SEC Company Response from BGC Group, Inc. (BGC) (CIK 0001094831) (BGC) — Aug 15, 2011
BGC Group, Inc. (BGC) (CIK 0001094831)
Date: Aug. 15, 2011 · CIK: 0001094831 · Accession: 0001193125-11-223179
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File numbers found in text: 333-175034
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VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Attention: Mr. Michael McTiernan Assistant Director Re: BGC Partners, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-175034)
Dear Mr. McTiernan:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BGC Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-175034) (the “Registration Statement”) so that the Registration Statement becomes effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 17, 2011, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Company acknowledges that (1) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
BGC PARTNERS, INC.
/s/ Caroline A. Koster
Name:
Caroline A. Koster
Title:
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
cc: Stephen M. Merkel, Esq. (BGC Partners, Inc.)
Christopher T. Jensen, Esq. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
George G. Yearsich, Esq. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request BGC Partners, Inc. 499 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 August 15, 2011 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549-6010 Attention: Mr. Michael McTiernan Assistant Director Re: BGC Partners, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-175034) Dear Mr. McTiernan: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BGC Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-175034) (the “Registration Statement”) so that the Registration Statement becomes effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 17, 2011, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company acknowledges that (1) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. BGC PARTNERS, INC. /s/ Caroline A. Koster Name: Caroline A. Koster Title: Vice President and Assistant General Counsel cc: Stephen M. Merkel, Esq. (BGC Partners, Inc.) Christopher T. Jensen, Esq. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP) George G. Yearsich, Esq. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)