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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 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 December 31, 2013 and of changes during the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 is presented below:
|  | Blackstone Holdings |  |  | The Blackstone Group L.P. |
|  | Partnership Units |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |  | Equity Settled Awards |  |  | Cash Settled Awards |
Unvested Units |  |  |  | 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 |  |  |  | 7,245,002 |  |  |  | 22.56 |  |  |  | 7,687 |  |  |  | 22.85 |
Vested |  |  | (21,385,204 | ) |  |  | 29.91 |  |  |  | (6,458,664 | ) |  |  | 23.77 |  |  |  | (78,318 | ) |  |  | 20.82 |
Forfeited |  |  | (1,794,007 | ) |  |  | 29.69 |  |  |  | (981,581 | ) |  |  | 17.27 |  |  |  | (3,556 | ) |  |  | 23.70 |
Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  | 48,057,816 |  |  | $ | 26.64 |  |  |  | 20,004,139 |  |  | $ | 15.57 |  |  |  | 147,169 |  |  | $ | 12.00 |
Unvested Units, After Expected Forfeitures | The following unvested units, after expected forfeitures, as of December 31, 2013, are expected to vest:
|  | Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Service Period in Years |
Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units |  |  | 44,277,748 |  |  |  | 1.90 |
Deferred Restricted Blackstone Common Units and Options |  |  | 16,515,381 |  |  |  | 2.30 |
Total Equity-Based Awards |  |  | 60,793,129 |  |  |  | 2.00 |
Phantom Units |  |  | 146,520 |  |  |  | 0.03 |

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