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BLACKSTONE PRIVATE CREDIT FUND

Date: July 20, 2023

/s/ Marisa J. Beeney

Marisa J. Beeney

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 19, 2023

Blackstone Private Credit Fund

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

814-01358

84-7071531

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)


345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor New York, New York		10154
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 503-2100

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

As of July 1, 2023, Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Fund”) sold unregistered Class I common shares of beneficial interest (with the final number of shares being determined on July 19, 2023) to feeder vehicles primarily created to hold the Fund’s Class I shares. The offer and sale of these Class I shares was exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation S thereunder (the “Private Offering”). The following table details the shares sold:


Date of Unregistered Sale	Amount of Class I Common Shares		Consideration
As of July 1, 2023 (number of shares finalized on July 19, 2023)		5,414,029	$	134,592,773

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

July 2023 Distributions

On July 19, 2023, the Fund declared regular distributions for each class of its common shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) in the amounts per share set forth below:


	Gross Distribution		Stockholder Servicing Fee		Net Distributions
Class I Common Shares	$	0.2100	$	0.0000	$	0.2100
Class S Common Shares	$	0.2100	$	0.0176	$	0.1924
Class D Common Shares	$	0.2100	$	0.0052	$	0.2048

The distributions for each class of Shares are payable to shareholders of record as of the open of business on July 31, 2023 and will be paid on or about August 28, 2023.

These distributions will be paid in cash or reinvested in shares of the Fund’s Shares for shareholders participating in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Net Asset Value

The net asset value (“NAV”) per share of each class of the Fund as of June 30, 2023, as determined in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policy, is set forth below.


	NAV as of June 30, 2023
Class I Common Shares	$	24.86
Class S Common Shares	$	24.86
Class D Common Shares	$	24.86

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s aggregate NAV was $23.8 billion, the fair value of its investment portfolio was $47.7 billion, and it had $24.4 billion of debt outstanding (at principal). The average debt-to-equity leverage ratio during June 2023 was approximately 0.99 times. As of June 30, 2023, the Fund had $35.1 billion in committed debt capacity, with 89% in floating rate leverage, of which 72% is secured, and 11% in unsecured fixed rate leverage based on drawn amounts.¹ The Fund’s leverage sources are in the form of a corporate revolver (5%), asset-based credit facilities (45%), unsecured bonds (35%), secured short term indebtedness (1%) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) notes (14%) based on drawn amounts.

Status of Offering

The Fund is currently publicly offering on a continuous basis up to $36.5 billion in Shares (the “Offering”). Additionally, the Fund has sold unregistered shares as part of the Private Offering. The following table lists the Shares issued and total consideration for both the Offering and the Private Offering as of the date of this filing, reflective of transfers between share classes. The table below does not include Shares sold through the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan. The Fund intends to continue selling Shares in the Offering and the Private Offering on a monthly basis.


	Common Shares Issued		Total Consideration
Offering:
Class I Common Shares		292,769,934	$	7.4 billion
Class S Common Shares		324,655,077	$	8.3 billion
Class D Common Shares		11,444,365	$	0.3 billion
Private Offering:
Class I Common Shares		473,802,264	$	12.1 billion
Class S Common Shares		—		—
Class D Common Shares		—		—
Total Offering and Private Offering *		1,102,671,640	$	28.1 billion

*	Amounts may not sum due to rounding.

¹	Certain Notes are classified for the purposes of this filing as floating rate as a result of the Fund entering into interest rate swaps to effectively swap fixed notes payments for floating rate payments.