 BGC Partners, Inc. NASDAQ: BGCP BGC today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all 300 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 5.125 Senior Notes due 2021 the Notes, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated the date hereof as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase and the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery attached to the Offer to Purchase as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The tender offer is referred to as the Offer. The Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are referred to together as the Offer Documents. 