NEW YORK, May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or the "Company"), a
leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real
estate markets, today announced that it plans to hold its 2017
Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday,
June 6, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. ET
at the Company's executive offices in New
York City. The meeting will include a brief discussion of
BGC's business by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Howard W. Lutnick.
Space for the annual meeting is limited. Therefore, admission
will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Each stockholder will
need to present a valid government issued photo identification
(driver's license or passport) plus one of the following to gain
admittance:
- Proof of stock ownership by way of a Stockholder's Annual
Meeting Proxy Card or a copy thereof; or
- Beneficial stockholders (individuals who have shares held
through a broker, bank, trustee or other nominee) will need to
bring proof of such beneficial ownership as of April 10, 2017, the record date, such as their
most recent account statement reflecting stock ownership prior to
April 10, 2017, copy of the voting
instruction card provided by their broker, bank, trustee or other
nominee or similar evidence of stock ownership.
A live audio webcast of the event will start at approximately
10:00 a.m. ET and is expected to last
approximately one hour. It will also be available via the following
site:
http://ir.bgcpartners.com
The webcast archive will be available for 365 days, beginning
June 6, 2017.
(Note: If clicking the above link does not open up a new web
page, you may need to cut and paste the above url into your
browser's address bar.)
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate
markets. BGC owns GFI Group Inc., a leading intermediary and
provider of trading technologies and support services to the global
OTC and listed markets. The Company's Financial Services offerings
include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign
exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives,
commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC provides a wide
range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer
services, clearing, trade compression, post trade, information, and
other services to a broad range of financial and non-financial
institutions. Through brands including FENICS, BGC Trader,
Capitalab, Lucera, and FENICS Market Data, BGC offers financial
technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to
numerous financial instruments and markets. Real Estate Services
are offered through brands including Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Newmark Cornish & Carey, ARA, Computerized
Facility Integration, NGKF Valuation & Advisory, and Excess
Space. Under these names and others, the Company provides a wide
range of commercial real estate services, including leasing and
corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services,
consulting, project and development management, and property and
facilities management.
BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks,
broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds,
governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers,
and investment firms. BGC's common stock trades on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC
also has an outstanding bond issuance of Senior Notes due
June 15, 2042, which trade on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol (NYSE: BGCA). BGC Partners is
led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick. For
more information, please visit http://www.bgcpartners.com. You can
also follow the Company at https://twitter.com/bgcpartners and/or
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners.
BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS.COM, Capitalab,
Swaptioniser, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, ARA, Computerized
Facility Integration, Landauer, Lucera, and Excess Space, Excess
Space Retail Services, Inc., and Grubb are trademarks/service
marks, and/or registered trademarks/service marks and/or service
marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Knight Frank is
a service mark of Knight Frank (Nominees) Limited.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements about BGC
Partners
Statements in this document regarding BGC that are
not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve
risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC undertakes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a
discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see BGC's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors
set forth in the most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk
factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-Q or Forms 8-K.
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