Company: CGABL
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001527166-25-000032
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Company: Carlyle Group Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 2021, Linda H. Filler and Mark S. Ordan in 2022, Sharda Cherwoo in 2023, and Afsaneh Beschloss in 2024, substantially increasing the number of experienced, well-qualified, and independent directors on our Board. In addition, in February 2023, we announced the appointment of Harvey M. Schwartz as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board. Active Board Refreshment In seeking new members of the Board of Directors, we focus on experience and demonstrated success in areas relevant to Carlyle’s business and strategy, a broad range of perspectives, and anticipated contribution to the Board’s effective oversight of our leadership team. We have adopted policies and practices that are designed to ensure compliance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Select Market, and applicable corporate governance requirements. Key corporate governance practices include, among others:

| Our Board advises management and provides oversightof the firm’s business and affairsOur Board has a broad range of skills, experiences,and perspectivesThe Board has a strong, newly appointed LeadIndependent Director, Mark S. Ordan, who works closelywith the other independent directors to provide objectiveoversight of our business and facilitates communicationwith the Board, the identification of matters forconsideration by the Board and management, and theformulation of appropriate guidance to be provided bythe independent directors to our leadership teamThe independent members of the Board meet inexecutive session regularly without the presence ofmanagement. The Board's Lead Independent Directorpresides over these executive sessionsThe Nominating and Corporate GovernanceCommittee leads the annual Board, Committee, anddirector assessmentsOur Board is in the process of being declassified on aphased-in basis and the Board will be fully declassifiedby the 2026 Annual Meeting of ShareholdersOur executive officers and heads of our businesssegments are subject to clawback policies (our IncentiveCompensation Clawback Policy and/or our Dodd-FrankIncentive Compensation Clawback Policy) | Our directors and executive officers are required to holdshares of our common stock with a minimum valuedetermined based on their respective positionWe prohibit short sales and derivative transactions in ourequity and hedging our common stock, and generallyprohibit pledging of our stock absent prior approvalThe full Board focuses on succession planningOn an ongoing basis, the Board, led by the Nominatingand Corporate Governance Committee, considers thecomposition of the Board as a whole, and seeks toidentify potential directors who