Shares BGC Partners, Inc. Class A Common Stock ($0.01 Par Value) FORM OF EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTEquity Underwriting Agreement • May 27th, 2008 • BGC Partners, Inc. • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • New York
BGC Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly named eSpeed, Inc.) (the “Company”), and certain stockholders of the Company (the “Selling Stockholders”), including Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the majority stockholder of the Company (“Cantor”), each propose to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as the representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate of shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the
FORM OF STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENTStock Purchase Agreement • May 27th, 2008 • BGC Partners, Inc. • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • New York
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is dated as of , 2008 (this “Agreement”), by and between BGC Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and the person named on the signature page hereto (the “Seller”).
