As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2019
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A/A
(Amendment No. 1)
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
The Blackstone Group 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 No.) | |
| 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY | 10154 | |
| (Address of principal executive office) | (Zip Code) | |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class to be so registered |
Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered |
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| Class A Common Stock | New York Stock Exchange |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ☒
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ☐
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐
Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): 333-141504
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to Form 8-A (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), by The Blackstone Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BX”), as the successor registrant to The Blackstone Group L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”). Effective at 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time) on July 1, 2019, the Partnership converted from a Delaware limited partnership to a Delaware corporation (the “Conversion”). In accordance with Rule 12g-3 under the Exchange Act, upon the effective time of the Conversion, the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of BX, was deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as BX is deemed to be the successor registrant to the Partnership. BX expressly adopts the Registration Statement, as modified by this Amendment, as its own registration statement for all purposes of the Exchange Act. The Class A Common Stock will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BX.”
This Amendment amends the Registration Statement as follows:
| Item 1. |
Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered. |
A description of the Class A Common Stock is contained in “Description of Capital Stock” set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to BX’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2019, which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 2. |
Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
| Date: July 1, 2019 | THE BLACKSTONE GROUP INC. | |||
| By: |
/s/ John G. Finley |
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| Name: | John G. Finley | |||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer | |||