Letter of Transmittal
Regarding Shares in Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund
For Clients of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Tendered Pursuant to the Offer to Repurchase
Dated December 26, 2018
Your Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor/Portfolio Manager must submit
this Letter of Transmittal for processing by
11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 25, 2019
The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on
January 25, 2019 unless the Offer is extended
Should you wish to participate in the Offer, please contact your Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor/Portfolio Manager who will enter the order and provide you with a customized Letter of Transmittal for your account. The Letter of Transmittal generated for your account will need to be signed and returned or delivered to your Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor/Portfolio Manager.
For additional information call your Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor/Portfolio Manager.
Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund, a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company organized as a statutory trust under the laws of Delaware (the “Fund”), the common shares of beneficial interest, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Fund or portion thereof held by the undersigned, described and specified below, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase dated December 26, 2018 (the “Offer to Repurchase”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which together with the Offer to Repurchase constitute the “Offer”).The Tender and this Letter of Transmittal are subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase, including, but not limited to, the absolute right of the Fund to reject any and all tenders determined by it, in its sole discretion, not to be in the appropriate form.
The undersigned hereby tenders to the Fund the Common Shares or portion thereof tendered hereby pursuant to the Offer.
The undersigned hereby warrants that the undersigned has full authority to tender the Common Shares or portion thereof tendered hereby and that the Fund will acquire good title thereto, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, conditional sales agreements or other obligations relating to the sale thereof, and not subject to any adverse claim, when and to the extent the same are repurchased by it. Upon request, the undersigned will execute and deliver any additional documents necessary to complete the tender in accordance with the terms of the Offer. The undersigned recognizes that under certain circumstances set forth in the Offer, the Fund may not be required to repurchase any of the Common Shares or portions thereof tendered hereby.
A non-transferable, non-interest bearing promissory note for the repurchase price will be issued to the undersigned if the Fund accepts for repurchase the Common Shares tendered hereby. The undersigned acknowledges that State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s administrator, will hold the promissory note on behalf of the undersigned. The cash payment(s) of the repurchase price for the Common Shares or portion thereof of the undersigned, as described in Section 6 of the Offer to Repurchase, shall be wired to the account at your financial intermediary from which your subscription funds were debited.
All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and the obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding on the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in Section 5 of the Offer to Repurchase, this tender is irrevocable.
Instructions to Tendering Shareholder:
Please contact your Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor/Portfolio Manager who will enter the tender order and provide you with a customized Letter of Transmittal for your account. The Letter of Transmittal generated for your account will need to be signed and