UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2023
Blackstone Private Credit Fund
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 814-01358 | 84-7071531 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor | ||||
New York, New York | 10154 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 503-2100
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities. |
As of December 1, 2023, Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Fund”) sold unregistered Class I common shares of beneficial interest (with the final number of shares being determined on December 19, 2023) to feeder vehicles primarily created to hold the Fund’s Class I shares. The offer and sale of these Class I shares was exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation S thereunder (the “Private Offering”). The following table details the shares sold:
Date of Unregistered Sale | Amount of Class I Common Shares | Consideration | ||||||
As of December 1, 2023 (number of shares finalized on December 19, 2023) | 8,537,826 | $ | 215,409,343 |
Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
December 2023 Distributions
On December 19, 2023, the Fund declared regular distributions for each class of its common shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) in the amounts per share set forth below:
Gross Distribution | Stockholder Servicing Fee | Net Distributions | ||||||||||
Class I Common Shares | $ | 0.2200 | $ | 0.0000 | $ | 0.2200 | ||||||
Class S Common Shares | $ | 0.2200 | $ | 0.0179 | $ | 0.2021 | ||||||
Class D Common Shares | $ | 0.2200 | $ | 0.0053 | $ | 0.2147 |
The distributions for each class of Shares are payable to shareholders of record as of the open of business on December 31, 2023 and will be paid on or about January 29, 2024.
These distributions will be paid in cash or reinvested in shares of the Fund’s Shares for shareholders participating in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan.
Recent Blackstone Credit Transaction Highlights1
In November 2023, Blackstone Credit served as a lead lender on a $1,030 million senior credit facility, and committed to provide $799 million of unitranche term loan, $91 million of delayed draw term loan, and $45 million of revolver to refinance BeyondTrust’s existing debt. BeyondTrust is a cybersecurity software vendor providing Remote Access and Privileged Access Management.
1 | The information provided, including dollar amounts, represents the aggregated investment of all participating Blackstone Credit vehicles, including the Fund. The final dollar amount of the Fund’s portion of the investment will be determined and disclosed in the Fund’s future periodic reports. |
Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Net Asset Value
The net asset value (“NAV”) per share of each class of the Fund as of November 30, 2023, as determined in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policy, is set forth below.
NAV as of November 30, 2023 | ||||
Class I Common Shares | $ | 25.23 | ||
Class S Common Shares | $ | 25.23 | ||
Class D Common Shares | $ | 25.23 |
As of November 30, 2023, the Fund’s aggregate NAV was approximately $27.9 billion, the fair value of its investment portfolio was $50.5 billion, and it had $23.7 billion of debt outstanding (at principal). The average debt-to-equity leverage ratio during November 2023 was approximately 0.83 times. As of November 30, 2023, the Fund had $35.4 billion in committed debt capacity, with 88% in floating rate leverage, of which 69% is secured, and 12% in fixed rate leverage, of which 94% is unsecured, based on drawn amounts.2 The Fund’s leverage sources are in the form of a corporate revolver (5%), asset-based credit facilities (42%), unsecured bonds (39%), secured short term indebtedness (less than 1%) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) notes (14%) based on drawn amounts.
Status of Offering
The Fund is currently publicly offering on a continuous basis up to $36.5 billion in Shares (the “Offering”). Additionally, the Fund has sold unregistered shares as part of the Private Offering. The following table lists the Shares issued and total consideration for both the Offering and the Private Offering as of the date of this filing, reflective of transfers between share classes. The table below does not include Shares sold through the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan. The Fund intends to continue selling Shares in the Offering and the Private Offering on a monthly basis.
Common Shares Issued | Total Consideration | |||||||
Offering: | ||||||||
Class I Common Shares | 343,283,565 | $ | 8.6 billion | |||||
Class S Common Shares | 376,559,051 | $ | 9.6 billion | |||||
Class D Common Shares | 14,338,530 | $ | 0.4 billion | |||||
Private Offering: | ||||||||
Class I Common Shares | 519,626,066 | $ | 13.3 billion | |||||
Class S Common Shares | — | — | ||||||
Class D Common Shares | — | — | ||||||
Total Offering and Private Offering* | 1,253,807,212 | $ | 31.9 billion |
* | Amounts may not sum due to rounding. |
2 | Certain Notes are classified for the purposes of this filing as floating rate as a result of the Fund entering into interest rate swaps to effectively swap fixed notes payments for floating rate payments. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BLACKSTONE PRIVATE CREDIT FUND | ||||||
Date: December 20, 2023 | By: | /s/ Oran Ebel | ||||
Name: | Oran Ebel | |||||
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |