Update Of Conference Call Timing: BGC Partners' Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results Announcement To Be Issued Prior To Market Open On Thursday, July 28, 2016 - Conference Call Previously Scheduled For The Same Day At 10:00 A.M. ET Is Now Scheduled For The Same Day At 10:30 A.M. ET

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or the "Company"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced an update to the timing of its conference call to discuss these results. The timing of this conference call has been changed to Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. ET.

The advisory release will notify the public that a full-text financial results press release will be accessible at any of the following pages:

http://ir.bgcpartners.com (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

http://ir.bgcpartners.com/news-releases (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

http://bgcpartners.com/category/bgc-releases/ (PDF only)

A webcast replay of the conference call is expected to be accessible at http://ir.bgcpartners.com within 24 hours of the live call and will be available for 365 days following the call.  Additionally, call participants may dial in with the following information:

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