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522509 GHISLAINE MAXWELL 116 E 65TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10065-7007 Dear Unit Holder: NYSE: BX For Questions Regarding Your Tax Package Contact Partner DataLink Partner DataLink The Blackstone Group L.P. PO. Box 8447 Hermitage. TN 37076-8447 Phone: (855)375-4158 Fax: (215) 982-6302 Email: BlackstoneK1Help@deloitte.com Website: www.PartnerDataLinkcomalackstone The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) is pleased to enclose your 2014 tax information. This information is provided to assist you in reporting your allocable share of partnership items in your income tax returns. We are also enclosing for your general guidance the IRS 2014 Partner's Instructions for Schedule K-1. We recommend that you consider discussing this information with your personal tax advisor. As a publicly traded partnership, BX is generally not subject to income tax. However, our Unit Holders may be subject to federal, state and city income tax reporting in jurisdictions where they are resident and where