The Blackstone Group Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) today reported its first quarter 2008 results.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, Total Net Reportable Segment Revenues were $32.3 million as compared to Total Pro Forma Adjusted Reportable Segment Revenues of $1.23 billion in 2007. Declines in all business segments drove the year-over-year decrease in revenues.

Economic Net Income for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was a loss of $(93.6) million as compared to Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income of $957.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, GAAP Revenues totaled $68.5 million, GAAP Other Income (Loss) totaled $(215.6) million, GAAP Expenses (including non-cash transactional charges of $940.0 million) totaled $1.10 billion, GAAP Income (Loss) Before Non-Controlling Interests and Provision for Income Taxes was $(1.25) billion and GAAP Net Income (Loss) Before Provision for Taxes totaled $(246.7) million. The vesting of equity awards granted at the time of the IPO contributed significantly to the GAAP loss. For the quarter ended March 31, 2007, GAAP revenues totaled $1.23 billion, GAAP Other Income totaled $3.04 billion, GAAP Expenses totaled $172.2 million, GAAP Income (Loss) Before Non-Controlling Interests and Provision for Income Taxes was $4.09 billion, and GAAP Net Income Before Provision for Taxes totaled $1.15 billion. A significant amount of equity interests held by senior managing directors and other employees is subject to future vesting, minimum retained ownership interests and transfer restrictions. As a result of the future vesting, Blackstone has and will continue to show significant non-cash compensation charges associated with these equity interests over their respective service periods. These non-cash charges, which arose in 2007 in connection with the reorganization and the initial public offering, are likely to result in GAAP net losses for the next five years depending upon the applicable service periods or useful lives, but will never have any impact on cash earnings.

In connection with the initial public offering of the common units of The Blackstone Group L.P. (the publicly traded partnership), Blackstone effected a reorganization on June 18, 2007, which affects the comparison of the current year's periods with those of the prior years. Blackstone's business was historically conducted through a large number of entities as to which there was no single holding entity. Accordingly, operating results for the 2007 period presented are for the respective consolidated and combined entities.

Fixed income and equity markets accelerated their declines in the first quarter of 2008, with U.S., European and Asian equity indices down significantly and credit spreads substantially wider. Reduced liquidity, which was evident in the second half of 2007, also accelerated in the first quarter of 2008. Lenders severely restricted new commitments to senior loans and high yield debt, which limited industry-wide leveraged acquisition activity levels in both corporate and real estate markets. Recently announced private equity-led acquisitions have mostly been smaller in size and global completed mergers and acquisition activity declined. The duration of current economic conditions is unknown.

Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone said: “Turbulent markets throughout the world persisted in the first quarter, affecting virtually all asset pricing across credit and equity markets. This was both good and bad for us. On the one hand, it meant lower carrying values of some of our investments in the short term and restricted our disposition activity. On the other hand, purchase prices for new deals declined, opening up many interesting investment possibilities. Credit market dislocation, while limiting availability of debt for large leveraged transactions, has also created attractive debt investment opportunities, particularly in leveraged loans. Our well-timed GSO acquisition dramatically expanded our efforts in this area. Despite the challenges presented by a slowing global economy, overall our portfolio companies and real estate investments continued to perform well. Our balance sheet remains healthy, and our long-term contractual management fees position us well to increase market share.”

SEGMENT REVIEW

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, Total Net Reportable Segment Revenues decreased to $32.3 million from Total Pro Forma Adjusted Reportable Segment Revenues of $1.23 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Revenue declines were experienced by all four business segments — Corporate Private Equity, Real Estate, Marketable Alternative Asset Management and Financial Advisory. Our revenues include Performance Fees and Allocations that are determined and accounted for on a quarterly basis as if the net unrealized fair value of the managed funds’ investments were realized as of such date, although there is no intention to realize the overwhelming majority of such investments at the present time.

Economic Net Income After Taxes was a loss of $(66.5) million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income After Taxes of $838.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

Net Cash Flow Provided by Operating Activities was $115.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to Net Cash Flow Used in Operating Activities of $1.34 billion for the comparable prior period. Adjusted Cash Flow (Used) from Operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $(4.4) million as compared to Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations of $292.5 million for the comparable prior period.

The table below details Blackstone’s Economic Net Income and Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Economic Net Income Before Taxes, includes unrealized gains/losses and compensation and compensation reductions related to those gains/losses but excludes transaction related (including non-cash) charges.

	Quarter Ended March 31,					% Variance
		2008		2007		% Variance
				Pro Forma Adjusted
	(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Unit Amounts)
Economic Net Income (Loss), Total Reportable Segments (a)	$	(93,567	)	$	957,779	(110	%)
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes (b)		(27,053	)		119,304	(123	%)
Economic Net Income (Loss) After Taxes	$	(66,514	)	$	838,475	(108	%)

Economic Net Income (Loss) After Taxes per Adjusted Unit	$	(0.06	)	$	0.75

Adjusted Cash Flow (Used) from Operations (a)	$	(4,402	)	$	292,544

(a)		Reconciliations of Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income, Total Reportable Segments to Economic Net Income, Total Reportable Segments and of Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations to Net Cash Used in Operating Activities are presented in Exhibits 3 and 4, respectively, to this release.

(b)		Represents the implied provision (benefit) for income taxes calculated using the same methodology applied in calculating the tax provision (benefit) for The Blackstone Group L.P.

Corporate Private Equity

Corporate Private Equity had negative first quarter revenues of $(116.7) million, as compared with positive revenues of $208.9 million for the first quarter of 2007. Negative revenues in this year’s quarter largely reflect a reduction in Performance Fees and Allocations and Investment Income (Loss) and Other due to a decline in the overall carrying value of the private equity managed funds from year end 2007. Substantially all of this decline was attributable to the decrease in the publicly traded market value of the Deutsche Telekom AG equity investment notwithstanding the increased profitability of the company. This reflects declines in the German stock market and in telecommunication stocks during this quarter. We believe Deutsche Telekom remains a strong company trading at the attractive value of 4.7x EBITDA. Management Fees increased $10.0 million, or 17%, to $69.8 million. The increase in Base Management Fees reflected growth in Weighted-Average Fee-Earning Assets Under Management.

Compensation expense was a negative $(80.8) million in the first quarter, reflecting a $112.5 million accrual for departed partners’ clawback obligation since the negative Performance Fees and Allocations in the first quarter would cause a clawback of carried interests previously received by departed partners. The accrual for clawback obligations was accounted for as a reduction in compensation costs.

Weighted-Average Fee-Earning Assets Under Management for the quarter totaled $25.05 billion compared with $21.86 billion in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting an increase in the number of attractive investment opportunities.

LP Capital deployed increased to $340.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 from $56.7 million for the prior year period.

Real Estate

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, Real Estate generated revenues of $47.9 million, down 94% from the first quarter of 2007 revenues of $766.8 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2008, Performance Fees and Allocations and Investment Income (Loss) and Other decreased as compared to the first quarter of 2007 due to a modest reduction in the net carrying value of the real estate managed funds as compared with a significant increase in the carrying value of these funds last year relating primarily to accretive sales within our Equity Office Properties (“EOP”) office portfolio that we acquired in the first quarter of 2007. Management Fees decreased by $168.8 million from the same period last year primarily because Blackstone closed the EOP acquisition in last year’s first quarter and generated a substantial transaction fee in connection with that acquisition. Base Management Fees increased $29.3 million due to higher assets under management.

Weighted-Average Fee-Earning Assets Under Management for the quarter totaled $18.87 billion compared with $10.71 billion in the first quarter of 2007, due mainly to capital raised for the Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI fund.

LP capital deployed in the first quarter of 2008 totaled $369.2 million, down from $3.88 billion (including $3.3 billion invested in EOP) in the first quarter of 2007.

