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| <dei:AmendmentDescription contextRef="P01_01_2021To12_31_2021"> Throughout this document BGC Partners, Inc. is referred to as “BGC,” and “BGC Partners,” and, together with its subsidiaries, as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our.” On February 28, 2022, BGC filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Original Form 10-K”). Certain Part III information was omitted from the Original Form 10-K in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K. General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K provides that registrants may incorporate by reference certain information from a definitive proxy statement which involves the election of directors if such definitive proxy statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. The Company does not anticipate that its definitive proxy statement involving the election of directors in connection with its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders will be filed by April 30, 2022 (i.e., within 120 days after the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year). Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) hereby amends and restates Part III, Items 10 through 14, of the Original Form 10-K as set forth below. The information included herein as required by Part III, Items 10 through 14, of the Original Form 10-K is more limited than what is required to be included in the definitive proxy statement to be filed in connection with our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. Accordingly, the definitive proxy statement to be filed at a later date will include additional information related to the topics herein and additional information not required by Part III, Items 10 through 14, of Form 10-K. This Amendment also restates Item 15 of Part IV of the Original Form 10-K. In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer are filed as exhibits to this Amendment under Item 15 of Part IV hereof. No other amendments are being made hereby to the Original Form 10-K. Except as stated herein, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2022, and no attempt has been made in this Amendment to modify or update other disclosures as presented in the Original Form 10-K. </dei:AmendmentDescription> |
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