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BGC Partners Annual Report 2021 BGC Partners Annual Report 2021 Form 10-K (NASDAQ:BGCP) Published: March 1st, 2021 PDF generated by stocklight.com UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 0-28191 BGC Partners, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 13-4063515 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (212) 610-2200 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Trading Title of each class Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value BGCP The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large Accelerated Filer ☒ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☐ Smaller Reporting Company ☐ 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. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒ The aggregate market value of voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing price of the Class A common stock on June 30, 2020 as reported on NASDAQ, was approximately $836,497,422. Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. On February 25, 2021, the registrant had 323,716,736 shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, and 45,884,380 shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2021 Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We anticipate that we will file the 2021 Proxy Statement with the SEC on or before April 30, 2021. BGC Partners, Inc. 2020 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page GLOSSARY OF TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 2 SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION 10 RISK FACTOR SUMMARY 10 WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 11 PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS 12 ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS 34 ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 69 ITEM 2. PROPERTIES 69 ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 69 ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 69 PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES 70 ITEM 6. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA 77 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 78 ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 124 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 126 ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 213 ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 213 ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION 213 PART III ITEM 10. 214 DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 214 ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 214 ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 214 ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 214 PART IV ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 215 ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY 220 GLOSSARY OF TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS The following terms, abbreviations and acronyms are used to identify frequently used terms and phrases in this report: TERM DEFINITION 2019 Promissory Note BGC U.S. OpCo’s $300.0 million principal amount promissory note, issued as of December 9, 2014 to the Company in relation to the 5.375% Senior Notes and assumed by Newmark OpCo in connection with the Separation, which was repaid on November 23, 2018 2042 Promissory Note BGC U.S. OpCo’s $112.5 million principal amount promissory note, issued as of June 26, 2012 to the Company in relation to the 8.125% Senior Notes and assumed by Newmark OpCo in connection with the Separation, which was repaid on September 5, 2018 3.750% Senior Notes The Company’s $300.0 million principal amount of 3.750% senior notes maturing on October 1, 2024 and issued on September 27, 2019 4.375% Senior Notes The Company’s $300.0 million principal amount of 4.375% senior notes maturing on December 15, 2025 and issued on July 10, 2020 5.125% Senior Notes The Company’s original $300.0 million principal amount of 5.125% senior notes maturing on May 27, 2021 and issued on May 27, 2016, of which $44.0 million was redeemed through a cash tender offer by the Company on August 14, 2020 5.375% Senior Notes The Company’s $450.0 million principal amount of 5.375% senior notes maturing on July 24, 2023 and issued on July 24, 2018 8.125% Senior Notes The Company’s $112.5 million principal amount of 8.125% senior notes due 2042, issued on June 26, 2012, which were repaid on September 5, 2018 8.375% Senior Notes The Company’s $240.0 million principal amount of GFI 8.375% senior notes due July 2018, assumed by BGC in connection with the GFI Merger, which were repaid on July 19, 2018 Adjusted Earnings A non-GAAP financial measure used by the Company to evaluate financial performance, which primarily excludes (i) certain non-cash items and other expenses that generally do not involve the receipt or outlay of cash and do not dilute existing stockholders, and (ii) certain gains and charges that management believes do not best reflect the ordinary results of BGC Algomi Algomi Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired on March 6, 2020 API Application Programming Interface April 2008 distribution rights shares Cantor’s deferred stock distribution rights provided to current and former Cantor partners on April 1, 2008 April 2017 Sales Agreement CEO sales agreement, by and between the Company and CF&Co, dated April 12, 2017, pursuant to which the Company offered and sold an aggregate of 20 million shares of BGC Class A common stock Aqua Aqua Securities L.P., an alternative electronic trading platform, which offers new pools of block liquidity to the global equities markets and is a 49%-owned equity method investment of the Company and 51% owned by Cantor ASC Accounting Standards Codification ASU Accounting Standards Update Audit Committee Audit Committee of the Board BEAT Base Erosion and Anti-abuse Tax Berkeley Point Berkeley Point Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company acquired on September 8, 2017 and contributed to Newmark in the Separation Besso Besso Insurance Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired on February 28, 2017 TERM DEFINITION BGC BGC Partners, Inc. and, where applicable, its consolidated subsidiaries BGC or our Class A common stock BGC Partners Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share BGC or our Class B common stock BGC Partners Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share BGC Credit Agreement Agreement between the Company and Cantor, dated March 19, 2018, that provides for each party or its subsidiaries to borrow up to $250.0 million, as amended on August 6, 2018 to increase the facility to $400.0 million BGC Financial or BGCF BGC Financial, L.P BGC Global OpCo BGC Global Holdings, L.P., an operating partnership, which is owned jointly by BGC and BGC Holdings and holds the non-U.S.
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