Marketable Alternative Asset Management (MAAM)

For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, MAAM generated revenues of $30.0 million, a decrease of 81% from the first quarter of 2007. The decline reflected a combination of lower Performance Fees and Allocations from Blackstone’s funds, as well as a reduction in the carrying values of Blackstone’s direct investments in those funds as a result of modest declines in their investment performance, in contrast to investment gains in the comparable 2007 quarter. Management Fees increased due to higher levels of assets under management. MAAM includes both funds of hedge funds and proprietary hedge funds investing across several asset classes, geographies and investment styles and accordingly is not tied to any one market or the direction of those markets. Additionally, MAAM includes GSO Capital Partners LP ("GSO"), which manages CLOs and investment funds specializing in various credit strategies including leveraged lending, senior debt, mezzanine debt, distressed debt, and middle market and non-control private equity. GSO’s funds and results are included in the MAAM segment only from the transaction closing date of March 3, 2008.

Weighted-Average Fee-Earning Assets Under Management for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 totaled $48.82 billion (including $8.56 billion relating to GSO) compared with $27.32 billion for the prior year period.

Financial Advisory

Revenues decreased 24% to $71.2 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. Revenues within Blackstone’s fund placement business, Park Hill, and the corporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory business declined year-over-year, while revenues in Blackstone’s restructuring and reorganization advisory business increased. Revenue can be highly variable due to the size of one-time fees, but the transaction volume in the pipeline is up across all three businesses. Last year’s first quarter included a substantial fee received by Park Hill related to a specific fund-raising assignment.

CAPITAL

For economic net income purposes, the weighted-average fully diluted unit count at period end was 1,122 million units (the “Adjusted Units”) and the total number of outstanding units entitled to cash distributions was 1,082 million units.

DISTRIBUTION

The Blackstone Group L.P. is pleased to declare a quarterly distribution of $0.30 per common unit payable to record holders of common units at the close of business on May 30, 2008. This distribution will be paid on June 13, 2008. In addition, Blackstone reaffirms its intention to make priority distributions to its public common unitholders of $1.20 per common unit per year through 2009, to be paid quarterly. These distribution amounts differ from Blackstone’s earnings/loss per unit.

Blackstone will host a conference call on May 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. EDT to discuss first quarter 2008 results. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (888) 713-4205 (U.S. domestic) and (617) 213-4862 (international) pass code 60516941. Additionally the conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed by all interested parties through the Investor Relations section of The Blackstone Group’s website http://ir.blackstone.com. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on Blackstone’s website or by dialing (888) 286-8010 (U.S. domestic) or (617) 801-6888 (international) pass code number 70998836, beginning approximately two hours after the event.

About The Blackstone Group

The Blackstone Group L.P. is a leading global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services. Its alternative asset management businesses include the management of corporate private equity funds, real estate funds, funds of hedge funds, debt funds (including leveraged lending funds), collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) vehicles, proprietary hedge funds and closed-end mutual funds. The Blackstone Group also provides various financial advisory services, including corporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory, restructuring and reorganization advisory and fund placement services. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect Blackstone’s current views with respect to, among other things, Blackstone’s operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. Blackstone believes these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as such factors may be updated from time to time in its periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this release and in the prospectus. Blackstone undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

This release does not constitute an offer of any Blackstone Fund.

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 1. Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Unit Data)

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2008			March 31, 2007		% Variance
Revenues
Management and Advisory Fees	$	309,409		$	447,402	(31	%)
Performance Fees and Allocations		(188,687	)		662,498	(128	%)
Investment Income and Other		(52,199	)		116,468	(145	%)
Total Revenues		68,523			1,226,368	(94	%)
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits (1)		977,147			79,207	1134	%
Interest		2,743			11,122	(75	%)
General, Administrative and Other (1)		95,221			28,132	238	%
Fund Expenses		22,952			53,689	(57	%)
Total Expenses		1,098,063			172,150	538	%
Other Income (Loss)
Net Gains (Losses) from Fund Investment Activities		(215,636	)		3,036,482	(107	%)
Income (Loss) Before Non-Controlling Interests in Income (Loss) of Consolidated Entities and Provision for Taxes		(1,245,176	)		4,090,700	(130	%)
Non-Controlling Interests in Income (Loss) of Consolidated Entities		(998,457	)		2,944,654	(134	%)
Income (Loss) Before Provision for Taxes		(246,719	)		1,146,046	(122	%)
Provision for Taxes		4,274			13,970	(69	%)
Net Income (Loss) (1)	$	(250,993	)	$	1,132,076	(122	%)

