Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 1, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)
CIK: 0001393818
Period of Report: 2010-10-01

Reporting Person: Finley John G (Chief Legal Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-10-01	Blackstone Holdings Partnership units	$	A	500000	Acquired		Common units representing limited partner interests (500000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Granted under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, these deferred restricted Blackstone Holdings Partnership units (which term refers collectively to a partnership unit in each of Blackstone Holdings I L.P., Blackstone Holdings II L.P., Blackstone Holdings III L.P. and Blackstone Holdings IV L.P.) will vest ratably over five years on each anniversary of the grant date subject to Mr. Finley's continued employment with Blackstone. (Continued to footnote 2).

F2: As these deferred restricted Blackstone Holdings Partnership units vest, the underlying Blackstone Holdings Partnership units will be delivered to the reporting person except that no more than ?? of the vested units will be delivered during his service with Blackstone (with the remaining units to be delivered after the completion of his restrictive covenant period). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the units may be delivered earlier upon a change in control of Blackstone.

F3: Pursuant to an exchange agreement, holders of Blackstone Holdings Partnership units, subject to the vesting and minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions set forth in the partnership agreements of the Blackstone Holdings Partnerships, may up to four times each year (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement) exchange their Blackstone Holdings Partnership units for The Blackstone Group L.P. common units on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for splits, unit distribution and reclassifications. A Blackstone Holdings limited partner must exchange one partnership unit in each of the four Blackstone Holdings partnerships to effect an exchange for a common unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the reported Blackstone Holdings partnership units may not be exchanged at any time prior to December 31, 2010 other than pursuant to transaction or programs approved by Blackstone.