BGC Partners Completes Corporate Conversion to Full C-Corporation, Name Change to BGC Group, Inc., and Ticker Symbol Change to "BGC"

NEW YORK, July 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGC) ("BGC Group," "BGC" or the "Company"), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company (formerly BGC Partners, Inc.), today announced that it has completed its corporate conversion to a Full C-Corporation.

The Company has also changed its name to "BGC Group, Inc." and changed its Nasdaq ticker symbol to "BGC" from "BGCP". The Company has also updated its main website to http://www.bgcg.com and its investor relations website to http://ir.bgcg.com.

Management Comments

Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BGC, said: "Today represents an important step for BGC, with its conversion to a simpler, more efficient corporate structure.

We believe our new structure will attract a broader and more diversified investor base over time. We plan to deliver growth and significant long-term value to our shareholders. With improving trading conditions across our business and the upcoming launch of FMX, our electronic U.S. Treasury, Rates Futures, and Spot FX platform, this is an exciting time to be a part of BGC."

About BGC Group, Inc.
BGC Group, Inc. ("BGC") will trade on Nasdaq at the market opening on July 3, 2023, under the new ticker symbol "BGC", following the corporate conversion of its predecessor BGC Partners, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: BGCP). BGC is a leading global brokerage and financial technology company. BGC, through its various affiliates, specializes in the brokerage of a broad range of products, including Fixed Income (Rates and Credit), Foreign Exchange, Equities, Energy and Commodities, Shipping, and Futures. BGC, through its various affiliates, also provides a wide variety of services, including trade execution, brokerage, clearing, trade compression, post-trade, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through its brands, including Fenics, FMX, FMX Futures Exchange, Fenics Markets Xchange, Fenics Digital, Fenics UST, Fenics FX, Fenics Repo, Fenics Direct, Fenics MID, Fenics Market Data, Fenics GO, Fenics PortfolioMatch, BGC, BGC Trader, kACE², and Lucera, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to numerous financial instruments and markets. BGC, BGC Group, BGC Partners, BGC Trader, GFI, GFI Ginga, CreditMatch, Fenics, Fenics.com, FMX, Sunrise Brokers, Poten & Partners, RP Martin, kACE², Capitalab, Swaptioniser, CBID, Caventor, LumeMarkets and Lucera are trademarks/service marks and/or registered trademarks/service marks of BGC and/or its affiliates.