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Your Vote Counts! *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V77258 - P36584 BGC GROUP, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022 BGC GROUP, INC. 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by November 11, 2025 11:59 PM ET. For shares held in a Plan, vote by November 7, 2025 11:59 PM ET. You invested in BGC GROUP, INC. and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the stockholder meeting to be held on November 12, 2025. Get informed before you vote View the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and Proxy Statement and the 2025 Annual Report and voting instructions online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to October 29, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1 - 800 - 579 - 1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* November 12, 2025 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BGC2025

Vote at www.ProxyVote.com THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”. For 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1) Stephen M. Merkel 04) Arthur U. Mbanefo 2) Brandon G. Lutnick 05) Linda A. Bell 3) David P. Richards 06) William D. Addas For 2. Approval of the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2025. For 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation. NOTE : To vote by mail, please sign, date and return a proxy card using the enclosed envelope . To vote by Internet, please visit www . proxyvote . com, and follow the instructions . To vote by telephone, call 1 - 800 - 690 - 6903 and then follow the instructions . In addition, the proxy holders may vote in their discretion on such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof . Voting Items Board Recommends V77259 - P36584