Correspondence 0001193125-23-079237 from Blackstone Private Credit Fund (CIK 0001803498)
Blackstone Private Credit Fund (CIK 0001803498)
Date: March 24, 2023 · CIK: 0001803498 · Accession: 0001193125-23-079237
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
900 G STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001
TELEPHONE: +1-202-636-5500
FACSIMILE:
+1-202-636-5502
Direct Dial Number
+1-202-636-5592
E-mail Address
steven.grigoriou@stblaw.com
VIA EDGAR
March 24, 2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment
Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Blackstone Private Credit Fund
Registration Statement on Form N-14, File
No. 333-269682
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On February 10, 2023, Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The securities covered by the Registration Statement will be issued in an exchange offer to be conducted by the Company. Attached is a letter
from the Company indicating its reliance on the no-action letters issued to Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (publicly available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (publicly
available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling (publicly available July 2, 1993).
Please do not hesitate to call
Rajib Chanda at (617) 448-4992, Benjamin Wells at (212) 455-2516, Christopher Healey at (202) 636-5879, Jonathan Pacheco at (202)
636-5876 or me at (202) 636-5592 with any questions you may have regarding this filing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Steven Grigoriou
cc:
Rajib Chanda, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Benjamin Wells, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Christopher Healey, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Jonathan Pacheco, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Securities
and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.
20549
Re: Blackstone Private Credit Fund
In connection with the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) being made by Blackstone Private Credit Fund (the “Company”) to issue
7.050% Notes due 2025 (the “Exchange Notes”) in exchange for its outstanding 7.050% Notes due 2025 that were issued in transactions not requiring registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) on
September 27, 2022 and November 14, 2022 (the “Restricted Notes”), pursuant to the prospectus contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 10, 2023, as amended, and the related letter of transmittal, this letter confirms the following:
(1) The Company is registering the Exchange Offer in reliance upon the position of the Staff of the Commission set forth in the no-action letters issued to: (i) Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988); (ii) Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991); and
(iii) Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993) (together, the “No-Action Letters”).
(2) The Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute any of the Exchange Notes to be issued
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Restricted Notes, and, to the best of the Company’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, is
not participating in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution of any Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer, is not an “affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule
405 under the 1933 Act, and did not purchase any Restricted Notes to be exchanged for Exchange Notes directly from the Company to resell pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or another exemption under the 1933 Act. In addition, to the best of
the Company’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer who is not a broker-dealer is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in a distribution of any Exchange Notes. In this regard, the Company will make each
person participating in the Exchange Offer aware that if such person is participating in the Exchange Offer with the intention of participating in any manner in a distribution of any Exchange Notes, such person (i) could not rely on the Staff
position set forth in the No-Action Letters or interpretative letters to similar effect and (ii) must be identified as an underwriter in the prospectus and must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available. The Company acknowledges that such a secondary resale for the purpose of distributing Exchange
Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K.
(3) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates have entered into any arrangement or understanding with any broker-dealer to distribute the
Exchange Notes.
(4) The Company will include in the letter of transmittal to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate
in the Exchange Offer a provision to the effect that if the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Restricted Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, such broker-dealer will
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Restricted Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Sincerely,
Blackstone Private Credit Fund
By:
/s/ Jonathan Bock
Jonathan Bock
Co-Chief Executive Officer