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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 16, 2024

 

 

BGC Group, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   001-35591   86-3748217
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

  

499 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 610-2200

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value   BGC   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

☐ Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BGC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on September 16, 2024. The following matters were voted on at the Annual Meeting:

 

(1)The election of five directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified;

 

(2)The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and

 

(3)The approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation.

 

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.

 

At the Annual Meeting, holders of Class A common stock were entitled to one vote per share, holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to 10 votes per share, and the two classes voted together as a single class on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The aggregate number of Class A and Class B votes cast for and against and withheld votes, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting are set forth below:

 

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

 

Directors  For   Withheld   Broker
Non- Votes		 
Howard W. Lutnick   1,290,463,741    55,353,469    64,010,001 
David P. Richards   1,276,354,853    69,462,357    64,010,001 
Arthur U. Mbanefo   1,244,904,004    100,913,206    64,010,001 
Linda A. Bell   1,279,266,204    66,551,006    64,010,001 
Willam D. Addas   1,285,200,219    60,616,991    64,010,001 

 

The five nominees were elected to the Board of Directors and will serve as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

Proposal 2 – Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm

 

For   Against   Abstain 
 1,407,382,348    2,115,976    328,887 

 

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending

December 31, 2024.

 

Proposal 3 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-
Votes		 
 1,248,533,258    96,380,450    903,502    64,010,001 

 

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  BGC Group, Inc.
     
Date: September 17, 2024 By: /s/ Howard W. Lutnick
  Name:  Howard W. Lutnick
  Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Form 8-K regarding action taken at the Company’s 2024

Annual Meeting of Stockholders]

 

 

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