U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K/A

 

 

(Mark One)

x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

OR

 

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file numbers 0-28191, 1-35591

 

 

BGC PARTNERS, INC. DEFERRAL PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF

BGC PARTNERS, INC., CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. AND THEIR AFFILIATES

(Full title of the plan)

BGC PARTNERS, INC.

499 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(Name of issuer of the securities held

pursuant to the plan and the address of

its principal executive office)

 

 

 

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Explanatory Note:

This Form 11-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Annual Report on Form 11-K filed by the Registrant on July 1, 2013 to correct a typographical error in Exhibit 23.1 (“Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”) by correcting the date of the report of the independent registered public accounting firm referenced in the Exhibit from June [28], 2013 to July 1, 2013. Except as set forth herein, no other changes have been made to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 11-K filed July 1, 2013.

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SIGNATURE

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Administrator of the BGC Partners, Inc. Deferral Plan for Employees of BGC Partners, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. and Their Affiliates has duly caused this annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 2, 2013

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm