BGC Partners, Inc. announced an offer to exchange up to all $300 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2019 for an equivalent amount of its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2019 registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Old Notes were issued and sold by the Company in December, 2014, in a private offering. The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 P.M. ET on February 19, 2015, unless extended.

Tenders of Old Notes must be made before the exchange offer expires and may be withdrawn any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. The exchange offer is being made to satisfy the Company's obligations under a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Old Notes, and does not represent a new financing transaction.