Schwarzman Stephen A Form 4 Blackstone / STEPHEN A SCHWARZMAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SCHWARZMAN STEPHEN A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O BLACKSTONE INC.

345 PARK AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10154

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Blackstone Inc. [ BX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/24/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)	02/23/2023		G(2)	V		283,753	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	283,753	$0.00	311,620(3)	I	See footnote(4)
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)	02/23/2023		G(2)	V	283,753		(1)	(1)	Common Stock	283,753	$0.00	3,449,633	I	See footnote(5)
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)	08/24/2023		G(2)			236,633	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	236,633	$0.00	0(3)	I	See footnote(4)
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)	08/24/2023		G(2)		236,633		(1)	(1)	Common Stock	236,633	$0.00	3,686,266	I	See footnote(5)
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)							(1)	(1)	Common Stock	226,799,998		226,799,998(3)	D
Blackstone Holdings Partnership units(1)	(1)							(1)	(1)	Common Stock	1,438,529		1,438,529	I	See footnote(6)

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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 share of Common Stock of Blackstone Inc. The Blackstone Holdings partnership units have no expiration date and may not be exchanged other than pursuant to transactions or programs approved by Blackstone.

2. Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units were previously held in a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust, for which the Reporting Person served as investment trustee and were transferred to trusts, for which the beneficiaries are various family members of the Reporting Person, and for which the Reporting Person is the investment trustee, in accordance with the terms of the Grantor Retained Annuity Trust.

3. Reflects certain transfers made between a number of Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts and the Reporting Person. Such transfers were exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-13 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

4. Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units were held in a number of Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, for which the Reporting Person served as investment trustee.

5. Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units are held in a number of trusts, for which the beneficiaries are various family members of the Reporting Person, and for which the Reporting Person is the investment trustee.

6. Such Blackstone Holdings partnership units are held in a corporation in which the Reporting Person is a controlling shareholder.

Remarks:

The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported on this form except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.

	/s/ Tabea Hsi, as Attorney-In-Fact	08/28/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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