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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2014. </B></FONT></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>The Blackstone Group L.P. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>345 Park Avenue </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York, New York 10154 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telephone:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;583-5000</FONT> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Blackstone
Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>John G. Finley </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Chief Legal Officer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Blackstone Group L.P. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>345 Park Avenue </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York, New York 10154 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telephone:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;583-5000</FONT> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>With copies
to: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Joshua Ford Bonnie </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>425 Lexington Avenue
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York, New York 10017-3954 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;455-2000</FONT> </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;455-2502</FONT> </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp;</B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#254;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp;</B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Non-accelerated filer </B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company&nbsp;</B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<BR>registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed&nbsp;maximum<BR>offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;per<BR>Common</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Unit(2)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed&nbsp;maximum<BR>aggregate&nbsp;offering<BR>price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount&nbsp;of<BR>registration&nbsp;fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13,297,044</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Units</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$32.03</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$425,904,317</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$54,856</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Covers common units representing limited partner interests in The Blackstone Group L.P. (&#147;Common Units&#148;) under The Blackstone Group L.P. Amended and Restated
2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), an indeterminate amount of additional Common Units that may be offered and issued under the
Plan to prevent dilution resulting from unit splits, unit distributions or similar transactions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based on a price of $32.03 per Common Unit, which is the average of the high and low
price per Common Unit as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;21, 2014. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Registration Statement on Form S&#150;8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 13,297,044 Common Units of The
Blackstone Group L.P. (the &#147;Partnership&#148;) reserved for issuance under The Blackstone Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). These additional Common Units are additional securities of the same
class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-143948)</FONT> on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;21, 2007 and additional registration statements (File No. 333-157635, File No. 333-165115, File No.&nbsp;333-172451, File No. 333-179775 and File No. 333-186999) were filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2,
2009, March&nbsp;1, 2010, February 25, 2011, February 28, 2012 and March 1, 2013. These additional Common Units have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provision of the Plan, which provides that
the total number of units subject to the Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of such earlier registration statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement,
except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Partnership&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed on February 28,
2014;&nbsp;and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration Statement on Form 8-A for registration of the Common Units pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, filed on June 19, 2007. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All documents that the Partnership 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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, in most circumstances the Partnership will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts: the Partnership&#146;s general partner; any
departing general partner; any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was a member, partner, tax matters partner, officer, director, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of the
Partnership or its subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of the Partnership or its subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was serving at the request of a
general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner as an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another person; or any person designated by
the Partnership&#146;s general partner. The Partnership has agreed to provide this indemnification to the extent such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Partnership, and with respect to any alleged conduct resulting in a criminal proceeding against such person, to deny indemnification if such person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The Partnership has also agreed
to provide this indemnification for criminal proceedings. Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of the Partnership&#146;s assets. Unless it otherwise agrees, the general partner of the Partnership will not be personally liable
for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or assets to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate indemnification. The Partnership may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for the
Partnership&#146;s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following
exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description of Document</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Partnership&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
March 22, 2007 (File No. 333-141504)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>

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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.2.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. dated as of November 3, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.1
to the Partnership&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 (File No. 001-33551) filed on November 6, 2009).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.2.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. dated as of November 4, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.2
to the Partnership&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 (File No. 001-33551) filed on November 9, 2011).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Blackstone Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8.1 to the Partnership&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2010 (File No. 001-33551) filed on August&nbsp;6, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP.*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> 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 28, 2014. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., its general partner</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Laurence A. Tosi</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Laurence A. Tosi</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the general partner of Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> 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, Hamilton E. James, Laurence A.
Tosi and John G. Finley, and each of them, the individual&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> 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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> 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
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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 28th day of February, 2014. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen A. Schwarzman</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(principal executive officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Jonathan D. Gray</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jonathan D. Gray</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ J. Tomilson Hill</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">J. Tomilson Hill</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Hamilton E. James</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hamilton E. James</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard H. Jenrette</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard H. Jenrette</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rochelle B. Lazarus</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Jay O. Light</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jay O. Light</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Brian Mulroney</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Brian Mulroney</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ William G. Parrett</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">William G. Parrett</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="10" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Laurence A. Tosi</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Laurence A. Tosi</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(principal financial officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kathleen Skero</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Principal Accounting Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathleen Skero</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2014.