Net Loss Per Common Unit, Basic and Diluted	$	(0.97	)

(1) Transaction-related charges included above were:
Compensation and Benefits, inclusive of $906,444 of non-cash charges	$	918,971
General, Administrative and Other - amortization of intangibles		33,528
	$	952,499

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 2. Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Dollars in Thousands)

	March 31, 2008		December 31, 2007
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$	672,669	$	868,629
Cash Held by Blackstone Funds		117,514		163,696
Investments		7,058,802		7,145,156
Accounts Receivable		224,439		213,086
Due from Brokers		564,945		812,250
Investment Subscriptions Paid in Advance		8,170		36,698
Due from Affiliates		695,179		855,854
Intangible Assets, Net		1,247,135		604,681
Goodwill		1,689,976		1,597,474
Other Assets		174,499		99,366
Deferred Tax Assets		763,056		777,310
Total Assets	$	13,216,384	$	13,174,200

Liabilities and Partners' Capital
Loans Payable	$	451,653	$	130,389
Amounts Due to Non-Controlling Interest Holders		107,114		269,901
Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased		1,084,235		1,196,858
Due to Affiliates		1,123,832		831,609
Accrued Compensation and Benefits		207,000		188,997
Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities		210,987		250,445
Total Liabilities		3,184,821		2,868,199

Commitments and Contingencies

Non-Controlling Interests in Consolidated Entities		5,886,187		6,079,156

Partners' Capital
Partners' Capital		4,144,519		4,226,500
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		857		345
Total Partners' Capital		4,145,376		4,226,845
Total Liabilities and Partners' Capital	$	13,216,384	$	13,174,200

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 3a. Economic Net Income and Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income (Dollars in Thousands)

The tables below detail Blackstone's Economic Net Income, except for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2007, for which periods Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income is presented. A presentation of Economic Net Income for each of the periods for which Pro Forma Adjusted Economic Net Income is presented below is included on page 11.


	Quarter Ended																		Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2007				June 30, 2007				September 30, 2007			December 31, 2007			Full Year 2007				March 31, 2008
	Pro Forma Adjusted														Pro Forma Adjusted
Corporate Private Equity
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	58,861			$	62,858			$	66,389		$	66,735		$	254,843			$	67,336
Transaction and Other Fees		9,128				56,044				48,711			64,188			178,071				10,837
Management Fee Offsets *		(8,231	)			(12,634	)			(20,892	)		(23,278	)		(65,035	)			(8,410	)
Total Management Fees		59,758				106,268				94,208			107,645			367,879				69,763
Performance Fees and Allocations		122,934		(a)		230,424		(a)		109,051			(124,460	)		337,949		(a)		(163,430	)
Investment Income (Loss) and Other		26,212		(a)		63,782		(a)		24,032			1,428			115,454		(a)		(23,050	)
Total Segment Revenues		208,904				400,474				227,291			(15,387	)		821,282				(116,717	)
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		33,383		(b)		44,782		(b)		56,319			(1,798	)		132,686		(b)		(80,752	)
Other Operating Expenses		8,778		(c)		14,793		(c)		22,798			23,603			69,972		(c)		22,200
Total Segment Expenses		42,161				59,575				79,117			21,805			202,658				(58,552	)
Economic Net Income (Loss)	$	166,743			$	340,899			$	148,174		$	(37,192	)	$	618,624			$	(58,165	)

Real Estate
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	37,450			$	59,876			$	70,964		$	61,053		$	229,343			$	66,751
Transaction and Other Fees		209,451				19,748				14,540			108,400			352,139				11,795
Management Fee Offsets		–				(691	)			(9,281	)		(1,745	)		(11,717	)			(404	)
Total Management Fees		246,901				78,933				76,223			167,708			569,765				78,142
Performance Fees and Allocations		457,360		(a)		152,681		(a)		28,479			(39,062	)		599,458		(a)		(30,062	)
Investment Income (Loss) and Other		62,511		(a)		83,501		(a)		4,398			(15,145	)		135,265		(a)		(176	)
Total Segment Revenues		766,772				315,115				109,100			113,501			1,304,488				47,904
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		98,523		(b)		36,486		(b)		39,325			65,416			239,750		(b)		35,688
Other Operating Expenses		4,735		(c)		5,541		(c)		12,639			27,575			50,490		(c)		16,160
Total Segment Expenses		103,258				42,027				51,964			92,991			290,240				51,848
Economic Net Income (Loss)	$	663,514			$	273,088			$	57,136		$	20,510		$	1,014,248			$	(3,944	)


