0001437749-21-029184 4 1 20211222 20211223 20211223 MERKEL STEPHEN M 0001251144 4 34 000-28191 211517115 C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 BGC Partners, Inc. 0001094831 6200 134063515 DE 1231 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 212-610-2200 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 ESPEED INC 19990913 4 1 rdgdoc.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this OMB Number: box if no longer UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 3235-0287 subject to Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated Section 16. Form STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF average burden 4 or Form 5 SECURITIES hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. Relationship of Person * or Trading Symbol Reporting Person(s) to MERKEL STEPHEN M BGC Partners, Inc. [ BGCP Issuer (Check all ] applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest below) _____ Other C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC., 499 PARK Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) (specify below) AVENUE 12/22/2021 EVP and General Counsel (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or NEW YORK, NY 10022 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (City) (State) (Zip) (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed Code Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Direct (D) Indirect Execution (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially or Indirect (I) Beneficial Date, if Owned Following (Instr. 4) Ownership (Instr. any Reported 4) Transaction(s) (A) (Instr. 3 and 4) or Code V Amount (D) Price Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per 12/22/2021 A 90366 (1) A (1) 90366 D share Class A Common Stock, By various par value $0.01 per 6258 I trusts (2) share Class A Common Stock, By 401(k) par value $0.01 per 37280 I Plan (3) share Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. 3A. 4. Trans. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Trans. Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of derivative Ownership of Security or Date Execution (Instr. 8) Securities Derivative Security Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 5) Owned Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 Following Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security and 5) Reported or Transaction(s) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (Instr. 4) (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Shares Explanation of Responses: (1) On December 22, 2021, BGC Partners, Inc. (the "Company") granted to the reporting person 90,366 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), following the redemption and cancellation of an aggregate of 90,366 non-exchangeable limited partnership interests of BGC Holdings, L.P. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (2) Represents shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company held in trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's immediate family, of which the reporting person is the sole trustee of each trust. (3) Represents shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's 401(k) account as of November 30, 2021. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other MERKEL STEPHEN M C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. EVP and General Counsel 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Signatures /s/ Stephen M. Merkel 12/23/2021 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.