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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-257241"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BX"
cik: "0001393818"
company_name: "Blackstone Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T00:51:03.847177+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Kelly Ayotte resigns from Blackstone board after election as NH governor

## Summary
- Kelly A. Ayotte notified Blackstone of her resignation on November 8, 2024.
- Resignation effective November 14, 2024, following her election as governor of New Hampshire.
- Board size reduced from nine to eight members effective the resignation date.
- Blackstone and the Board thanked Ms. Ayotte for her contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-257241
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BX
- cik: 0001393818
- company_name: Blackstone Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393818/000119312524257241/0001193125-24-257241-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393818/000119312524257241/d860456d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-257241.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly A. Ayotte resigned as Director at Blackstone Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 8, 2024, following her election as governor of New Hampshire, Kelly A. Ayotte, a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”), notified Blackstone of her intention to resign from the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393818/000119312524257241/0001193125-24-257241-index.htm

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