Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 14, 2013

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)
CIK: 0001393818
Period of Report: 2012-12-31

Reporting Person: JAMES HAMILTON E (Director, President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-21	Common units representing limited partner interests	C	900000	—	Acquired	900000	Direct
2012-12-21	Common units representing limited partner interests	G	900000	—	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-21	Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$	C	900000	Disposed		Common units representing limited partner interests (900000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common units representing limited partner interests	11250000	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$		Common units representing limited partner interests (7157207)	7157207	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: A "Blackstone Holdings partnership" unit collectively refers to one limited partner interest in each of Blackstone Holdings I L.P., Blackstone Holdings II L.P., Blackstone Holdings III L.P. and Blackstone Holdings IV L.P. Subject to the minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions set forth in the partnership agreements of the Blackstone partnerships, the Reporting Person has the rights, exercisable from time to time, to exchange each Blackstone Holdings partnership unit for one common unit of The Blackstone Group L.P. The Blackstone Holdings partnership units have no expiration date and may not be exchanged at any time prior to December 31, 2013 other than pursuant to transactions or programs approved by Blackstone.

F2: Pursuant to an exchange agreement, the Reporting Person exchanged 900,000 Blackstone Holdings partnership units for an equal number of Blackstone common units.

F3: The Reporting Person donated 900,000 Blackstone common units to a charitable account.

F4: These units are held in a limited liability company beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, his spouse and the Children's Trust (as defined in footnote 5 below)

F5: These units are held in a trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children (the "Children's Trust"), of which the Reporting Person is a trustee, but the Reporting Person does not have or share investment control with respect to the units.