BGC PARTNERS, INC. 8.125% Senior Notes due June 15, 2042 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • June 27th, 2012 • BGC Partners, Inc. • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • New York
BGC Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Wells Fargo is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Exhibit A hereto of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.125% Senior Notes due June 15, 2042 (the “Initial Securities”) and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of an additional $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’
