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Every year on September 11th, in conjunction with the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, we remember our 658 friends and colleagues and the 61 Eurobrokers employees who were tragically killed by distributing 100% of our global revenues to the Relief Fund and many other charities around the world.

BGC Partners and Cantor Fitzgerald, in conjunction with the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, commemorate our 658 friends and colleagues and 61 Eurobrokers employees, who perished on September 11, 2001 by distributing 100% of our global revenues on Charity Day to the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund and dozens of charities around the world.

Since its inception, Charity Day has raised approximately $125 million globally. Each anniversary is a poignant occasion for us. Charity Day is our way of turning a tragic day into one that is positive and uplifting by helping others.

Charity Day 2015 was held on Friday, September 11, 2015 and raised approximately $12 million.

Charity Day 2016 will take place on Monday, September 12, 2016. To apply for Charity Day 2016 in NYC, email charityday-ny@bgcpartners.com and request an application.

WHO WE ARE

Headquartered in London and New York, BGC Partners (NASDAQ: BGCP) provides a wide range of services including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information and other back office services.

We offer our customers access to more than 200 financial products including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures and structured products.

Our customers include a vast majority of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms.

NEW YORK, June 6, 2016 /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 its Chairman and CEO, Howard Lutnick, is scheduled to present at Sandler O’Neill’s “Global Exchange & Brokerage Conference” at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

A live audio webcast of the event will be available at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at the following sites:

http://ir.bgcpartners.com

http://www.wsw.com/webcast/sandler6

The webcast archives will be available for 30 days, beginning June 8, 2016.

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About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. Through brands including BGC, GFI, and RP Martin, the Company’s Financial Services segment brokers a broad range of products, including fixed income (rates and credit), foreign exchange, equities, energy, commodities, and futures. BGC provides a wide variety of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through brands including FENICS, BGC Trader, BGC Market Data, Capitalab, and Swaptioniser, BGC offers fully electronic brokerage, financial technology solutions, market data, analytics, and post-trade services related to numerous financial instruments and markets. Through Real Estate Services brands including Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, the Company provides a large assortment of commercial real estate services, including leasing and corporate advisory, investment sales, real estate finance, consulting, project management, property management, 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 dueJune 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.

BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS.COM, RP Martin, Capitalab, Swaptioniser, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, and Grubb are trademarks, registered trademarks 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’s businesses that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to release any revisions to 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 its public filings, including the most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-Q or Forms 8-K.

Our Financial Services business provides a full range of trade execution and broker-dealer services. The benefit of BGC’s integrated platform is that it gives customers flexibility and choice in price discovery, execution and processing of their transactions, through voice, hybrid, or fully electronic brokerage options. In addition, our BGC Trader and BGC Market Data platforms offer financial technology solutions, market data and analytics related to financial instruments and markets.

Asset Classes

BGC Partners Limited Tokyo specializes in delivering high-quality brokerage services for a broad range of financial products that are designed to meet the needs of our clients in a constantly evolving market environment. Our products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity-related products, credit derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Our focus on leveraging innovative technology solutions shapes our business strategy and through continued investment, BGC Partners Limited Tokyo are committed to bringing new, dynamic products to the global marketplace.

• Rates
• Credit
• Foreign Exchange
• Energy / Commodities
• Equities and Other Asset Classes

Execution Services

BGC Partners Limited Tokyo offers multiple means of execution, including a hybrid voice and electronic broking model for pre-trade, trade and post-trade services. Our bespoke solutions cater to the needs of our clients through fast to market, flexible systems. The scalability of our business is easily transferable across different regions and products. These capabilities are expertly supported by BGC Trader, our multi-asset, integrated voice and electronic price execution platform for the inter-bank and broker community.

Market Data

BGC Market Data is one of the world’s leading specialist providers of real-time, tradeable, indicative, end-of-day, and historical OTC market data.

SEF

BGC supports the creation of a more transparent OTC swaps markets and provides market participants with a flexible, tailored approach to the electronic clearing and execution of derivatives trades.

Our Employees are central to BGC’s business strategy and recruiting and retaining top tier talent is vital to our success and the reputation of our brand.

Our dynamic, fast paced global business provides a challenging career opportunity for both graduates and experienced financial markets employees looking for rapid career progression. Our flat structure and meritocratic approach enable our people to really make their mark and gain maximum exposure across the business.

If you are looking for a unique employment experience, then we are the employer for you. BGC Partners Limited Tokyo is actively recruiting for a diverse range of opportunities. BGC Partners Limited Tokyo offer competitive pay/benefits packages and a work environment committed to professional growth. BGC and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.

BGC Americas Divisions

BGC has developed a Business Continuity Plan on how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur.

Contacting Us

If during a significant business disruption you cannot contact a BGC office in either North, Central or South America, please contact either:

BGC’s New York offices on +1 646 346 7000

Cantor Fitzgerald’s New York office on +1 212-938-5000

BGC’s London office on +44 20 7894 7700

For BGC Liquidez Brazil, the above contact information can be used if both the Sao Paulo and Rio offices are unavailable:

Rio De Janeiro office on +55 21 3043-3000

Sao Paulo office on +55 11 4502-2301

Our Business Continuity Plan

We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, protecting the firm’s books and records, and allowing our customers to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit our firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.

