BGC Partners’ Dividend Reinvestment & Stock Purchase Plan (“Plan”) provides holders of shares of our common stock with a convenient and cost-effective method to purchase shares of our Class A common stock by reinvesting the cash dividends paid on all, or a portion of, their shares of our common stock in shares of our Class A common stock. Holders of shares of our common stock may also purchase shares of our Class A common stock under the Plan through Optional Cash Purchases.

For more information, including Plan materials such as the Plan Prospectus (which includes a “Description of the Plan”) and Enrollment Form, and/or to enroll, please click on the below link. There, you will find another link labeled “Plan Materials”.

Click here for more information on BGC’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan

If you have any questions regarding the above webpage link or are experiencing difficulty in navigating the link, please contact Invest Online by clicking on http://www.amstock.com/main/nav_contactUs.asp . You may also contact AST’s Plan Administration Department at 1-800-278-4353.

BGC Partners, Inc. is not considering approving Cash Purchases made pursuant to Requests for Waiver at this time. However, please check back with regard to future months. Please see details below.

Please see the Enrollment Form under Plan Materials here for the Waiver form.

When emailing the Requests for Waiver form or asking for information regarding a Waiver, you MUST put “REQUEST FOR WAIVER” in the email subject line. Otherwise, we cannot ensure that your request will be read in a timely fashion.

For any other inquiries regarding the stock dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) please send an email to drip@bgcpartners.com, or call the IR hotline at (212) 610-2426. Please check back at the beginning of next month to see if details change.