2021, BGC entered into a purchase agreement with Cantor, providing that at closing BGC will purchase the direct and indirect equity of each of (i) CFLP CX Futures Exchange Holdings, LLC, (ii) CFLP CX Futures Exchange Holdings, L.P., (iii) CX Futures Exchange Holdings, LLC, (iv) CX Clearinghouse Holdings, LLC, (v) CX Futures Exchange, L.P. and (vi) CX Clearinghouse, L.P., for a purchase price of approximately $4.9 million at closing, plus the cash held at closing by the Futures Exchange Group, and an earn-out, only payable out of BGC’s portion of the profits of the Futures Exchange Group, capped at the amount Cantor contributed to the Futures Exchange Group prior to closing. The Futures Transaction closed on July 30, 2021. Unit Redemptions and Share Repurchase Program On August 3, 2021, the Board and Audit Committee increased the BGC Partners share repurchase and unit redemption authorization to $400.0 million, which may include purchases from Cantor, its partners or employees or other affiliated persons or entities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 855 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 855 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662 + Details
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