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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 managementTie incentive compensation to a clawback policy thatcover financial restatements, with one policy extendingbeyond the mandates of the Dodd-Frank Act andincluding recoupment upon detrimental activity | Require our executive officers to own a minimum valueof shares of our common stock and retain a portion ofcertain RSU and PSU awards for a fixed minimumperiod following vestingHold an annual Say-on-Pay vote and disclose responseto shareholder feedbackPerform an annual compensation risk assessmentFor our CEO’s Sign-On PSU Award, full vesting requiresboth 110% stock price appreciation over the 5-yearperformance period and relative TSR performance at the60th percentile versus S&P 500 Financials Indexconstituent companiesRequire a qualifying termination of employment followinga change in control of Carlyle in order for any suchchange in control to trigger accelerated vesting rights |
| WHAT WE DO NOT DO:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| No excise tax “gross-up” payments in the event of achange in controlNo tax “gross-up” payment in perquisites for namedexecutive officersNo defined benefit plan pension benefits forexecutive officersNo short sales or derivative transactions in our equity orhedging our common stock, and we generally prohibitpledging of our stock absent prior approval                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | No dividends paid in cash on unvested equity awardsDo not count unvested PSUs or unexercisedstock options toward satisfaction of stockownership guidelinesNo repricing of underwater stock optionsNo changes to performance targets for legacyperformance-vesting awards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

| 6 | CARLYLE | Proxy Statement2025 |

Corporate Governance

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| Our Board of Directors currently is composed of thirteen directors. A majority our directors are independent, and five areemployees or consultants of the firm in addition to serving as directors. Our independent directors are composed of highlyeducated professionals with a broad range of experience in different industries that helps to inform our global investmentmanagement business, including banking and finance, accounting, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, real estate, hospitality,consumer products, telecommunications, marketing, and education. The directors who are not independent have extensiveexperience and strong reputations within the global investment management industry.In accordance with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our Board is in the process of being declassified ona phased-in basis and