Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2016

Aug 26, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)
CIK: 0001393818
Period of Report: 2016-07-01

Reporting Person: SKERO KATHLEEN (Principal Accounting Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-01	Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$	A	5892	Acquired		Common units representing limited partner interests (5892)	Direct

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., Blackstone Holdings IV L.P. and Blackstone Holdings AI L.P. Subject to the minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions set forth in the partnership agreements of the Blackstone partnerships, the holder has the right, 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, 2016 other than pursuant to transactions or programs approved by Blackstone.

F2: Granted under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, 20% of these deferred restricted Blackstone Holdings partnership units, or 1,178 units, will vest on July 1, 2019; an additional 30%, or 1,768 units, will vest on July 1, 2020; and the remaining 50%, or 2,946 units, will vest on July 1, 2021. 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 3/4 of the vested units will be delivered during the Reporting Person's service with Blackstone (with the remaining units to be delivered after the expiration of the Reporting Person's restrictive covenant period). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the units may be delivered earlier upon a change in control of Blackstone.