BGC Partners’ and GFI Group’s Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results Announcement to be Issued Prior to Market Open on Wednesday, July 29, 2015

BGC Partners’ and GFI Group’s Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results Announcement to be Issued Prior to Market Open on Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Conference Call Scheduled for the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET

NEW YORK, NY – July 7, 2015 – BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or the “Company”), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets and BGC’s majority-owned division, GFI Group Inc. (OTC: GFIG) (“GFI Group” or “GFI”), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that they plan to issue a joint advisory press release regarding the availability of their consolidated quarterly financial results by 8:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

BGC owns approximately 67 percent of GFI’s common shares and GFI’s financial results will be consolidated with those of BGC. Therefore, BGC and GFI will be issuing a joint advisory release notifying the public that a full-text financial results press release will be accessible at any of the following pages:

http://ir.bgcpartners.com (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

http://ir.bgcpartners.com/news-releases (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

https://bgcpartnersprd.wpengine.com/news-centre/press-releases (PDF only)

BGC will host a conference call on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss these results.

WHO:             BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:  BGCP) & GFI Group Inc. (OTC: GFIG)

WHAT:          Second Quarter 2015 financial results conference call

WHEN:          Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET

WHERE:       The “Investor Relations” section at https://bgcpartnersprd.wpengine.com

HOW:             A listing of minimum system requirement can be found here:

http://event.on24.com/view/help/ehelp.html?text_language_id=en&fh=true&flashconsole=true&ngwebcast=true

An audio replay of the conference call is expected to be accessible at the “Investor Relations” section of http://www.bgcpartners.com within 24 hours of the live call for 365 days following the call.  Additionally, call participants may dial in with the following information:

LIVE CALL: 

Date – Start Time:                   07/29/2015 10:00 a.m. ET

U.S. Dial In:                            1 (888) 895-5271

International Dial In:             (+1) (847) 619-6547

Passcode:                               40183619

REPLAY:

Available From – To:             07/29/2015 12:30 p.m. ET – 08/05/2015 11:59 p.m. ET

U.S. Dial In:                            1 (888) 843-7419

International Dial In:             (+1) (630) 652-3042

Passcode:                                 40183619#

(Note: If clicking on the above links does not open up a new web page, you may need to cut and paste the above urls into your browser’s address bar.)

About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets.  Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions.  Through its BGC Trader and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to numerous financial instruments and markets.  Through the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, BGC offers a wide range of commercial real estate services, including leasing and corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services, consulting, project and development management, and property and facilities management. BGC’s customers include many of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms. BGC’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: BGCP).  BGC also has an outstanding bond issuance of Senior Notes due June 15, 2042, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol (NYSE: BGCA).  BGC Partners is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick. For more information, please visit https://bgcpartnersprd.wpengine.com.

BGC, BGC Trader, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, and Grubb are trademarks and service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its affiliates.  Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight Frank (Nominees) Limited.  Trayport is a trademark or registered trademark of Trayport Limited and/or its affiliates.  FENICS and FENICS.COM are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fenics Software Inc. and/or its affiliates.

About GFI Group Inc.

GFI is majority-owned by, and operates as a division of, BGC Partners, Inc. GFI Group Inc. is a leading intermediary in the global OTC and Listed markets offering an array of sophisticated trading technologies and products to a broad range of financial market participants.  More than 2,500 institutional clients benefit from GFI’s know-how and experience in operating electronic and hybrid markets for cash and derivative products across multiple asset classes, including fixed income, interest rates, foreign exchange, equities, energy and commodities.  GFI’s brands include Trayport, a leading provider of trading solutions for energy markets worldwide and FENICS, a market leader in FX options software.

Founded in 1987 and headquartered in New York, GFI employs over 1,900 people globally, with additional offices in London, Paris, Brussels, Nyon, Dublin, Madrid, Sugar Land (TX), Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima and Mexico City.

Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements About BGC Partners and GFI

Statements in this document regarding BGC’s and GFI’s businesses that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC and GFI undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see BGC’s and GFI’s respective Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in their respective public filings, including their most recent Forms 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-Q or Forms 8-K.

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