Marketable Alternative Asset Management
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	61,097			$	74,413			$	87,999		$	92,795		$	316,304			$	103,187
Transaction and Other Fees		1,871				1,189				1,694			1,876			6,630				1,128
Total Management Fees		62,968				75,602				89,693			94,671			322,934				104,315
Performance Fees and Allocations		68,061		(a)		61,906		(a)		2,522			24,094			156,583		(a)		5,058
Investment Income (Loss) and Other		25,259		(a)		31,138		(a)		32,658			59,423			148,478		(a)		(79,383	)
Total Segment Revenues		156,288				168,646				124,873			178,188			627,995				29,990
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		59,374		(b)		78,268		(b)		34,006			45,692			217,340		(b)		56,273
Other Operating Expenses		8,898		(c)		13,511		(c)		17,779			22,205			62,393		(c)		18,307
Total Segment Expenses		68,272				91,779				51,785			67,897			279,733				74,580
Economic Net Income (Loss)	$	88,016			$	76,867			$	73,088		$	110,291		$	348,262			$	(44,590	)

Financial Advisory
Revenues
Advisory Fees	$	92,525			$	97,518			$	81,911		$	88,330		$	360,284			$	68,563
Investment Income (Loss) and Other		1,684				1,034				2,354			2,302			7,374				2,597
Total Segment Revenues		94,209				98,552				84,265			90,632			367,658				71,160
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		49,926		(b)		45,854		(b)		50,020			44,363			190,163		(b)		46,967
Other Operating Expenses		4,777		(c)		7,941		(c)		13,485			11,712			37,915		(c)		11,061
Total Segment Expenses		54,703				53,795				63,505			56,075			228,078				58,028
Economic Net Income	$	39,506			$	44,757			$	20,760		$	34,557		$	139,580			$	13,132

Economic Net Income Recap, Total Reportable Segments
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	249,933			$	294,665			$	307,263		$	308,913		$	1,160,774			$	305,837
Transaction and Other Fees		220,450				76,981				64,945			174,464			536,840				23,760
Management Fee Offsets		(8,231	)			(13,325	)			(30,173	)		(25,023	)		(76,752	)			(8,814	)
Total Management Fees		462,152				358,321				342,035			458,354			1,620,862				320,783
Performance Fees and Allocations		648,355		(a)		445,011		(a)		140,052			(139,428	)		1,093,990		(a)		(188,434	)
Investment Income (Loss) and Other		115,666		(a)		179,455		(a)		63,442			48,008			406,571		(a)		(100,012	)
Total Segment Revenues		1,226,173				982,787				545,529			366,934			3,121,423				32,337
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		241,206		(b)		205,390		(b)		179,670			153,673			779,939		(b)		58,176
Other Operating Expenses		27,188		(c)		41,786		(c)		66,701			85,095			220,770		(c)		67,728
Total Segment Expenses		268,394				247,176				246,371			238,768			1,000,709				125,904
Total Economic Net Income (Loss)	$	957,779			$	735,611			$	299,158		$	128,166		$	2,120,714			$	(93,567	)

* Primarily broken deal expenses.

(a)		Pro Forma adjustments reflect the elimination of the revenues of the businesses that were not contributed as part of the Reorganization.

(b)		Pro Forma adjustments reflect the addition of expenses related to employee compensation and profit arrangements that were not effective prior to the Reorganization.

(c)		Pro Forma adjustments reflect the elimination of interest expense based on the assumption that the revolving credit facility was repaid in full from the proceeds of the offering and as of January 1, 2007.

