To be held on Tuesday, June 25,
2019 at 10:00 a.m. ET
Webcast available for investors
NEW YORK, May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners" or "BGC" or "the Company"), a
leading global brokerage and financial technology company, today
announced that it plans to hold its 2019 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders on Tuesday, June 25,
2019, 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.
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 26, 2019, the record date, such as their
most recent account statement reflecting stock ownership prior to
April 26, 2019, 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
Statements made during the webcast and in the accompanying
presentation may include forward-looking statements about the
Company.
The webcast archive will be available for 365 days, beginning
June 25, 2019.
(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 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 or the abovementioned webcast and
presentation 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 Statements set forth in these
filings and any updates to such risk factors and Special Note on
Forward-Looking Statements contained in subsequent Forms 10-K,
Forms 10-Q or Forms 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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