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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-315504"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BGC"
cik: "0001094831"
company_name: "BGC Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T21:18:55.358956+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BGC Partners 2022 annual meeting: all proposals approved including say-on-pay

## Summary
- All four director nominees elected: Howard Lutnick, David Richards, Arthur Mbanefo, Linda Bell.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2022 approved with 713M votes for, 4M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 82% of votes cast in favor (excluding broker non-votes).
- Class B common stock holders had 10 votes per share; Class A had 1 vote per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-315504
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BGC
- cik: 0001094831
- company_name: BGC Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312522315504/0001193125-22-315504-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312522315504/d402631d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 at the 2022-12-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-30
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm For Against Abstain 713,326,432 4,000,359 130,149 Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312522315504/0001193125-22-315504-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation at the 2022-12-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-30
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 534,879,108 115,656,691 3,383,105 63,538,036 Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312522315504/0001193125-22-315504-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of four directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified at the 2022-12-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-30
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors Directors For Withheld Broker Non- Votes Howard W. Lutnick 593,756,395 60,162,509 63,538,036 David P. Richards 588,922,672 64,996,232 63,538,036 Arthur U. Mbanefo 588,453,134 65,465,770 63,538,036 Linda A. Bell 577,372,961 76,545,943 63,538,036
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312522315504/0001193125-22-315504-index.htm

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