Group to include Management, Clearlake Capital, Moorad Sports Partners and RSE Ventures Washington, DC – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in PrimeSport Holdings Inc., a global sports travel and events-management company headquartered in Atlanta from Clearlake Capital.  PrimeSport management, including Founder and CEO Sam Soni, and Clearlake Capital retain a significant minority stake in the Company. Equity for the transaction comes from the Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund, a U.S.

Investment will foster further growth and international expansionMadrid and London - Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Palacios Alimentación from ProA Capital, Partners Group and Talde. Palacios Alimentación is a Spanish food manufacturer, specializing in cured meats, frozen pastries, pizzas, tortillas and other ready-meals.Capital for this investment will come from Carlyle Europe Partners IV (CEP IV), a European upper-mid market buyout fund. This will be the fourth investment by the fund.

London -Global alternative asset manager, The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) announces that it has sold Pure Student Living, London’s premier purpose built student accommodation business, to LetterOne Treasury Services for a total consideration of £532 million.Pure Student Living comprises 2,170 rooms across five prime central London sites.  Four of the assets, located at Highbury, Hammersmith, Bankside and City, are fully operational while the fifth facility at Whitechapel, will deliver a further 417 rooms when it completes in August 2015.Carlyle entered the London student accommodation m

Toronto and New York – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, in partnership with a consortium of Canadian-based individual investors including DBRS’ founder, Walter Schroeder and DBRS management, today completed their acquisition of DBRS, the fourth largest global credit rating agency.

Carlyle Cardinal Ireland joins management to support future growth of the businessCarlyle Cardinal Ireland (CCI), the Irish private equity fund founded by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Cardinal Capital Group, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Payzone Ireland, the largest provider of multi-channel consumer payments across the country, from Duke Street. The change in ownership will have no impact on the day-to-day business operations of Payzone in Ireland.

London, UK -Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Barbon Insurance Group, a provider of tenant referencing and insurance products to the UK private rental sector.

New York, NY – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the closings of two Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) funds in the U.S. and Europe totaling approximately $1.2 billion.  The $670 million U.S. CLO, arranged by Morgan Stanley, and the $527 million (€500 million) European CLO, arranged by Barclays, are the firm’s first CLOs of 2015 in each region. Both CLOs will invest predominantly in senior secured bank loans.In 2014, Carlyle raised approximately $4.88 billion in CLO capital – $3.24 billion in the U.S.

Largest first-time fund in Carlyle’s historyLondon, UK – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) has raised $2.5 billion for its first international energy fund, the largest first-time fund in the firm’s history. Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP) began raising capital in mid-2013 and has attracted 160 investors. Carlyle now has over $10 billion of capital ready to deploy across its global energy platform.Carlyle Chairman Daniel A. D’Aniello said, “This has been a remarkable fund raise, the largest first-time fund in our 28-year history.

Direct Lending Industry Veteran to Join $2 Billion Platform Within Carlyle Global Market StrategiesNew York – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that Kunal Soni has joined the firm as Managing Director and will lead West Coast origination efforts for Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc., a Business Development Company, as well as its affiliated investment vehicle, NF Investment Corp.  Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. and NF Investment Corp. are primarily focused on lending to private U.S. middle market companies, many controlled by private equity firms.

Brian Bernasek Named Head of the Global Industrial and Transportation Team and Stephen Wise Named Co-head of the Global Healthcare TeamWashington, DC – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that Carlyle Managing Director Brian Bernasek has been named Head of the Global Industrial and Transportation team and that Carlyle Managing Director Stephen Wise will join Managing Director Karen Bechtel as Co-Head of the Global Healthcare team. These changes are effective immediately.Allan Holt and Pete Clare, Managing Directors and Co-Heads of the U.S.