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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): November 23, 2022

 

 

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 November 1, 2022, Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Fund”) sold unregistered Class I common shares of beneficial interest (with the final number of shares being determined on November 23, 2022) 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 November 1, 2022 (number of shares finalized on November 23, 2022)

     2,209,358      $ 54,350,195  

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

November 2022 Distributions

On November 23, 2022, 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

   $ 0.1900      $ 0.0000      $ 0.1900  

Class S Common Shares

   $ 0.1900      $ 0.0174      $ 0.1726  

Class D Common Shares

   $ 0.1900      $ 0.0051      $ 0.1849  

The distributions for each class of Shares are payable to shareholders of record as of the open of business on November 30, 2022 and will be paid on or about December 29, 2022.

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 October 31, 2022, as determined in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policy, is set forth below.

 

     NAV as of
October 31,
2022
 

Class I Common Shares

   $ 24.60  

Class S Common Shares

   $ 24.60  

Class D Common Shares

   $ 24.60  

As of October 31, 2022, the Fund’s aggregate NAV was $23.0 billion, the fair value of its investment portfolio was $50.1 billion, and it had $28.8 billion of debt outstanding (at principal). The average debt-to-equity leverage ratio during October 2022 was approximately 1.24 times. As of October 31, 2022, the Fund had $36.5 billion in committed debt capacity, with 91% floating rate leverage, of which 78% is secured, and 9% in unsecured fixed rate leverage based on drawn amounts.1 The Fund’s leverage sources are in the form of a corporate revolver (6%), asset-based credit facilities (51%), unsecured bonds (29%), secured short term indebtedness (2%) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) notes (12%) 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. 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

     201,609,920      $ 5.2 billion  

Class S Common Shares

     276,756,269      $ 7.2 billion  

Class D Common Shares

     46,503,387      $ 1.2 billion  

Private Offering:

     

Class I Common Shares

     437,875,782      $ 11.4 billion  

Class S Common Shares

     —          —    

Class D Common Shares

     —          —    

Total Offering and Private Offering *

     962,745,358      $ 25.0 billion  

 

*

Amounts may not sum due to rounding.

 

1 

Certain Notes are treated as floating rate due to interest rate swaps the Fund has entered into to swap fixed notes payments for floating rate payments.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    BLACKSTONE PRIVATE CREDIT FUND
Date: November 23, 2022     By:  

/s/ Katherine Rubenstein

    Name:   Katherine Rubenstein
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer