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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On March 21, 2022, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement to the Company’s existing effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-236397) registering the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) under the Securities Act for resale by the recipients thereof. The Company will not receive any proceeds from any resale of such shares of Common Stock.
A copy of the validity opinion in respect of such shares of Common Stock is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
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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 21, 2022 |
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By: | /s/ Jeffrey W. Ferguson | |||
| Name: | Jeffrey W. Ferguson | |||||
| Title: | General Counsel | |||||
Exhibit 5.1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
900 G STREET, NW
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March 21, 2022
The Carlyle Group Inc.
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to The Carlyle Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to an aggregate of 4,188,306 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that may be sold from time to time by certain selling stockholders of the Company (the “Selling Stockholder Shares”). The Selling Stockholder Shares may be sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and any supplements to the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act.
We have examined the Registration Statement and the accompanying Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated March 21, 2022 (the “Prospectus Supplement) filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.
In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Selling Stockholder Shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement included in the Registration Statement.
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| /s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
| SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |