13D Filings
Cantor Equity Partners, Inc.
CEP
Amendment
Ownership

21.90%

Total Shares

2,800,000

Issuer CIK

1865602

CUSIP

G4491L104

Event Date

Oct 5, 2025

Accepted

Oct 6, 2025, 05:12 PM

Reporting Persons (4)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
Cantor EP Holdings, LLC
Other
21.90%2,800,00002,800,000
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
Partnership
21.90%2,800,00002,800,000
CF Group Management, Inc.
CO
21.90%2,800,00002,800,000
Brandon G. Lutnick
Individual
21.90%2,800,00002,800,000
Disclosure Items (6)

Security Title

Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value

Issuer Name

Cantor Equity Partners, Inc.

Issuer Address

110 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022

Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented with the information in Item 4 responsive hereto, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented with the following: Completion of Howard W. Lutnick Divestiture In accordance with the transactions detailed below, Mr. Howard W. Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, has completed his previously announced divestiture of his holdings in Cantor and CFGM in connection with his appointment as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Howard W. Lutnick no longer has any voting or dispositive power over any of the securities of the Issuer, and the Reporting Persons understand that he will file Amendment No. 4B as his final amendment to the Original Schedule 13D to reflect his zero ownership. Acquisition of CFGM Voting Shares by Trusts Controlled by Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick As previously disclosed in Amendment No. 3, on May 16, 2025, Howard W. Lutnick, in his capacity as trustee of a trust, entered into agreements to sell to trusts controlled by Brandon G. Lutnick (the "Purchaser Trusts") all of the voting shares of CFGM, which is the managing general partner of Cantor. On October 6, 2025, the transactions under such agreements closed. The aggregate purchase price for such sales was $200,000, and was paid using cash on hand at the Purchaser Trusts. Following the closing of the transactions described above, Brandon G. Lutnick may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares owned by the Sponsor, and Howard W. Lutnick no longer has beneficial ownership over such securities. ******** Other than as described in this Item 4 and in the filings of the Issuer in connection with the Issuer's proposed business combination with Twenty One Capital, Inc., none of the Reporting Persons has any current plans or proposals that relate to or that would result in any of the transactions or other matters specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D; provided, that the Reporting Persons may, at any time, review or reconsider their positions with respect to the Issuer and reserve the right to develop such plans or proposals.

Percentage of Class

Item 5(a) is hereby amended and restated as follows: The aggregate number and percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons is on the basis of a total of 12,800,000 Ordinary Shares, including 10,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 2,500,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, issued and outstanding as of August 14, 2025, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Issuer with the SEC on August 14, 2025. As of the date hereof, the Sponsor directly owns 300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 2,500,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, which Class B Ordinary Shares are automatically convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the Issuer's initial business combination, or at any time and from time to time at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and as more fully described under the heading "Description of Securities--Founder Shares" in the Issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280230). None of the other Reporting Persons directly own any Ordinary Shares.

Number of Shares

Item 5(b) is hereby amended and restated as follows: As of the date hereof: (i) the Sponsor directly owns, is the beneficial owner of, and has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to, 2,800,000 Ordinary Shares (consisting of 300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 2,500,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, which Class B Ordinary Shares are automatically convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the Issuer's initial business combination, or at any time and from time to time at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and as more fully described under the heading "Description of Securities--Founder Shares" in the Issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280230)), which represent 21.9% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. (ii) Cantor, as the sole member of the Sponsor, controls the Sponsor and may be deemed to beneficially own, and have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to, the 2,800,000 Ordinary Shares directly owned by the Sponsor, which represent 21.9% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. Cantor disclaims any ownership of such Ordinary Shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest it may have therein, directly or indirectly. (iii) CFGM, as the managing general partner of Cantor, controls Cantor and may be deemed to beneficially own, and have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to, the 2,800,000 Ordinary Shares directly owned by the Sponsor, which represent 21.9% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. CFGM disclaims any ownership of such Ordinary Shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest it may have therein, directly or indirectly. (iv) Brandon G. Lutnick, as the controlling trustee of the trusts owning all of the voting shares of CFGM and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CFGM, controls CFGM and may be deemed to beneficially own, and have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to, the 2,800,000 Ordinary Shares directly owned by the Sponsor, which represent 21.9% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. Brandon G. Lutnick disclaims any ownership of such Ordinary Shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest he may have therein, directly or indirectly.

Transactions

See Item 4 of this Amendment, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Shareholders

Not applicable.

Date of 5% Ownership

Not applicable.

Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented with the information contained in Item 4 and Item 5 responsive hereto, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following: Exhibit 99.2: Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2025, by and among the Reporting Persons Exhibit 99.3 Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2025, by and between Howard W. Lutnick, as Trustee of the Howard W. Lutnick Revocable Trust, and Kyle S. Lutnick, Brandon G. Lutnick, Casey J. Lutnick, and Ryan G. Lutnick, as Investment Trustees of the trust known as the BGL Management Trust. Exhibit 99.4: Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2025, by and between Howard W. Lutnick, as Trustee of the Howard W. Lutnick Revocable Trust, and Kyle S. Lutnick, Brandon G. Lutnick, Casey J. Lutnick, and Ryan G. Lutnick, as Investment Trustees of the trust known as the KSL Management Trust. Exhibit 99.5: Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2025, by and between Howard W. Lutnick, as Trustee of the Howard W. Lutnick Revocable Trust, and Kyle S. Lutnick, Brandon G. Lutnick, Casey J. Lutnick, and Ryan G. Lutnick, as Investment Trustees of the trust known as the RGL Management Trust. Exhibit 99.6: Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2025, by and between Howard W. Lutnick, as Trustee of the Howard W. Lutnick Revocable Trust, and Kyle S. Lutnick, Brandon G. Lutnick, Casey J. Lutnick, and Ryan G. Lutnick, as Investment Trustees of the trust known as the CJL Management Trust.

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