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SC 13G/A

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant

to § 240.13d-1(b), (c) and (d) and Amendments Thereto Filed

Pursuant to § 240.13d-2

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Complete Solaria, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001

(Title of Class of Securities)

20460L104

(CUSIP Number)

July 1, 2024

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐ Rule 13d-1(b)

☒ Rule 13d-1(c)

☐ Rule 13d-1(d)

*	The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


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ITEM 1.

(a) Name of Issuer:

Complete Solaria, Inc. (the “Issuer”)

(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

45700 Northport Loop East, Fremont, CA 94538.

ITEM 2.

(a) Name of Person Filing:

Each of the following is hereinafter individually referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” This statement is filed on behalf of:

The Carlyle Group Inc.

Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc.

Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C.

Carlyle Holdings I L.P.

CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C.

TC Group, L.L.C.

TC Group Sub L.P.

CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l.

Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C.

Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C.

TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P.

TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P.

CRSEF GP, L.L.C.

CRSEF Managing GP, L.P.

Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp.

CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C.

(b) Address or Principal Business Office:

The principal business office address for each of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P. and TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P. is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008. The principal business office address for CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l. and Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp. is c/o The Carlyle Group, 2, avenue Charles de Gaulle, L-1653 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The principal business office address for each of the remaining Reporting Persons is c/o The Carlyle Group Inc., 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 220 South, Washington, DC 20004-2505.


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(c) Citizenship of each Reporting Person is:

Each of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P. and TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P. is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Each of CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l. and Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp. is organized under the laws of Luxembourg. CRSEF Managing GP, L.P. is organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada. Each of the remaining Reporting Persons is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(d) Title of Class of Securities:

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).

(e) CUSIP Number:

20460L104

ITEM 3.

Not applicable.


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ITEM 4.

Ownership.

(a-c)

The ownership information presented below represents beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Issuer as of the date of this filing, based upon 61,485,401 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 1, 2024, which includes: (i) 50,596,537 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 1, 2024; (ii) 4,936,483 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons; and (iii) 5,952,381 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.


Reporting Person	Amount beneficially owned		Percent of class:			Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:		Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:		Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:		Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
The Carlyle Group Inc.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle Holdings I L.P.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
TC Group, L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
TC Group Sub L.P.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
CRSEF GP, L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
CRSEF Managing GP, L.P.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864
CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C.		10,888,864		17.7	%		0		10,888,864		0		10,888,864

The amounts reported in the table above include: (i) 4,936,483 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant held of record by CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C. and (ii) 5,952,381 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note held of record by CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C.

The Carlyle Group Inc., which is a publicly traded entity listed on Nasdaq, is the sole shareholder of Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., which is the sole member of Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C., which is the general partner of Carlyle Holdings I L.P., which, with respect to the securities managed by CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l., is the managing member of CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., which is the managing member of TC Group, L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group Sub L.P., which is the sole shareholder of CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l., which is a general partner of Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp.


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The Carlyle Group Inc. is also the sole member of Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., which is the managing member of Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., which, with respect to the securities managed by CRSEF Managing GP, L.P., is the managing member of CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., which is the sole member of CRSEF GP, L.L.C., which is the general partner of CRSEF Managing GP, L.P., which is also a general partner of Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp.

Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp. is the managing member of CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C. Accordingly, each of the entities named above may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C. Each of them disclaims any such beneficial ownership of such securities.

ITEM 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.

ITEM 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10.

Certification.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and were not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and were not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.


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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: July 11, 2024


The Carlyle Group Inc.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C.
By: Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., its sole member

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Carlyle Holdings I L.P.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director

CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director

TC Group, L.L.C.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director


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TC Group Sub L.P.
By: TC Group, L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John Redett
Title:		Managing Director

CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l.

By:		/s/ Daniel Fischbach
Name:		Daniel Fischbach
Title:		Manager

By:		/s/ Sabine Belair
Name:		Sabine Belair
Title:		Manager

Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C.
By: The Carlyle Group Inc., its sole member

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John C. Redett
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C.

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John C. Redett
Title:		Managing Director

TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P.
By: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John C. Redett
Title:		Managing Director

TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P.
By: TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., its general partner
By: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact
Name:		John C. Redett
Title:		Managing Director


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CRSEF GP, L.L.C.

