GFI Group Announces Intention To Voluntarily Delist Common Stock From NYSE And Deregister Common Stock - Seite 2

GFI does not currently intend to hold its 2015 annual general meeting of stockholders in June as it has in past years. 

About GFI Group Inc.
GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) is a leading intermediary in the global OTC and listed markets offering an array of sophisticated trading technologies and products to a broad range of financial market participants.  More than 2,500 institutional clients benefit from GFI's know-how and experience in operating electronic and hybrid markets for cash and derivative products across multiple asset classes, including fixed income, interest rates, foreign exchange, equities, energy and commodities.  GFI's brands include Trayport®, a leading provider of trading solutions for energy markets worldwide, and FENICS®, a market leader in FX options software.

Founded in 1987 and headquartered in New York, GFI employs over 2,000 people globally, with additional offices in London, Paris, Brussels, Nyon, Dublin, Madrid, Sugar Land (TX), Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima and Mexico City. For more information, please visit http://www.gfigroup.com.

GFI is majority-owned by, and will operate as a division of, BGC Partners, Inc., a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. BGC Partners' Class A common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC Partners also has outstanding Senior Notes due June 15, 2042, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BGCA). BGC Partners is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick.  For more information, please visit http://www.bgcpartners.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements by GFI Group
Certain matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements include information concerning future financial performance, business strategy, plans, goals and objectives.  When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "might," "intend," "expect" and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements.  Actual results, performance, achievements or events could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein.  These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of GFI and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.  These include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: economic, political and market factors affecting trading volumes; securities prices or demand for GFI's brokerage services; competition from current and new competitors; GFI's ability to attract and retain key personnel, including highly-qualified brokerage personnel; GFI's ability to identify and develop new products and markets; changes in laws and regulations governing GFI's business and operations or permissible activities; GFI's ability to manage its international operations; financial difficulties experienced by GFI's customers or key participants in the markets in which GFI focuses its brokerage services; GFI's ability to keep up with technological changes; uncertainties relating to litigation; and GFI's ability to assess and integrate acquisition prospects.  Further information about factors that could affect GFI's financial and other results is included in GFI's filings with the SEC.  GFI does not undertake to publicly update or revise any forward‑looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.