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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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, 2014 and of changes during the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 is 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, 2013 |  |  | 48,057,816 |  |  | $ | 26.64 |  |  |  | 20,004,139 |  |  | $ | 15.57 |  |  |  | 147,169 |  |  | $ | 12.00 |
Granted |  |  | 4,395,112 |  |  |  | 33.29 |  |  |  | 2,071,243 |  |  |  | 30.90 |  |  |  | 461 |  |  |  | 28.05 |
Vested |  |  | (17,547,906 | ) |  |  | 29.76 |  |  |  | (3,449,305 | ) |  |  | 18.64 |  |  |  | (72,646 | ) |  |  | 11.82 |
Forfeited |  |  | (324,557 | ) |  |  | 19.63 |  |  |  | (517,227 | ) |  |  | 13.73 |  |  |  | (570 | ) |  |  | 33.41 |
Cancelled |  |  | (1,068,250 | ) |  |  | 31.00 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance, September 30, 2014 |  |  | 33,512,215 |  |  | $ | 25.81 |  |  |  | 18,108,850 |  |  | $ | 16.80 |  |  |  | 74,414 |  |  | $ | 12.27 |
Unvested Units, After Expected Forfeitures | The following unvested units, after expected forfeitures, as of September 30, 2014, are expected to vest:
|  | Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Service Period in Years |
Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units |  |  | 31,290,689 |  |  |  | 1.7 |
Deferred Restricted Blackstone Common Units |  |  | 15,465,322 |  |  |  | 1.9 |
Total Equity-Based Awards |  |  | 46,756,011 |  |  |  | 1.8 |
Phantom Units |  |  | 76,412 |  |  |  | 0.04 |

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