Edgar Filing: LUTNICK HOWARD W

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

LUTNICK HOWARD W

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BGC Partners, Inc. [BGCP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC., 499 PARK AVENUE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/20/2010

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								8,557,698	D
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	09/20/2010		P⁽¹⁾		50,366 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 5.54 ⁽¹⁾	6,596,614 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LUTNICK HOWARD W C/O BGC PARTNERS, INC. 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022	X	X	Chairman and CEO

Signatures

Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President		09/22/2010
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(1)	Represents the purchase in a single transaction of 50,366 shares of BGC Partners, Inc. Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), for various custodial (9,743 shares), retirement (16,952 shares) and trust (23,671 shares) accounts for the benefit of the reporting person and members of his immediate family.
(2)	The 6,596,614 shares of Class A Common Stock consist of (i) 388,812 shares of Class A Common Stock held by CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM"), (ii) 2,050,197 shares of Class A Common Stock represented by deferred stock distributions receivable by CFGM, (iii) 199,260 shares of Class A Common Stock held by trust accounts for the benefit of the reporting person and members of his immediate family, (iv) 1,610,182 shares of Class A Common Stock represented by deferred stock distributions receivable by a trust for the benefit of members of the reporting person's immediate family, (v) 9,743 shares of Class A Common Stock held in custodial accounts for the benefit of certain members of the reporting person's family under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, (vi) 23,780 shares of Class A Common Stock represented by deferred stock distributions receivable by the reporting person's spouse, (continue to footnote 3)
(3)	(vii) 437 shares held in the reporting person's spouse's individual retirement account, (viii) 2,048,000 shares of Class A Common Stock represented by deferred stock distributions receivable by KBCR Management Partners, LLC ("KBCR"), (ix) 249, 688 shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's 401(k) account and (x) 16,515 shares of Class A Common Stock held in the reporting person's individual retirement account.
(4)	Does not include 3,446,055 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") upon exercise of exchange rights with respect to 3,446,055 BGC Holdings L.P. Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests ("Interests") because such 3,446,055 shares of Class A Common Stock were assumed in previous reports to have been distributed in connection with CFLP's deferred stock distribution obligations provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008.
(5)	CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the President and sole stockholder of CFGM. KBCR is a non-managing General Partner of CFLP, and the reporting person is the managing member of KBCR. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.

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