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Blackstone Inc

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 2, 2024.

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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 2, 2024

BX$119.50-0.3%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Part I. · Financial Information
Item 1.Financial Statements6
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 20236
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 20238
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 20239
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 202310
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 202314
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements16
Item 1A.Unaudited Supplemental Presentation of Statements of Financial Condition67
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations69
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk142
Item 4.Controls and Procedures142
Part II.Other Information
Item 1.Legal Proceedings143
Item 1A.Risk Factors143
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds144
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities144
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures144
Item 5.Other Information144
Item 6.Exhibits145
Signatures147

Forward-Looking Statements

This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations, taxes, earnings and financial performance, share repurchases and dividends. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “indicator,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “opportunity,” “leads,” “forecast” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We believe these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on

for the year ended December 31, 2023, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this report and in our other periodic filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Website and Social Media Disclosure

We use our website (www.blackstone.com), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/blackstone), X (Twitter) (www.x.com/blackstone), LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/blackstonegroup), Instagram (www.instagram.com/blackstone), SoundCloud (www.soundcloud.com/blackstone-300250613), PodBean (www.blackstone.podbean.com), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/2LJ1tHG), YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/blackstonegroup) and Apple Podcast (https://apple.co/31Pe1Gg) accounts as channels of distribution of company information. The information we post through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these channels, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about Blackstone when you enroll your email address by visiting the “Contact Us/Email Alerts” section of our website at http://ir.blackstone.com. The contents of our website, any alerts and social media channels are not, however, a part of this report.

In this report, references to “Blackstone,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Blackstone Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

“Series I Preferred Stockholder” refers to Blackstone Partners L.L.C., the holder of the sole outstanding share of our Series I preferred stock.

“Series II Preferred Stockholder” refers to Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., the holder of the sole outstanding share of our Series II preferred stock.

“Blackstone Funds,” “our funds” and “our investment funds” refer to the funds and other vehicles that are managed by Blackstone. “Our carry funds” refers to funds managed by Blackstone that have commitment-based multi-year drawdown structures that pay carry on the realization of an investment.

We refer to our real estate opportunistic funds as Blackstone Real Estate Partners (“BREP”) funds and our real estate debt investment funds as Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) funds. We refer to our real estate investment trusts as “REITs,” to Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., our NYSE-listed REIT, as “BXMT” and to

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., our

non-listed

REIT, as “BREIT.” We refer to our real estate funds that target substantially stabilized assets in prime markets, as Blackstone Property Partners (“BPP”) funds and our income-generating European real estate funds as Blackstone European Property Income (“BEPIF”) funds. We refer to BREIT, BPP and BEPIF collectively as our Core+ real estate strategies.

We refer to our flagship Corporate Private Equity funds as Blackstone Capital Partners (“BCP”) funds, our energy-focused private equity funds as Blackstone Energy Transition Partners (“BETP”) funds, our core private equity funds as Blackstone Core Equity Partners (“BCEP”), our opportunistic investment platform that invests globally across asset classes, industries and geographies as Blackstone Tactical Opportunities (“Tactical Opportunities”), our secondary funds business, Strategic Partners Fund Solutions (“Strategic Partners”), and our business that targets minority investments in the general partners of private equity and other private market alternative asset management firms (“GP Stakes”) as “Secondaries”, our infrastructure-focused funds as Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (“BIP”), our life sciences investment platform as Blackstone Life Sciences (“BXLS”), our growth equity investment platform as Blackstone Growth (“BXG”), our investment platform offering eligible individual investors access to Blackstone’s private equity capabilities as the Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund Program (“BXPE Fund Program”), our multi-asset investment program for eligible high net worth investors offering exposure to certain of our key illiquid investment strategies through a single commitment as Blackstone Total Alternatives Solution (“BTAS”) and our capital markets services business as Blackstone Capital Markets (“BXCM”).

“Our hedge funds” refers to our funds of hedge funds, hedge funds, certain of our real estate debt investment funds and certain other credit-focused funds which are managed by Blackstone.

We refer to our business development companies as “BDCs,” to Blackstone Private Credit Fund as “BCRED” and to Blackstone Secured Lending Fund as “BXSL.”

We refer to our separately managed accounts as “SMAs.”

