PRESS RELEASES

• Blackstone signs definitive Agreement to Acquire AYUMI Pharmaceutical

  March 15, 2019 – Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AYUMI Pharmaceutical Corporation (“AYUMI” or “the Company”), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company in Japan focused on Anti-Rheumatism and Orthopedics, from Unison Capital, an independent private equity firm based in Japan, and M3, Inc., a medical information site business.

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