BREIT 2018 Proxy Statement

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires executive officers and directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of any class of a company’s common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by regulation of the SEC to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. None of the foregoing persons were required to file Section 16(a) forms during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 because the Company was not registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Equity Compensation Plan Information The following table summarizes information, as of December 31, 2017, relating to our equity compensation plans pursuant to which shares of our common stock or other equity securities may be granted from time to time: Plan category (a) Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants, and rights (b) Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants, and rights (c) Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) Equity compensation plans approved by security holders . . . . — $ — — Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders . . . . — — — Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — $ — — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management The following table sets forth, as of March 15, 2018, information regarding the number and percentage of shares owned by each director, our named executive officers, all directors and executive officers as a group, and any person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding shares of our common stock. As of March 15, 2018, there were a total of 226,804,071 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes securities that a person has the right to acquire within 60 days. The address for each of the persons named below is in care of our principal executive offices at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154. Name of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (1) Percent of Shares Beneficially Owned Directors and Named Executive Officers: Frank Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,730 * A.J. Agarwal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,153 * Wesley LePatner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,897 * Paul D. Quinlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,940 * Raymond J. Beier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 * Richard I. Gilchrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 * Field Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 * Edward Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 * All current executive officers and directors as a group (12 persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438,131 * 18