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THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 3b. Economic Net Income (Dollars in Thousands)

The table below details Blackstone's Economic Net Income for each reportable segment for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2007.
																			Marketable Alternative Asset Management
	Corporate Private Equity									Real Estate									Marketable Alternative Asset Management
	Quarter Ended						Year Ended December 31, 2007			Quarter Ended						Year Ended December 31, 2007			Quarter Ended				Year Ended December 31, 2007
	March 31, 2007			June 30, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2007			March 31, 2007			June 30, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2007			March 31, 2007		June 30, 2007		Year Ended December 31, 2007
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	58,861		$	62,858		$	254,843		$	37,450		$	59,876		$	229,343		$	61,097	$	74,413	$	316,304
Transaction and Other Fees		9,128			56,044			178,071			209,451			19,748			352,139			1,871		1,189		6,630
Management Fee Offsets		(8,231	)		(12,634	)		(65,035	)		-			(691	)		(11,717	)		–		–		-
Total Management Fees		59,758			106,268			367,879			246,901			78,933			569,765			62,968		75,602		322,934
Performance Fees and Allocations		140,423			254,466			379,479			476,358			157,425			623,200			68,061		61,906		156,583
Investment Income and Other		27,096			65,415			117,971			63,472			83,853			136,578			25,261		31,138		148,479
Total Segment Revenues		227,277			426,149			865,329			786,731			320,211			1,329,543			156,290		168,646		627,996
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		17,278			24,603			96,402			18,328			22,077			145,146			28,631		42,000		150,330
Other Operating Expenses		12,185			19,887			78,473			6,429			8,183			54,829			14,495		20,253		74,728
Total Segment Expenses		29,463			44,490			174,875			24,757			30,260			199,975			43,126		62,253		225,058
Economic Net Income	$	197,814		$	381,659		$	690,454		$	761,974		$	289,951		$	1,129,568		$	113,164	$	106,393	$	402,938


	Financial Advisory									Recap, Total Reportable Segments
	Quarter Ended						Year Ended December 31, 2007			Quarter Ended						Year Ended December 31, 2007
	March 31, 2007			June 30, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2007			March 31, 2007			June 30, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2007
Revenues
Management Fees
Base Management Fees	$	92,525		$	97,518		$	360,284		$	249,933		$	294,665		$	1,160,774
Transaction and Other Fees		–			–			-			220,450			76,981			536,840
Management Fee Offsets		–			–			-			(8,231	)		(13,325	)		(76,752	)
Total Management Fees		92,525			97,518			360,284			462,152			358,321			1,620,862
Performance Fees and Allocations		–			–			-			684,842			473,797			1,159,262
Investment Income and Other		1,684			1,034			7,374			117,513			181,440			410,402
Total Segment Revenues		94,209			98,552			367,658			1,264,507			1,013,558			3,190,526
Expenses
Compensation and Benefits		15,911			22,342			132,633			80,148			111,022			524,511
Other Operating Expenses		5,204			8,638			39,037			38,313			56,961			247,067
Total Segment Expenses		21,115			30,980			171,670			118,461			167,983			771,578
Economic Net Income	$	73,094		$	67,572		$	195,988		$	1,146,046		$	845,575		$	2,418,948

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 4. Reconciliation of Net Cash Flow Used in Operating Activities to Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and of GAAP Weighted-Average Common Units Outstanding—Diluted to Economic Net Income Adjusted Units—Diluted (Dollars in Thousands, Except Unit Data)

The following table provides a reconciliation of Blackstone's Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities to Blackstone’s Adjusted Cash Flow (Used) from Operations and Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations. Adjusted Cash Flow (Used) from Operations is a supplemental measure of liquidity to assess liquidity and amounts available for distributions to Blackstone unitholders, including Blackstone personnel.