Our business continuity plan addresses: data backup and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

Varying Disruptions

Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope, such as only our firm, a single building housing our firm, the business district where our firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary from minimal to severe. During a business disruption, we plan to continue business, transfer operations to our branch network, and notify you through our web sites www.bgcpartners.com, www.cantor.com and liquidez.bgcpartners.com/web/en on how to contact us.

For more information

If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you can contact us at +1 646-346-7000.

BGC Europe, Middle East and Africa Divisions

BGC has developed a Business Continuity Plan on how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur.

Contacting Us

If during a significant business disruption you cannot contact a BGC office in either Europe, the Middle East or Africa, please contact either:

BGC’s London office on +44 (0)20 7894 7700

BGC’s Aurel Paris office on +33 1 5389 5389

BGC’s New York offices on +1 646 346 7000

Our Business Continuity Plan

We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, protecting the firm’s books and records, and allowing our customers to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit our firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.

Our business continuity plan addresses: data back up and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

Varying Disruptions

Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope, such as only our firm, a single building housing our firm, the business district where our firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary from minimal to severe. During a business disruption, we plan to continue business, transfer operations to our branch network, and notify you through our web sites www.bgcpartners.com and www.cantor.com on how to contact us.

For more information

If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you can contact us at +44 (0)20 7894 7700.

BGC Asia and Pacific Divisions

BGC has developed a Business Continuity Plan on how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur.

Contacting Us

If during a significant business disruption you cannot contact a BGC office in either Asia or Asia Pacific, please contact either:

BGC’s Hong Kong office on + 852 3477 7888

BGC’s Singapore office on + 65 6510 2300

BGC’s London office on + 44 20 7894 7700

Our Business Continuity Plan

We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, protecting the firm’s books and records, and allowing our customers to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit our firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.

Our business continuity plan addresses: data back up and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

Varying Disruptions

Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope, such as only our firm, a single building housing our firm, the business district where our firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary from minimal to severe. During a business disruption, we plan to continue business, transfer operations to our branch network, and notify you through our web sites www.bgcpartners.com and www.cantor.com on how to contact us.

For more information

If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you can contact us at + 44 20 7894 7700.

BGC entered the commercial real estate industry in 2011 with the acquisition of Newmark Knight Frank. In April 2012 it acquired assets of Grubb & Ellis Company and formed the industry powerhouse Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF).

NGKF is one of the world’s leading commercial real estate advisory firms, and one of the most trusted names in commercial real estate. NGKF provides a fully integrated platform of services including leasing advisory, global corporate services, investment sales and capital markets, consulting, program and project management, property and facilities management and valuation services.

Together with its affiliates and London-based partner Knight Frank, NGKF employs more than 12,800 professionals across more than 370 offices in established and emerging property markets on six continents. NGKF has 250 million square feet in property and facility management throughout the world, and serves the local and global property requirements of tenants, landlords, investors, and developers worldwide.

For more information on BGC Real Estate services, please visit www.ngkf.com

BGC Partners (NASDAQ: BGCP) is a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, with headquarters in London and New York.

BGC Partners Inc.

499 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

USA

Tel +1 646 346 7000

Fax +1 646 346 6919

New York

BGC Financial, L.P.

Seaport Plaza / 199 Water Street

19th Floor

New York, NY 10038

Tel +1 646 346 7000

Fax +1 646 346 6919

London

BGC Brokers L.P.

One Churchill Place

Canary Wharf

London E14 5RD

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7894 7700

Fax +44 (0)20 7894 7669

MEDIA INQUIRIES

press@bgcpartners.com

CAREERS

UK, Europe & Asia

careersuk@bgcpartners.com

US, Canada & South America

careers@bgcpartners.com

NGKF

For NGKF contact details visit ngkf.com

Things change fast at BGC. Please visit our Press Release section and Investor website to keep up with the latest company news and developments.

As a leading global brokerage company, BGC is often highlighted in the financial and real estate press. Please visit our press coverage sections to read a selection of BGC and NGKF press coverage pieces.

Investors

Investor Relations

Media

BGC Press Releases

NGKF Press Releases

NGKF Press Coverage

Media Inquiries

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INVESTORS AND MEDIA

BGC INVESTORS

BGC PRESS RELEASES

BGC PRESS COVERAGE

NGKF PRESS RELEASES

NGKF PRESS COVERAGE

LONDON, July 25, 2016 /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 Dean Berry will be joining BGC Partners1 as an Executive Managing Director in its Global Electronic and Hybrid Execution team. In that capacity, Dean will join Phil Norton in leading all e-Commerce brands across BGC Partners and will report to Shaun D. Lynn, President, and BGC Partners.

Dean most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer for Global e-Commerce at ICAP. He brings to BGC Partners an impressive track record of leadership, market expertise and innovation, which will complement our top-tier e-Commerce offering, and most notably our hybrid brokerage model. Dean will work alongside our Global Head of e-Commerce Phil Norton, who will dedicate his expertise to all pre- and post-trade, market data, analytics and fully electronic markets across the Firm.

“Dean’s appointment demonstrates our ability to attract the most innovative and sought-after talent in the e-Commerce space. We look forward to Dean continuing to advance our growing technology offering, of which FENICS is a shining example,” said Shaun D. Lynn.

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, and BGC 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, Landauer Valuation & Advisory, and Excess Space. Under these names, 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.

BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS.COM, Capitalab, Swaptioniser, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, and Grubb are trademarks, registered trademarks 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’s businesses that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to release any revisions to 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 its public filings, including the most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-Q or Forms 8-K.