<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001437749-23-009075.txt : 20230403
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-23-009075
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220302
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230403
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230403

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Windeatt Sean A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001450108

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28191
		FILM NUMBER:		23792749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC.
		CITY:			499 PARK AVENNUE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

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
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    <periodOfReport>2022-03-02</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001094831</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BGC Partners, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BGCP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001450108</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Windeatt Sean A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>499 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-03-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>135514</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>135514</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 2, 2020, BGC Partners, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) granted the reporting person 135,514 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests (the &quot;2020 Grant&quot;) of BGC Holdings, L.P. (&quot;BGC Holdings&quot;). Pursuant to the exchange rights schedule of the 2020 Grant, on March 2, 2022, the 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings became immediately exchangeable by the reporting person (the &quot;2022 Exchange Rights Grant&quot;) for an aggregate of 135,514 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (&quot;Class A Common Stock&quot;). As timely reported and described in the reporting person's Form 4 filed on August 15, 2022, on August 11, 2022, the Company repurchased all of such 135,514 exchangeable limited partnership interests held by the reporting person at a price of $4.08 (the &quot;2022 Repurchase&quot;), the closing price of shares of Class A Common Stock on August 11, 2022. The 2022 Exchange Rights Grant is being reported late at this time due to an</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(continued from footnote 1) inadvertent administrative delay. The 2020 Grant and the 2022 Repurchase were each approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and were exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sean A. Windeatt</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-04-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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