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): August 4, 2021

 

 

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)

 

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

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on which registered

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Item 5.02

Appointment of Certain Officers

On August 4, 2021, the board of trustees (the “Board”) of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Company”) appointed Katherine Rubenstein as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

Ms. Rubenstein, born in 1978, is a Managing Director in Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (“Blackstone Credit”) and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company and of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. Since joining The Blackstone Group, Inc. (“Blackstone”) in 2015, Ms. Rubenstein created and led the GSO Advantage platform (now Blackstone Credit Advantage), which brings Blackstone’s broad set of capabilities to drive operational efficiencies and growth for Blackstone Credit’s portfolio companies. She subsequently created and led the Blackstone Advantage program, focusing on building networks and expanding access to resources for portfolio companies across Blackstone business units. Ms. Rubenstein is on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council and on the Board of Let’s Get Ready, a non-profit organization that provides low-income and first generation to college students support to gain admission to and graduate from college. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Rubenstein originated senior secured loans and equipment finance opportunities in the industrial, consumer, and retail sectors for GE Capital and prior to that worked in brand management at World Kitchen. Ms. Rubenstein received an MBA from The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where she was a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow, and an AB from Dartmouth College.


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: August 5, 2021     By:  

/s/ Marisa J. Beeney

   

Name:

  Marisa J. Beeney
   

Title:

  Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary