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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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Blackstone Inc | NYSE:BX | NYSE | Common Stock |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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2.48 | 2.07% | 122.28 | 123.48 | 118.81 | 119.56 | 5,988,713 | 00:31:37 |
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Blackstone Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-8875684 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Telephone: (212) 583-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Blackstone Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John G. Finley Chief Legal Officer Blackstone Inc. 345 Park Avenue New York, New York 10154 Telephone: (212) 583-5000 |
With copies to: Joshua Ford Bonnie Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 900 G Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: (202) 636-5500 Facsimile: (202) 636-5502 |
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 16,859,920 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Blackstone Inc. (Common Stock) reserved for issuance under the Blackstone Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan). These additional shares of Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No. 333-143948) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on June 21, 2007 and additional registration statements (File No. 333-157635, File No. 333-165115, File No. 333-172451, File No. 333-179775, File No. 333-186999, File No. 333-194234, File No. 333-202359, File No. 333-209758, File No. 333-216225, File No. 333-223346, and File No. 333-230020) were filed with the Commission on March 2, 2009, March 1, 2010, February 25, 2011, February 28, 2012, March 1, 2013, February 28, 2014, February 27, 2015, February 26, 2016, February 24, 2017, March 1, 2018, and March 1, 2019, respectively (the Original Registration Statements). On July 1, 2019, in connection with the conversion of The Blackstone Group L.P. from a Delaware limited partnership to a Delaware corporation, Blackstone Inc. (the Company), the Company filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (S-8 POS to Registration Statements File No. 333-143948, File No. 333-157635, File No. 333-165115, File No. 333-172451, File No. 333-179775 , File No. 333-186999, File No. 333-194234, File No. 333-202359, File No. 333-209758, File No. 333-216225 , File No. 333-223346, and File No. 333-230020) to each of the Original Registration Statements to reflect the adoption by the Company of the Original Registration Statements as its own registration statements for all purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Additional registration statements (File No. 333-236788, File No. 333-253660, File No. 333-263058 and File No. 333-270007) were filed with the Commission on February 28, 2020, February 26, 2021, February 25, 2022, and February 24, 2023, respectively. These additional shares of Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the evergreen provision of the Plan, which provides that the total number of shares subject to the Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statements, as amended by the post-effective amendments, where applicable, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) | The Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on February 23, 2024; |
(b) | The description of the Companys capital stock, contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 25, 2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein).
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
The validity of the Common Stock will be passed upon for us by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Washington, D.C. An investment vehicle comprised of select partners of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, members of their families, related persons and others owns an interest representing less than 1% of the capital commitments of funds affiliated with the Company.
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
* | Filed herewith |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York, State of New York on February 23, 2024.
Blackstone Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael S. Chae | |
Name: | Michael S. Chae | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Schwarzman, Jonathan D. Gray, Michael S. Chae, John G. Finley and Vikrant Sawhney, and each of them, the individuals true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any or all amendments, including post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 23rd day of February, 2024.
Signatures
/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chief Executive Officer and (Principal Executive Officer) |
/s/ James W. Breyer James W. Breyer, Director | |||
/s/ Jonathan D. Gray Jonathan D. Gray, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director |
/s/ Reginald J. Brown Reginald J. Brown, Director | |||
/s/ Michael S. Chae Michael S. Chae, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
/s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus Rochelle B. Lazarus, Director | |||
/s/ David Payne David Payne, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
/s/ Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney, Director | |||
/s/ Joseph P. Baratta Joseph P. Baratta, Director |
/s/ William G. Parrett William G. Parrett, Director | |||
/s/ Kelly A. Ayotte Kelly A. Ayotte, Director |
/s/ Ruth Porat Ruth Porat, Director |
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Exhibit 5.1
February 23, 2024
Blackstone Inc.
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Blackstone Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by the Company of up to 16,859,920 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 (the Shares), pursuant to the Blackstone Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan).
We have examined the Registration Statement, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, which have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth.
In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that, upon issuance and delivery in accordance with the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption Interests of Named Experts and Counsel contained in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 23, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Blackstone Inc. and subsidiaries (Blackstone) and the effectiveness of Blackstones internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Blackstone for the year ended December 31, 2023.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, New York
February 23, 2024
Exhibit 107.1
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
Form S-8
(Form Type)
Blackstone Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation Rule(2) |
Amount Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2) |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
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Equity |
Common Stock | Other | 16,859,920 | $ | 125.74 | $ | 2,119,882,041.20 | |
$147.60 per $1,000,000 |
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$ | 312,895 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total Offering Amounts |
$ | 2,119,882,041.20 | 312,895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Fee Offsets |
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Net Fee Due |
$ | 312,895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) | Covers common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Blackstone Inc. (Common Stock) under the Blackstone Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan) and, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), an indeterminate amount of additional Common Stock that may be offered and issued under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock distributions or similar transactions. |
(2) | Estimated solely for calculating the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low price per share of Common Stock as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on February 21, 2024. |
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