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| EX-5.1 - OPINION OF MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP - BGC Partners, Inc. | d374083dex51.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 28, 2012
BGC Partners, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-28191 | 13-4063515 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
499 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 610-2200
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 27, 2012, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, (“Wells Fargo”), as representative of the underwriters named in Exhibit A (the “Underwriters”) to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2012, by and among BGC Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo, as representative of the Underwriters, exercised the option pursuant to Section 2(b) thereof to purchase an additional $12,500,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.125% Senior Notes due 2042 (the “Additional Notes”) registered under the Company’s effective Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-180331). The Additional Notes were issued at a closing on June 28, 2012.
The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K solely to file as Exhibit 5.1 hereto the legal opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP dated June 28, 2012 as to the legality of the Additional Notes.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in its Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BGC PARTNERS, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: June 28, 2012 | By: | /s/ Howard W. Lutnick | ||||||
| Name: | Howard W. Lutnick | |||||||
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
Exhibit List
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |