Carlyle is committed to transparency and openness to our investors and the wider public. Carlyle reports to investors quarterly, adhering to US GAAP. We distribute a publicly available Annual Report and maintain a regularly updated website including information on Carlyle's portfolio companies and key employees. Carlyle is fully compliant with private equity disclosure guidelines in the U.K. and Germany.

On May 14, 2009, Carlyle became a signatory to the Public Pension Fund Code of Conduct (the "Code"). Pursuant to the Code, Carlyle is providing information regarding the professional backgrounds of certain key Carlyle personnel (“Disclosure Persons”) and such information can be found under their individual biographies in the “Team” section of this website. For a complete list of personnel deemed to be Disclosure Persons, please click here. In addition, Carlyle is providing details of certain political contributions to candidates for state and local offices as well as certain federal contributions. This campaign contribution information can be found by clicking here.

Our Wealth Sharing Program supports Carlyle employees in their choice of charitable giving by matching on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to $2,000 per year contributions made to educational and humanitarian organizations.

We encourage employees to use two workdays per year to volunteer with Carlyle colleagues at a charitable organization.