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
The Blackstone Group L.P.
(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)
The Blackstone
Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John G. Finley
Chief Legal Officer
The Blackstone Group L.P.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Telephone:
(212) 583-5000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With copies
to:
Joshua Ford Bonnie
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
Telephone:
(212) 455-2000
Facsimile:
(212) 455-2502
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered
Amount to be
registered(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
Common
Unit(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests
13,297,044
Common Units
$32.03
$425,904,317
$54,856
(1)
Covers common units representing limited partner interests in The Blackstone Group L.P. ("Common Units") under The Blackstone Group L.P. 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 Units that may be offered and issued under the
Plan to prevent dilution resulting from unit splits, unit distributions or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based on a price of $32.03 per Common Unit, which is the average of the high and low
price per Common Unit as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on February 21, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S–8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 13,297,044 Common Units of The
Blackstone Group L.P. (the "Partnership") reserved for issuance under The Blackstone Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). These additional Common Units 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 and File No. 333-186999) were filed with the Commission on March 2,
2009, March 1, 2010, February 25, 2011, February 28, 2012 and March 1, 2013. These additional Common Units 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 units 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 are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement,
except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement 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 Partnership pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Partnership's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed on February 28,
2014; and
(b)
Registration Statement on Form 8-A for registration of the Common Units pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, filed on June 19, 2007.
All documents that the Partnership 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.
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.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, in most circumstances the Partnership will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts: the Partnership's general partner; any
departing general partner; any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was a member, partner, tax matters partner, officer, director, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of the
Partnership or its subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of the Partnership or its subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner; any person who is or was serving at the request of a
general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner as an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another person; or any person designated by
the Partnership's general partner. The Partnership has agreed to provide this indemnification to the extent such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Partnership, and with respect to any alleged conduct resulting in a criminal proceeding against such person, to deny indemnification if such person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The Partnership has also agreed
to provide this indemnification for criminal proceedings. Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of the Partnership's assets. Unless it otherwise agrees, the general partner of the Partnership will not be personally liable
for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or assets to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate indemnification. The Partnership may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for the
Partnership's activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following
exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Certificate of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Partnership's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
March 22, 2007 (File No. 333-141504)).
4.2
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2007).
4.2.1
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. dated as of November 3, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.1
to the Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 (File No. 001-33551) filed on November 6, 2009).
4.2.2
Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of The Blackstone Group L.P. dated as of November 4, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.2
to the Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 (File No. 001-33551) filed on November 9, 2011).
4.3
The Blackstone Group L.P. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8.1 to the Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2010 (File No. 001-33551) filed on August 6, 2010).
5.1
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith
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 28, 2014.
THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.
By:
Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., its general partner
By:
/s/ Laurence A. Tosi
Name:
Laurence A. Tosi
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the general partner of 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, Hamilton E. James, Laurence A.
Tosi and John G. Finley, and each of them, the individual's 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 28th day of February, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Stephen A. Schwarzman
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Jonathan D. Gray
Director
Jonathan D. Gray
/s/ J. Tomilson Hill
Director
J. Tomilson Hill
/s/ Hamilton E. James
Director
Hamilton E. James
/s/ Richard H. Jenrette
Director
Richard H. Jenrette
/s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus
Director
Rochelle B. Lazarus
/s/ Jay O. Light
Director
Jay O. Light
/s/ Brian Mulroney
Director
Brian Mulroney
/s/ William G. Parrett
Director
William G. Parrett
/s/ Laurence A. Tosi
Chief Financial Officer
Laurence A. Tosi
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Kathleen Skero
Principal Accounting Officer
Kathleen Skero