Offering Terms
Key Terms Definitions
| Key Terms | Description |
|---|---|
| Structure | Non-traded business development company (BDC); perpetually offered |
| Investment Adviser | Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, an affiliate of Blackstone |
| Maximum Offering4 | $45 billion |
| Primary Focus | US senior secured private loans5 |
| Geographic Focus | US and, to a lesser extent, Europe and other non-U.S. locations |
| Management Fee | 1.25% per annum on NAV |
| Incentive Fee | 12.5% of net investment income (subject to 5% hurdle rate and catch-up) paid quarterly 12.5% of realized gains net of realized and unrealized losses |
| Subscriptions2 | Monthly at NAV |
| Distributions1 | Monthly |
| Expected Liquidity3 | Quarterly repurchases at NAV as of each quarter end Quarterly repurchases are limited to 5.0% of aggregate shares outstanding (either by number of shares or aggregate NAV) as of the close of the previous calendar quarter Shares not held for one year will be repurchased at 98% of NAV The Board of Trustees may amend or suspend these share repurchases in its discretion if it deems such action to be in the best interest of shareholders |
| Tax Reporting | Form 1099-DIV If investors invest in BCRED on December 1st, they will not receive a 1099 for that calendar year. |
| Investor Eligibility6 | Either (1) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (2) a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. Certain states have additional suitability standards. See the prospectus for more information |
Share Class-Specific Fees
| Fees | Class I | Class D | Class S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Availability | Through fee-based (wrap) programs, registered investment advisers and other institutional and fiduciary accounts | Through fee-based (wrap) programs, registered investment advisers and other institutional and fiduciary accounts | Through transactional / brokerage accounts |
| Initial Investment7 | $1,000,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Upfront Placement Fee8 | None | Up to 1.5% | Up to 3.5% |
| Distribution / Servicing Fee (per annum, payable monthly) | None | 0.25% | 0.85% |
| Total Annual Expenses9 | 8.32% | 8.57% | 9.17% |
| Total Annual Expenses (excluding interest expense)10 | 3.03% | 3.28% | 3.88% |
Note: Terms are indicative and subject to change.
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- Distributions are not guaranteed. Distributions have been and may in the future be funded through sources other than cash flow from operations, including the sale of assets, borrowings, return of capital or offering proceeds. As of April 30, 2025, 100% of inception to date distributions were funded from net investment income or realized capital gains, rather than a return of capital. See “Important Disclosure Information” and BCRED’s prospectus.
- Offered on an ongoing basis. Subscription orders for purchases will be accepted on the first day of each month. Subscription requests must be received at least five business days before the first day of each month and NAV will be available generally 20 business days after the effective date of the purchase.
- Quarterly tender offers are expected but not guaranteed. We have implemented a share repurchase program under which, at the discretion of our Board, we intend to offer to repurchase, in each quarter, up to 5% of shares outstanding (either by number of shares or aggregate NAV) as of the close of the previous calendar quarter. For the avoidance of doubt, such target amount is assessed each calendar quarter. Only a limited number of shares will be eligible for repurchase, and repurchases will be subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions. An investment in BCRED shares has limited or no liquidity outside of our share repurchase program, and the BCRED board of trustees may amend or suspend the share repurchase program at any time if in its reasonable judgment it deems such action to be in BCRED’s best interest and the best interest of BCRED shareholders, such as when a repurchase offer would place an undue burden on BCRED liquidity, adversely affect operations or risk having an adverse impact on BCRED that would outweigh the benefit of the repurchase offer. As a result, share repurchases may not be available each quarter. Shares not held for one year will be repurchased at 98% of NAV. See BCRED’s prospectus for more information.
- This is the amount currently registered with the SEC. We may register additional shares in the future.
- BCRED will generally invest in securities or loans rated below investment grade or not rated which should be considered to have speculative characteristics. See Summary of Risk Factors for more information.
- Select broker-dealers may have different suitability standards, may not offer all share classes, an/or may offer BCRED at a higher minimum initial investment than $2,500.
- BSP may elect to accept smaller investments in its discretion.
- No upfront sales load will be paid with respect to Class S shares, Class D shares or Class I shares, however, if you buy Class S shares or Class D shares through certain financial intermediaries, they may directly charge you transaction or other fees, including upfront placement fees or brokerage commissions, in such amount as they may determine, provided that selling agents limit such charges to a 1.5% cap on NAV for Class D shares and 3.5% cap on NAV for Class S shares. Selling agents will not charge such fees on Class I shares.
