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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-25-096628
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251006
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251006

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BGC Group, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001094831
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES [6200]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	09 Crypto Assets
		EIN:				863748217
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35591
		FILM NUMBER:		251377614

	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:	BGC Partners, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20080404

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ESPEED INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990913
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934<BR>
(Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</B></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Confidential,&nbsp;For&nbsp;Use&nbsp;Of&nbsp;The&nbsp;Commission&nbsp;Only&nbsp;(As&nbsp;Permitted&nbsp;By&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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Group, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

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other than the Registrant)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that
apply):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-(6)(i)(1) and 0-11.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Supplement to the Proxy Statement for the BGC
Group, Inc 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>to be held on November 12, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This proxy statement supplement (this &ldquo;Proxy Supplement&rdquo;)
updates and supplements the definitive proxy statement (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;) filed by BGC Group, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2025 regarding the Company&rsquo;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
to be held on November 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 6, 2025, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K
(the &ldquo;Form 8-K&rdquo;) regarding the closing of the divestiture of Mr. Howard W. Lutnick&rsquo;s ownership in the Company and related
matters set forth therein. This Proxy Supplement supplements certain of the information contained in the Proxy Statement with the information
disclosed in Item 5.01 of the Form 8-K. Except as described in this Proxy Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement
remains unchanged, and the information included in this Proxy Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement, which
should be read in its entirety.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Completion of Howard W. Lutnick Divestiture</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mr. Howard W. Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and BGC Group,
Inc.&rsquo;s (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) former Chief Executive Officer and former Chairman of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors
(the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;), has completed his previously announced divestiture of his holdings in the Company in connection with his appointment
as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Howard W. Lutnick no longer has any voting or dispositive power over any of the securities of the
Company and filed today an amendment to his prior reports on Schedule 13D of his beneficial ownership of the equity securities of the
Company to reflect his zero ownership.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following transactions, which were previously announced in a press
release on May 19, 2025 and disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2025, closed on October 6, 2025:</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The purchase by trusts controlled by Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick (&ldquo;Purchaser Trusts&rdquo;) from Mr. Howard W. Lutnick, in his capacity as trustee of a trust, of all of the voting shares of CF Group Management, Inc., a New York corporation (&ldquo;CFGM&rdquo;), which is the managing general partner of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&ldquo;CFLP&rdquo;), for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000, using cash on hand at the Purchaser Trusts.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The purchase by CFLP of 8,973,721 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (&ldquo;Class B Common Stock&rdquo;) held directly by Mr. Howard Lutnick for a price per share of $9.2082, less $0.032 per share for the after-tax portion of paid and payable dividends to him, using cash on hand at CFLP, which represents all of the shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company that had been held by him.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The purchase by certain other trusts controlled by Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick from Mr. Howard W. Lutnick, in his capacity as trustee of certain trusts, of certain interests, including all outstanding equity interests in Tangible Benefits, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and KBCR Management Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, that each hold shares of the Company, for an aggregate purchase price of $13,096,795.70, using cash on hand at the purchasing trusts.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The repurchase by the Company of 337,765 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company beneficially owned by Mr. Howard W. Lutnick and originating from retirement accounts, including certain shares held by his spouse, for the consideration described in the May 19, 2025 Form 8-K. The repurchase was made pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s existing stock repurchase authorization, most recently reapproved by the Board and by the Audit Committee of the Board (the &ldquo;Audit Committee&rdquo;) in October 2024, and the repurchase of these shares pursuant to such existing authorization was expressly approved by the Audit Committee in connection therewith.&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Following the closing of the transactions above, Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick
may be deemed to have beneficial ownership, as calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
of 23.4% of our outstanding common stock, representing 75.1% of the total voting power of the outstanding common stock of the Company,
and Mr. Howard W. Lutnick no longer has beneficial ownership over any such securities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Voting and Transfer Agreement </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On May 16, 2025, Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick, Mr. Kyle S. Lutnick, Ms. Casey
J. Lutnick, and Mr. Ryan G. Lutnick, each in their capacity as trustees of the Purchaser Trusts and other trusts, KBCR Management Partners,
LLC, Tangible Benefits, LLC and LFA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into a voting and transfer agreement relating
to certain securities, including the common stock of the Company, held by the trusts and entities, with the voting and transfer provisions
of such agreement effective as of October 6, 2025. Such agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 68 to Amendment No. 20A to the Schedule 13D
filed by CFGM, CFLP and Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick on October 6, 2025, is incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>* * * * *</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><B>This Proxy Supplement does not change the proposals
to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are described in the Proxy Statement.</B>&nbsp;The Proxy Statement, this Proxy Supplement
and our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 can be accessed directly at <I>www.proxyvote.com</I> using the control
number located on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompanied
your proxy materials. As a stockholder, your vote is very important, and the Board encourages you to exercise your right to vote whether
or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. If you have already voted by Internet, telephone, or mail, you do not need to take any action
unless you wish to change your vote. Proxy voting instructions already returned by stockholders (via Internet, telephone, or mail) will
remain valid and will be voted at the Annual Meeting unless revoked.</P>

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