---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-278807"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BGC"
cik: "0001094831"
company_name: "BGC Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T00:51:28.487622+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BGC Group stockholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve advisory compensation at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected with >1.18B votes each; broker non-votes ~81.6M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as FY2023 auditor approved: 1.39B for, 5.75M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 1.18B for, 132.5M against, 2.57M abstain.
- Meeting held November 14, 2023; all three management proposals carried.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-278807
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BGC
- cik: 0001094831
- company_name: BGC Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312523278807/0001193125-23-278807-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312523278807/d850623d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-11-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-14
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm For Against Abstain 1,391,855,898 5,752,743 216,345
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312523278807/0001193125-23-278807-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of five directors at the 2023-11-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-14
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors Directors For Withheld Broker Non- Votes Howard W. Lutnick 1,212,332,315 103,839,962 81,652,709 David P. Richards 1,201,899,940 114,272,337 81,652,709 Arthur U. Mbanefo 1,195,582,268 120,590,009 81,652,709 Linda A. Bell 1,198,292,178 117,880,099 81,652,709 William D. Addas 1,289,309,073 26,863,204 81,652,709
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312523278807/0001193125-23-278807-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BGC Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation at the 2023-11-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-14
  source text: Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 1,181,083,763 132,516,110 2,572,404 81,652,709
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000119312523278807/0001193125-23-278807-index.htm

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