- As of December 31, 2024 and denominator used to calculate annual expenses is based on the total average net assets for the year ended December 31, 2024, attributable to BCRED’s common shares as of such date. “Annual Expenses” are composed of Base management fees, Incentive fees, Shareholder servicing and/or distribution fees, Interest payments on borrowed funds (“interest expense”), and Other expenses, as set forth in more detail in BCRED’s prospectus. Actual expenses may be greater or less than shown and these figures should not be considered a representation of future expenses. Other expenses include professional fees, Board of Trustees’ fees, administrative service expenses, other general and administrative costs, organization costs, amortization of continuous offering costs and excise tax expense. Other expenses represent the estimated annual other expenses of BCRED and its consolidated subsidiaries based on actual amounts of other expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024. Further, on October 5, 2020, BCRED entered into an Expense Support and Conditional Reimbursement Agreement (the “Expense Support Agreement”) with the Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC (the “Adviser”), pursuant to which the Adviser may elect to pay certain of BCRED’s expenses on BCRED’s behalf, including organization and offering expenses (but no interest expense or shareholder servicing and/or distribution fees of BCRED) and will be entitled to reimbursement of such expenses from BCRED if Available Operating Funds (as defined in the prospectus) exceed the cumulative distributions accrued to BCRED’s shareholders. Because the Adviser’s obligation to pay certain of our expenses is voluntary, the table above does not reflect the impact of any expense support from the Adviser. BCRED borrows funds to make investments. The costs associated with such borrowing may change over time, including due to interest rates on borrowing and utilization, and will be indirectly borne by BCRED shareholders. The interest expense used herein is estimated based on actual amounts of the interest payment on borrowed funds incurred during the year ended December 31, 2024, divided by BCRED’s weighted average net assets for the year ended December 31, 2024. Although leverage has the potential to enhance overall returns that exceed BCRED’s cost of funds, it will further diminish returns (or increase losses on capital) to the extent overall returns are less than BCRED’s cost of funds.
- Based on Annual Expenses as set forth above, exclusive of interest expense. See explanation above for important information.
Important Disclosure Information
Local, regional or global events such as war (e.g., Russia/Ukraine), acts of terrorism, public health issues like pandemics or (e.g., COVID-19), recessions, or other economic, political and global macro factors and events could lead to a substantial economic downturn or recession in the U.S. and global economies and have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The recovery from such downturns is uncertain and may last for an extended period of time or result in significant volatility, and many of the risks discussed herein associated with an investment in the Fund may be increased.
Summary of Risk Factors
Blackstone Private Credit Fund (“BCRED”) is a non-exchange traded business development company (“BDC”) that expects to invest at least 80% of its total assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in private credit investments (loans, bonds and other credit instruments that are issued in private offerings or issued by private companies). This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford the complete loss of your investment. You should read the prospectus carefully for a description of the risks associated with an investment in BCRED. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
- There is no assurance that we will achieve our investment objectives.
- This is a “blind pool” offering and thus you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them.
- You should not expect to be able to sell your shares regardless of how we perform.
- You should consider that you may not have access to the money you invest for an extended period of time.
- We do not intend to list our shares on any securities exchange, and we do not expect a secondary market in our shares to develop prior to any listing.
- Because you may be unable to sell your shares, you will be unable to reduce your exposure in any market downturn.
- We have implemented a share repurchase program, but only a limited number of shares will be eligible for repurchase and repurchases will be subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions.
- An investment in our common shares is not suitable for you if you need access to the money you invest. See “Suitability Standards” and “Share Repurchase Program” in the prospectus.
- You will bear substantial fees and expenses in connection with your investment. See “Fees and Expenses” in the prospectus.
- We cannot guarantee that we will make distributions, and if we do, we may fund such distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, including the sale of assets, borrowings, return of capital or offering proceeds, and although we generally expect to fund distributions from cash flow from operations, we have not established limits on the amounts we may pay from such sources. A return of capital (1) is a return of the original amount invested, (2) does not constitute earnings or profits and (3) will have the effect of reducing the basis such that when a shareholder sells its shares the sale may be subject to taxes even if the shares are sold for less than the original purchase price.
- Distributions may also be funded in significant part, directly or indirectly, from temporary waivers or expense reimbursements borne by Blackstone Credit BDC Advisers (the “Adviser”) or its affiliates, that may be subject to reimbursement to the Adviser or its affiliates. The repayment of any amounts owed to our affiliates will reduce future distributions to which you would otherwise be entitled.
- We use and continue to expect to use leverage, which will magnify the potential for loss on amounts invested in us.
- We intend to invest in securities that are rated below investment grade by rating agencies or that would be rated below investment grade if they were rated. Below investment grade securities, which are often referred to as “junk,” have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. They may also be illiquid and difficult to value.
- We do not own the Blackstone name, but we are permitted to use it as part of our corporate name pursuant to the investment advisory agreement between BCRED and an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”). Use of the name by other parties or the termination of the use of the Blackstone name under the investment advisory agreement may harm our business.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities regulator has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.
This website must be read in conjunction with the BCRED prospectus in order to fully understand all the implications and risks of an investment in BCRED. This website is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. An offering is made only by the prospectus, which must be made available to you prior to making a purchase of shares in connection with this offering and is available at https://www.bcred.com/prospectus. Prior to making an investment, investors should read the prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section therein, which contains a discussion of the risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition.
Numerical data is approximate and as of April 30, 2025, unless otherwise noted. The words “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to BCRED, unless the context requires otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure
Certain information contained in this communication constitutes “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “outlook,” “indicator,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates”, “confident,” “conviction,” “identified” or the negative versions of these words or other comparable words thereof. These may include BCRED’s financial estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements about plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, statements regarding future performance, statements regarding economic and market trends and statements regarding identified but not yet closed investments. Such forward‐looking statements are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements. BCRED believes these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its prospectus and annual report for the most recent fiscal year, and any such updated factors included in its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this document (or BCRED’s prospectus and other filings). Except as otherwise required by federal securities laws, BCRED undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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