“Total Assets Under Management” refers to the assets we manage. Our Total Assets Under Management equals the sum of:

(a)the fair value of the investments held by our carry funds and our side-by-side and co-investment entities managed by us plus the capital that we are entitled to call from investors in those funds and entities pursuant to the terms of their respective capital commitments, including capital commitments to funds that have yet to commence their investment periods,
(b)the net asset value of (1) our hedge funds, real estate debt carry funds, BPP, certain co-investments managed by us, certain credit-focused funds, and our Multi-Asset Investing drawdown funds (plus, in each case, the capital that we are entitled to call from investors in those funds, including commitments yet to commence their investment periods), and (2) our funds of hedge funds, our Multi-Asset Investing registered investment companies, BREIT, and BEPIF,
(c)the invested capital, fair value or net asset value of assets we manage pursuant to separately managed accounts,
(d)the amount of debt and equity outstanding for our collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) during the reinvestment period,
(e)the aggregate par amount of collateral assets, including principal cash, for our CLOs after the reinvestment period,
(f)the gross or net amount of assets (including leverage where applicable) for our credit-focused registered investment companies and BDCs,
(g)the fair value of common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt, term loans or similar instruments issued by BXMT, and
(h)borrowings under and any amounts available to be borrowed under certain credit facilities of our funds.

Our carry funds are commitment-based drawdown structured funds that do not permit investors to redeem their interests at their election. Our funds of hedge funds, hedge funds, funds structured like hedge funds and other open-ended funds in our Real Estate, Credit & Insurance and Multi-Asset Investing segments generally have structures that afford an investor the right to withdraw or redeem their interests on a periodic basis (for example, annually, quarterly or monthly), typically with 2 to 95 days’ notice, depending on the fund and the liquidity profile of the underlying assets. In our Perpetual Capital vehicles where redemption rights exist, Blackstone has the ability to fulfill redemption requests only (a) in Blackstone’s or the vehicles’ board’s discretion, as applicable, or (b) to the extent there is sufficient new capital. Investment advisory agreements related to certain separately managed accounts in our Credit & Insurance and Multi-Asset Investing segments, excluding separately managed accounts in our insurance platform, may generally be terminated by an investor on 30 to 95 days’ notice. Separately managed accounts in our insurance platform can generally only be terminated for long-term underperformance, cause and certain other limited circumstances, in each case subject to Blackstone’s right to cure.

“Fee-Earning

Assets Under Management” refers to the assets we manage on which we derive management fees and/or performance revenues. Our

Assets Under Management equals the sum of:

(a)for our Private Equity segment funds, Real Estate segment carry funds including certain BREDS funds, and certain Multi-Asset Investing funds, the amount of capital commitments, remaining invested capital, fair value, net asset value or par value of assets held, depending on the fee terms of the fund,
(b)for our credit-focused carry funds, the amount of remaining invested capital (which may include leverage) or net asset value, depending on the fee terms of the fund,
(c)the remaining invested capital or fair value of assets held in co-investment vehicles managed by us on which we receive fees,
(d)the net asset value of our funds of hedge funds, hedge funds, BPP, certain co-investments managed by us, certain registered investment companies, BREIT, BEPIF, and certain of our Multi-Asset Investing drawdown funds,
(e)the invested capital, fair value of assets or the net asset value we manage pursuant to separately managed accounts,
(f)the net proceeds received from equity offerings and accumulated distributable earnings of BXMT, subject to certain adjustments,
(g)the aggregate par amount of collateral assets, including principal cash, of our CLOs, and
(h)the gross amount of assets (including leverage) or the net assets (plus leverage where applicable) for certain of our credit-focused registered investment companies and BDCs.

Each of our segments may include certain

Assets Under Management on which we earn performance revenues but not management fees.

Our calculations of Total Assets Under Management and

Assets Under Management may differ from the calculations of other asset managers, and as a result this measure may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other asset managers. In addition, our calculation of Total Assets Under Management includes commitments to, and the fair value of, invested capital in our funds from Blackstone and our personnel, regardless of whether such commitments or invested capital are subject to fees. Our definitions of Total Assets Under Management and

Assets Under Management are not based on any definition of Total Assets Under Management and

Assets Under Management that is set forth in the agreements governing the investment funds that we manage.

For our carry funds, Total Assets Under Management includes the fair value of the investments held and uncalled capital commitments, whereas

Assets Under Management may include the total amount of capital commitments or the remaining amount of invested capital at cost, depending on whether the investment period has expired or as specified by the fee terms of the fund. As such, in certain carry funds

Assets Under Management may be greater than Total Assets Under Management when the aggregate fair value of the remaining investments is less than the cost of those investments.

“Perpetual Capital” refers to the component of assets under management with an indefinite term, that is not in liquidation, and for which there is no requirement to return capital to investors through redemption requests in the ordinary course of business, except where funded by new capital inflows. Perpetual Capital includes

capital with an investor right to convert into Perpetual Capital.

This report does not constitute an offer of any Blackstone Fund.

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