Howard Lutnick - Oct 6, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for BGC Group, Inc. (BGC)

Signature
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Stock symbol
BGC
Transactions as of
Oct 6, 2025
Transactions value $
-$85,742,025
Form type
4
Date filed
10/6/2025, 06:02 PM
Previous filing
May 19, 2025

Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
LUTNICK HOWARD W Director, 10%+ Owner C/O BGC GROUP, INC., 499 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK /s/ Howard W. Lutnick 2025-10-06 0001250975

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Sale -96.3M -96.06% 3.95M Oct 6, 2025 See Footnotes F1, F6, F7
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Sale -3.95M -100% 0 Oct 6, 2025 See Footnotes F2, F6, F7
transaction BGC Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Sale -601K -64.02% 338K Oct 6, 2025 See Footnotes F2, F7
transaction BGC Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Disposed to Issuer -$3.11M -338K -100% $9.21 0 Oct 6, 2025 See Footnotes F3, F4
transaction BGC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Sale -$82.6M -8.97M -100% $9.21 0 Oct 6, 2025 Direct F5, F6
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Howard Lutnick is no longer subject to Section 16 filing requirements. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On October 6, 2025, the reporting person, in his capacity as trustee of a trust, closed the sale to trusts controlled by Brandon G. Lutnick of all of the voting shares of CF Group Management, Inc. ("CFGM"), which is the Managing General Partner of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP"). Following the close of the transaction, the reporting person no longer has beneficial ownership of the 93,340,477 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of BGC Group, Inc. (the "Company") held by CFLP or the 2,972,524 shares of Class B Common Stock held by CFGM. The aggregate sale price of the voting shares of CFGM was $200,000.
F2 On October 6, 2025, the reporting person, in his capacity as trustee of a trust, in a transaction effective concurrently with the transaction described in footnote (1), closed the sale to certain other trusts controlled by Brandon G. Lutnick of all of the outstanding equity interests in KBCR Management Partners, LLC ("KBCR") and Tangible Benefits, LLC ("Tangible Benefits"). Following the close of the transaction, the reporting person no longer has beneficial ownership of the 2,335,967 shares of Class B Common Stock held by KBCR, 600,938 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Company held by KBCR, or the 1,610,182 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Tangible Benefits. The aggregate sale price of the equity interests in KBCR and Tangible Benefits was $13,096,795.70.
F3 On October 6, 2025, in a transaction effective immediately after the transaction described in footnote (1), the Company repurchased an aggregate of 337,765 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the reporting person and originating from retirement accounts, including certain shares held by his spouse, in transactions exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended consisting of (i) 293,049 shares held in a Keogh retirement account, (ii) 34,921 shares held in other retirement accounts, and (iii) 9,795 shares held in retirement accounts for the reporting person's spouse. The price per share for the sale was $9.2082, which is equal to the 3-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 14, May 15 and May 16, 2025, reduced by $0.04 per share,
F4 (Continued from Footnote 3) which is equal to the amount of the after-tax portion of the (i) dividends declared on such shares of Class A Common Stock but unpaid and with record dates between May 16, 2025 and the transaction date that are payable to Howard W. Lutnick and his spouse, as applicable, and (ii) dividends paid on such shares of Class A Common Stock to the reporting person and his spouse, as applicable, between May 16, 2025 and the transaction date. The transactions were approved by the Audit Committee of the Company and were made pursuant to the Company's existing stock repurchase authorization.
F5 On October 6, 2025, in a transaction effective immediately after the transaction described in footnote (1), the reporting person closed the sale of 8,973,721 shares of Class B Common Stock held directly by the reporting person to CFLP. The price per share for the sale was $9.2082, which is equal to the 3-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 14, May 15 and May 16, 2025, reduced by $0.032 per share, which is equal to the amount of the after-tax portion of the (i) dividends declared on such shares of Class B Common Stock but unpaid and with record dates between May 16, 2025 and the transaction date that are payable to the reporting person and (ii) dividends paid on such shares of Class B Common Stock to the reporting person between May 16, 2025 and the transaction date.
F6 The shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible at any time on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment) into shares of Class A Common Stock.
F7 CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP and KBCR is a non-managing General Partner of CFLP. The reporting person was the sole voting member of KBCR and Tangible Benefits, through trusts, prior to the transactions described in footnote (2). The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by CFLP, CFGM, KBCR, and Tangible Benefits in excess of his pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he was the beneficial owner of, or had pecuniary interest in, any such excess securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.