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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2021

The Carlyle Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35538

45-2832612

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington,

DC

20004-2505

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(202) 729-5626

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock			CG			The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

    Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 5.02			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 4, 2021, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that effective March 8, 2021, Derica Rice will join the Board of Directors of the Company as a Class II director. The appointment was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on March 3, 2021.

Mr. Rice, age 56, served as executive vice president of CVS Health and President of CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefits management business of CVS Health, from March 2018 to February 2020. Previously, he held various executive positions at Eli Lilly and Company, most recently executive vice president of Global Services and chief financial officer from 2006 to 2017. Mr. Rice is currently a director of Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, Target Corporation and The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Rice received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from Indiana University.

No action has been taken at this time with respect to Mr. Rice’s committee appointments.

Mr. Rice will receive the annual compensation we provide to non-employee directors as described in the "Director Compensation" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 21, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2020.

Item 7.01			Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the Company's press release regarding the matters described above has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press Release, dated March 4, 2021.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

The Carlyle Group Inc.

Date: March 4, 2021

By:

/s/ Curtis L. Buser

Name:

Curtis L. Buser

Title:

Chief Financial Officer