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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Summary of Status of Partnership's Unvested Equity-Based Awards | A summary of the status of the Partnership’s unvested equity-based awards as of September 30, 2013 and a summary of changes during the period January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 are presented below:
|  | Blackstone Holdings |  |  | The Blackstone Group L.P. |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Equity Settled Awards |  |  | Cash Settled Awards |
Unvested Units |  | Partnership Units |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |  | Deferred Restricted Common Units and Options |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |  | Phantom Units |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance, December 31, 2012 |  |  | 66,591,089 |  |  | $ | 28.19 |  |  |  | 20,199,382 |  |  | $ | 15.76 |  |  |  | 221,356 |  |  | $ | 14.89 |
Granted |  |  | 4,645,938 |  |  |  | 20.65 |  |  |  | 4,057,293 |  |  |  | 17.44 |  |  |  | 5,384 |  |  |  | 20.63 |
Vested |  |  | (20,206,544 | ) |  |  | 29.87 |  |  |  | (3,150,007 | ) |  |  | 19.28 |  |  |  | (76,015 | ) |  |  | 20.60 |
Forfeited |  |  | (1,038,930 | ) |  |  | 29.92 |  |  |  | (820,298 | ) |  |  | 17.36 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance, September 30, 2013 |  |  | 49,991,553 |  |  | $ | 26.78 |  |  |  | 20,286,370 |  |  | $ | 15.49 |  |  |  | 150,725 |  |  | $ | 23.70 |
Unvested Units, After Expected Forfeitures | The following unvested units, after expected forfeitures, as of September 30, 2013, are expected to vest:
|  | Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Service Period in Years |
Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units |  |  | 46,743,135 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Deferred Restricted Blackstone Common Units and Options |  |  | 16,398,203 |  |  |  | 2.5 |
Total Equity-Based Awards |  |  | 63,141,338 |  |  |  | 2.2 |
Phantom Units |  |  | 142,313 |  |  |  | 1.7 |

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