SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-059863
Blackstone Inc. · BX
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
John G Finley
Officer — Chief Legal Officer
Period of report
Jul 1, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Jul 6, 2015 · 9:17 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001393818
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone Holdings partnership unitsF1,F2 | — | Jul 1, 2015 | A | 176,685 | A | — | — | Common units representing limited partner interests | 176,685 | 697,788 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1A "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, 2015 other than pursuant to transactions or programs approved by Blackstone.
- F2Granted under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, 20% of these deferred restricted Blackstone Holdings partnership units, or 35,337 units, will vest on July 1, 2018; an additional 30%, or 53,006 units, will vest on July 1, 2019; and the remaining 50%, or 88,342 units, will vest on July 1, 2020. 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.