	Quarter Ended March 31,
		2008			2007
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	$	115,154		$	(1,343,955	)
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities		(311,656	)		(289,160	)
Blackstone Funds Related Investment Activities		248,434			1,926,042
Net Realized Gains on Investments		(256	)		1,050,641
Non-Controlling Interests in Income of Consolidated Entities		788,477			(744,923	)
Realized Gains - Blackstone Funds		(23,854	)		(22,593	)
Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations		816,299			576,052

				Pro Forma
Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations		816,299			576,052
Cash Flow from Operations - Adjustments (a)
Elimination of Non-Contributed Entities (b)		-			(25,515	)
Increase in Compensation Expense (c)		-			(161,057	)
Interests Held by Blackstone Holdings Limited Partners (d)		(799,347	)		-
Eliminate Interest Expense (e)		-			11,122
Realized Gains - Blackstone Funds		-			(2,723	)
Incremental Cash Tax Effect (f)		(21,354	)		(105,335	)
Adjusted Cash Flow (Used) from Operations	$	(4,402	)	$	292,544


(a) Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations is based upon historical results of operations and gives effect to the pre-initial public offering reorganization and the initial public offering as if they were completed as of January 1, 2007. These pro forma adjustments are consistent with Rule 11.01 of Regulation S–X. (b) Represent adjustments to eliminate from Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations the cash flows of the businesses that were not contributed as part of the reorganization. (c) Represent adjustments to reflect in Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations the cash portion of expenses related to employee compensation that were not effective prior to the reorganization as well as vested carried interest for departed partners. (d) Represents an adjustment to add back net income (loss) allocable to interest holders of Blackstone Holdings Limited Partners after the Reorganization recorded as Non-Controlling Interests. (e) Represent adjustments to eliminate interest expense in Pro Forma Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations on the assumption that the revolving credit facility was repaid in full from the proceeds of the offering. (f) Represent the provisions for and/or adjustments to income taxes that were calculated using the same methodology applied in calculating such amounts for the period after the reorganization.

The following table provides a reconciliation of Blackstone's GAAP Weighted-Average Common Units Outstanding—Diluted to Weighted-Average Economic Net Income Adjusted Units—Diluted.

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2008
GAAP Weighted-Average Common Units Outstanding - Diluted		259,860,669
Adjustments:
Weighted-Average Partnership Units Outstanding		826,948,454
Weighted-Average Unvested Deferred Restricted Common Units Outstanding		35,347,379
Weighted-Average Economic Net Income Adjusted Units - Diluted		1,122,156,502

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Exhibit 5. Supplemental Metrics (Dollars in Thousands)

	As of and for the Quarters Ended March 31,
		2008		2007	% Variance
Total Assets Under Management
(End of Period)
Corporate Private Equity	$	30,651,023	$	32,260,609	(5	%)
Real Estate		26,278,298		19,473,455	35	%
MAAM		56,601,250		31,400,992	80	%
	$	113,530,571	$	83,135,056	37	%
Fee-Earning Assets Under Management
(End of Period) (a)
Corporate Private Equity	$	25,061,921	$	23,212,646	8	%
Real Estate		18,795,343		11,924,094	58	%
MAAM		49,090,455		28,903,710	70	%
	$	92,947,719	$	64,040,450	45	%
Weighted-Average Fee-Earning
Assets Under Management
(For the Quarter Ended) (a)
Corporate Private Equity	$	25,054,322	$	21,857,757	15	%
Real Estate		18,868,242		10,706,208	76	%
MAAM		48,820,675		27,322,365	79	%
	$	92,743,239	$	59,886,330	55	%
Limited Partner Capital Deployed
(For the Quarter Ended)
Corporate Private Equity	$	340,119	$	56,695	500	%
Real Estate		369,202		3,883,476	(90	%)
	$	709,321	$	3,940,171	(82	%)
Fund Level Unrealized Value (b)
(End of Period)
Corporate Private Equity
Cost	$	14,932,714	$	10,134,104	47	%
Unrealized Value	$	17,032,685	$	13,970,819	22	%
Real Estate
Cost	$	10,904,614	$	6,856,318	59	%
Unrealized Value	$	15,212,117	$	11,649,181	31	%

(a) Excludes unrealized values which Blackstone is entitled to receive in carried interest. (b) Cost and unrealized value represents the cost of those fund investments and related unrealized value on which Blackstone is entitled to receive carried interest when a fund achieves cumulative investment returns in excess of a specified rate.