NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC"), a leading global brokerage and
financial technology company, today announced an offer to
exchange up to $300 million aggregate
principal amount of its outstanding 3.750% Senior Notes due 2024
(the "Old Notes") for an equivalent amount of its 3.750% Senior
Notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Exchange Notes").
$300 million in aggregate
principal amount of the Old Notes were issued and sold by the
Company in September 2019, in a
private offering.
The exchange offer will expire at 5:00
p.m., New York City time,
on Monday, December 2, 2019, unless
extended. Tenders of Old Notes must be made before the exchange
offer expires and may be withdrawn any time prior to the expiration
of the exchange offer. The exchange offer is being made to satisfy
the Company's obligations under a registration rights agreement
entered into in connection with the issuance of the Old Notes, and
does not represent a new financing transaction.
The terms of the exchange offer are set forth in a prospectus
dated October 28, 2019. Copies of the
prospectus and the other exchange offer documents may be obtained
from the exchange agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate Trust Operations
MAC N9300-070
600 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telephone: 1-800-344-5128
This press release is for informational purposes only and is
neither an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any
Old Notes or Exchange Notes. The exchange offer is being made only
pursuant to the exchange offer prospectus, which is being
distributed to holders of the Old Notes and has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as part of BGC Partners, Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-234176), which was
declared effective on October 24,
2019.
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage and financial technology company. BGC's 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. BGC, BGC Trader, GFI,
Fenics, Fenics Market Data, Capitalab, and Lucera are
trademarks/service marks and/or registered trademarks/service marks
of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks,
broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds,
governments, corporations, and investment firms. BGC's Class A
common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
ticker symbol "BGCP". 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 BGC at https://twitter.com/bgcpartners,
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners and/or
http://ir.bgcpartners.com/Investors/default.aspx.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements about
BGC
Statements in this document regarding BGC that are not
historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements. 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 and Special Note on Forward-Looking
Information set forth in these filings and any updates to such risk
factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information contained
in subsequent reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K.
Media Contact:
Karen
Laureano-Rikardsen
+1 212-829-4975
Investor Contacts:
Ujjal Basu
Roy or Jason McGruder
+1 212-610-2426
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