Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 21, 2011

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LVB Acquisition, Inc. (NONE)
CIK: 0001402366
Period of Report: 2011-11-28

Reporting Person: Blackstone Group L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: BMA V L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: BCP V Side-by-Side GP L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: BLACKSTONE FAMILY GP LLC (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SCHWARZMAN STEPHEN A (10% Owner)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	61012316.5	Indirect
Common Stock	9773455.1	Indirect
Common Stock	28905000.0	Indirect
Common Stock	1373175.0	Indirect
Common Stock	2171255.3	Indirect
Common Stock	229127.3	Indirect
Common Stock	27377586.6	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The Blackstone Funds (as defined below) hold 1,308,419.15815 membership units of LVB Acquisition Holding, LLC ("Holding"), the beneficial owner of 536,034,330 common shares of LVB Acquisition, Inc. (which are reported in a separate Form 3 filing), including (i) 610,123.16500 membership units of Holding held by Blackstone Capital Partners V, L.P., (ii) 97,734.55100 membership units of Holding held by Blackstone Capital Partners V-AC L.P., (iii) 289,050.00000 membership units of Holding held by BCP V-S L.P., (iv) 13,731.75000 membership units of Holding held by Blackstone Family Investment Partnership V L.P., (v) 21,712.55300 membership units of Holding held by Blackstone Family Investment Partnership V-SMD L.P., (vi) 2,291.27315 membership units of Holding held by Blackstone Participation Partnership V L.P., and (vii) 273,775.86600 membership units of Holding held by BCP V Co-Investors L.P., (collectively, the "Blackstone Funds").

F2: Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C is the general partner of each of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P., Blackstone Capital Partners V-AC L.P., BCP V-S L.P., and BCP V Co-Investors L.P. BMA V L.L.C. is the sole member of Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C. BCP V Side-By-Side GP L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Family Investment Partnership V L.P. and Blackstone Participation Partnership V L.P. Blackstone Family GP L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Family Investment Partnership V-SMD L.P.

F3: Blackstone Holdings III L.P. is the managing member and the owner of a majority in interest of BMA V L.L.C. and the sole member of BCP V 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. Blackstone Family GP L.L.C. is wholly owned by Blackstone's senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Mr. Schwarzman.

F4: Each of such Blackstone entities and Mr. Schwarzman may be deemed to beneficially own the membership units beneficially owned by the Blackstone Funds directly or indirectly controlled by it or him, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such membership units except to the extent of its or his indirect pecuniary interest therein.

F5: Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Reporting Persons state that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owners of any securities reported herein.