GFI Closes Exchange Offer Senior Notes
GFI Group Inc. Closes Exchange Offer of 8.375% Senior Notes Due 2018
GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) (the “Company”) announced today that on December 21, 2011 it closed its offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) up to $250 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2018, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “New Notes”) for up to $250 million in aggregate principal amount of its previously outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Original Notes”). The Original Notes were issued on July 19, 2011 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S, each under the Securities Act.A total of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes, representing 100% of the Original Notes, were validly tendered and accepted for exchange by the Company.This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or buy any security or a solicitation of any offer to buy securities. The Exchange Offer was made by means of a prospectus dated November 15, 2011, which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 that was declared effective by the SEC on November 15, 2011.
About GFI Group Inc.
GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) is a leading provider of wholesale brokerage services, clearing services, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets. GFI Group Inc. provides brokerage services, market data, trading platform and analytics software products to institutional clients in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments. Headquartered in New York, GFI was founded in 1987 and employs more than 2,200 people with additional offices in London, Paris, Nyon, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Bogota, Dubai, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Calgary, Los Angeles and Sugar Land (TX). GFI Group Inc. provides services and products to over 2,600 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. Its brands include GFI(SM), GFInet®, CreditMatch®, GFI ForexMatch®, EnergyMatch®, FENICS®, Starsupply®, Amerex®, Trayport® and Kyte®.
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