Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2016

Jun 3, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)
CIK: 0001393818
Period of Report: 2016-06-01

Reporting Person: Chae Michael (Chief Financial Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-06-01	Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$	S	1000000	Disposed		Common units representing limited partner interests (1000000)	Direct
2016-06-01	Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$	P	1000000	Acquired		Common units representing limited partner interests (1000000)	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Blackstone Holdings partnership units	$		Common units representing limited partner interests (150070)	150070	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 AI 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 holder 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, 2016 other than pursuant to transactions or programs approved by Blackstone.

F2: Reflects a transfer from the Reporting Person to a trust for which the beneficiaries are the Reporting Person's family members.

F3: Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units are held in a trust, for the benefit of the Reporting Person's family members, of which the Reporting Person is the investment trustee.

F4: Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units are held in a trust, for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children, of which the Reporting Person is the investment trustee.