Edgar Filing: KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Blackstone Group L.P.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP, INC. [KCG]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2013

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10154

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	07/01/2013		D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		56,502,694	D	⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	0	I	(See Footnotes) ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾
Class A Common Stock	07/01/2013		D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		28,666	D	⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	0	I	(See Footnotes) ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾
Class A Common Stock	07/01/2013		D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		344,000	D	⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	0	I	(See Footnotes) ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽⁸⁾

07/01/2013

D⁽⁸⁾

35,461

⁽⁹⁾

Class A Common Stock

35,461

⁽⁸⁾

See Footnotes ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Blackstone Group L.P. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X
Blackstone Holdings III L.P. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X
Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X
Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X
Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X
SCHWARZMAN STEPHEN A C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154		X

Signatures

BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III L.P., By: Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P., its general partner, By: Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP L.P., By: Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP MANAGEMENT L.L.C., By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P., By: Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
BLACKSTONE GROUP MANAGEMENT L.L.C., By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN, By: /s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman, Name: Stephen A. Schwarzman		07/03/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2012 and amended and restated as of April 15, 2013, by and among Knight Capital Group, Inc. (the "Issuer"), GETCO Holding Company, LLC, GA-GTCO, LLC and certain other parties thereto (the "Merger Agreement"), at the effective time of the merger 40,206,849, 20,398, and 244,787 of the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer held by Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., (Continued in Footnote 2)
(2)	Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P. and Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI ESC L.P., respectively, were each cancelled and converted into the right to receive $3.75 in cash per share and 16,295,845, 8,267 and 99,212 of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P. and Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI ESC L.P., respectively, were cancelled and converted into the right to receive 5,431,948, 2,756 and 33,070 shares of common stock of KCG Holdings, Inc. ("KCG Holdings"), less any applicable tax withholding.
(3)	Represents securities directly held by Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P.
(4)	Represents securities directly held by Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P.
(5)	Represents securities directly held by Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI ESC L.P. (collectively, with Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P. and Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P., the "Blackstone Funds").
(6)	Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P. BMA VI L.L.C. is the sole member of Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C. BCP VI Side-By-Side GP L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P. and Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI ESC L.P.
(7)	Blackstone Holdings III L.P. is the managing member and the owner of a majority in interest of BMA VI L.L.C. and the sole member of BCP VI Side-By-Side GP L.L.C. Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings III L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. is Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. The sole member of Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. is The Blackstone Group L.P. The general partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. is Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly owned by Blackstone's senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman.
(8)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Restricted Stock Unit, whether or not vested, was cancelled and converted at the effective time of the merger into the right to receive a restricted stock unit in respect of 1/3rd of a share of KCG Holdings common stock, less any applicable tax withholding.
(9)	Restricted stock units granted to Blackstone Management Partners L.L.C. pursuant to the Knight Capital Group, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan in connection with Martin Brand's service on the board of directors of the Issuer. The Blackstone Group, L.P., Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. and Mr. Schwarzman may be deemed to indirectly control Blackstone Management Partners L.L.C.
(10)	Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership VI ESC L.P., Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C., BMA VI L.L.C. and BCP VI Side-By-Side GP L.L.C. are filing a separate Form 4.
(11)	Each of the Reporting Persons, other than the Blackstone Funds to the extent of their direct holdings, disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities of the Issuer, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, and, pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Reporting Persons, including the Blackstone Funds, states that the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

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