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Agreement by the Contracting Employee (although it does include any confidential information received
directly or indirectly by Blackstone from any clients or any third party), but, for clarity, includes any
proprietary aggregated or derivative information, algorithms, models, indexes or similar items based upon
or including same. Without limiting the foregoing, Confidential Information includes any information,
whether public or not, which (1) represents, or is aggregated in such a way as to represent, or purport to
represent, all or any portion of the investment results of, or any other information about the investment
“track record” of, (a) Blackstone, (b) a business group of Blackstone, (c) one or more funds managed by
Blackstone, or (d) any individual or group of individuals during their time at Blackstone, or (2) describes
an individual’s role in achieving or contributing to any such investment results.

C. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede Contracting Employee from (1)
communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint on possible violations of federal, state or local law or
regulation to or with any governmental agency or regulatory authority (collectively, a “Governmental
Entity”), including, but not limited to, the SEC, FINRA, EEOC, NLRB, the New York State Division of
Human Rights, a local commission on human rights, or law enforcement, (2) making other disclosures to
any Governmental Entity that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state or local
law or regulation, or (3) speaking with an attorney retained by Contracting Employee, provided that in
each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Moreover,
Contracting Employee does not need to give prior notice to (or get prior authorization from) Blackstone
regarding any such communication or disclosure. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to prohibit Contracting Employee from discussing, disclosing or inquiring about wages to the
extent consistent with applicable pay equity laws, or from engaging in activity protected by the National
Labor Relations Act; for example, non-managerial and non-supervisory employee discussions regarding
their terms and conditions of employment.

D. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), Contracting Employee may not be held criminally or
civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in
confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose
of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document
filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, an individual suing
an employer for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade
secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any
document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade
secret except pursuant to court order.

III. Work Product & Intellectual Property

A. All works of authorship, content, materials, notes, inventions, documentation, reports,
methods, processes, software, databases, research, computer programs, code, algorithms, models, indexes
or similar items and discoveries (“Works”), that are created, developed or invented by Contracting
Employee, either alone or with others, within the scope of Contracting Employee’s employment with
Blackstone or with the use of Blackstone’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information
(and all intellectual and proprietary rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, logos, trade dress
and other source indicators, trade secrets, inventions, methods and processes (“IPR”) therein)
(collectively, “Blackstone Work Product”) are owned exclusively by Blackstone as a “work made for
hire”, and Blackstone will be considered the author of such Works. In addition, any Blackstone Work
Product that is not deemed to be a “work made for hire” pursuant to this Section III.A, Contracting
Employee hereby irrevocably assigns and delivers to Blackstone, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, all worldwide right, title and interest in same. Contracting Employee shall take all
requested actions and execute all requested documents at Blackstone’s expense (but without further
remuneration) to assist Blackstone in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording,
patenting or registering any of Blackstone’s rights in a Blackstone Work Product. Contracting Employee

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