By:		/s/ Sanket Patel
Name:		Sanket Patel
Title:		Vice President

CRSEF Managing GP, L.P. By: CRSEF GP, L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Sanket Patel
Name:		Sanket Patel
Title:		Vice President

Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp.

By: CRSEF Managing GP, L.P., its general partner
By: CRSEF GP, L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Sanket Patel
Name:		Sanket Patel
Title:		Vice President

And by: CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l., its general partner

By:		/s/ Daniel Fischbach
Name:		Daniel Fischbach
Title:		Manager

By:		/s/ Sabine Belair
Name:		Sabine Belair
Title:		Manager


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CRSEF Solis Holdings, L.L.C.
By: Carlyle CRSEF Solis Aggregator, S.C.Sp., its managing member

By: CRSEF Managing GP, L.P., its general partner
By: CRSEF GP, L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ Sanket Patel
Name:		Sanket Patel
Title:		Vice President

And by: CRSEF Lux GP S.à r.l., its general partner

By:		/s/ Daniel Fischbach
Name:		Daniel Fischbach
Title:		Manager

By:		/s/ Sabine Belair
Name:		Sabine Belair
Title:		Manager


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LIST OF EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.		Description

24		Power of Attorney

99		Joint Filing Agreement (previously filed).

EX-24


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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned understands that, from time to time, the Carlyle Companies (defined below) are required to prepare, execute, and file certain federal and state securities laws filings.

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey Ferguson, Jeremy Anderson, Chintan Bhatt, Anne Frederick, Erica Herberg, Anat Holtzman, Andrew Howlett-Bolton, Joshua Lefkowitz, David Lobe, Elizabeth Muscarella, Sanket Patel, Robert Rosen, and Catherine Ziobro, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the name of each Carlyle Company and on behalf of each Carlyle Company, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of Forms D (“Form D”) required to be filed in accordance with Rule 503 (“Rule 503”) promulgated with respect to Sections 4(2), 4(6) and 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and reports required by Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

prepare and execute for and on behalf of each Carlyle Company, in the undersigned’s capacity as a Chairman, authorized person, officer and/or director of each Carlyle Company, federal and state securities laws filings including without limitation Forms D pursuant to Rule 503 and Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of each Carlyle Company that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such federal and state securities laws filings including without limitation Forms D, Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and the securities administrators of any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands or their designees and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.


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The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted, whether the same needs to be executed, taken or done by him in his capacity as a current or former member, partner, shareholder, director or officer of any company, partnership, corporation, organization, firm, branch or other entity connected with, related to or affiliated with any of the entities constituting the Carlyle Companies or entities that directly or indirectly hold interests in the Carlyle Companies.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with federal and state securities laws, including without limitation Rule 503 of the 1933 Act or Section 13 and Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

This Power of Attorney and all authority conferred hereby shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of the undersigned or by occurrence of any other event. Actions taken by an attorney-in-fact pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be as valid as if any event described in the preceding sentence had not occurred, whether or not the attorney-in-fact shall have received notice of such event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event that an attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by The Carlyle Group Employee Co., L.L.C. or its affiliates, this Power of Attorney and all authority conferred hereby shall be immediately terminated with respect to such Attorney, and (ii) the undersigned may terminate or revoke this Power of Attorney at any time.

For purposes hereof, the “Carlyle Companies” shall consist of: (i) Carlyle Group Management L.L.C., The Carlyle Group Inc., Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings I L.P., TC Group, L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., TC Group Investment Holdings Limited Partner L.L.C., TC Group Investment Holdings, L.P., Carlyle Holdings III GP L.P., Carlyle Holdings III GP Sub L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings III L.P., TC Group Cayman L.P., TC Group Sub L.P., TC Group Investment Holdings Sub L.P., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., TC Group Cayman, L.P., TC Group Cayman Sub L.P., Five Overseas CG Investment L.L.C. and (ii) the subsidiaries and affiliates of the foregoing in clause (i), including without limitation investment funds sponsored directly or indirectly by one or more of the Carlyle Companies.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of October, 2023.


By:		/s/ John C. Redett
Name:		John C. Redett
Title:		Chief Financial Officer