2015

• Glass Lewis Recommends GFI Shareholders Vote Against “Flawed and Conflicted” Merger With CME

  NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2015 — BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “the Company,”…

   — 22 January, 2015

• ISS Recommends GFI Shareholders Vote Against “Economically Inferior” Merger With CME

  ISS Also Recommends That GFI Shareholders Tender Their Shares Into BGC’s “Economically Superior” Offer NEW…

   — 21 January, 2015

• BGC Announces Increase Of All-Cash Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group To $6.10 Per Share

  Offers Additional Consideration of $0.10 per Share Contingent Upon Determination of Superiority by GFI Special…

   — 20 January, 2015

• BGC Partners’ Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results Announcement to be Issued Prior to Market Open on Wednesday, February 11, 2015

  Conference Call Scheduled for the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET NEW YORK, Jan. 20,…

   — 20 January, 2015

• BGC Announces Contingent Increase of All-Cash Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group to $5.85 Per Share and Immediate Non-Contingent Increase to $5.75 Per Share

  Contingent Increase Depends Upon Determination of Superiority by GFI Special Committee and Board Urges GFI…

   — 15 January, 2015

• BGC Announces Contingent Increase Of All-Cash Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group To $5.60 Per Share

  Increased Offer Contingent Upon Determination of Superiority by GFI Special Committee and Board Four-day Match…

   — 14 January, 2015

• BGC Issues Letter to GFI Board and Special Committee

  NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2015  — BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “the Company,” or…

   — 9 January, 2015

• BGC Files Preliminary Proxy Materials and Issues Letter to GFI Shareholders

  Urges GFI Shareholders to Vote AGAINST the Inferior CME-GFI Transaction and Tender Their Shares to…

   — 9 January, 2015

• BGC Extends All-Cash Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group For $5.45 Per Share

  Demands that GFI Board Take Immediate Action to Protect the Interests of All GFI Shareholders…

   — 7 January, 2015

• BGC Increases All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire GFI Group to $5.45 Per Share

  BGC’s All-Cash Offer is Plainly Superior to CME’s Stock and Cash Offer Minimum Tender Condition…

   — 19 December, 2014

• BGC Partners Updates Its Outlook for the Fourth Quarter of 2014

  The Company Expects the Fourth Quarter to be the Second Consecutive Period of Record Post-Tax…

   — 18 December, 2014

• BGC Partners announces agreement to acquire the assets and subsidiaries of RP Martin, a market-leading interdealer brokerage firm known for its strength in European rates and foreign exchange products

  – Acquisition of the assets and subsidiaries of RP Martin will expand BGC’s footprint into…

   — 15 December, 2014