NEW YORK,
May 30, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners"
or "BGC"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the
financial and real estate markets, today announced that it plans to
hold its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. ET at the Company's executive offices
in New York City. The meeting will
include a brief discussion by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Howard W. Lutnick. The discussion
may include topics such as the financial results, operations, and
outlook of BGC and its publicly traded subsidiary, Newmark Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRK) ("Newmark").
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 24, 2018, the record date, such as their
most recent account statement reflecting stock ownership prior to
April 24, 2018, 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
20, 2018.
(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. BGC'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.
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 offers Real Estate Services through its publicly
traded subsidiary Newmark. Investor/owner services and products
include capital markets (including investment sales), agency
leasing, property management, valuation and advisory, diligence and
underwriting and, under trademarks and names like Newmark Knight Frank and Berkeley Point,
government sponsored enterprise lending, loan servicing, debt and
structured finance and loan sales. Newmark's Class A common stock
trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol
(NASDAQ: NMRK). Newmark, and Berkeley Point are trademarks/service
marks and/or registered trademarks/service marks of Newmark Group,
Inc. and/or its affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of
Knight Frank (Nominees) Limited.
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 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 Partners
and Newmark
Statements in this document regarding BGC
and Newmark 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 and
Newmark undertake 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 and Newmark's Securities
and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the
risk factors set forth in these filings and any updates to such
risk factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q or
Forms 8-K.
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SOURCE BGC Partners, Inc.; Newmark Group, Inc.