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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001527166-23-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CG"
cik: "0001527166"
company_name: "Carlyle Group Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:10:14.595650+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle shareholders approve board declassification and amended equity plan

## Summary
- Shareholders approved declassifying the board over three years; effective June 1, 2023 via amended certificate of incorporation.
- Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan approved with 274.9M for, 24.1M against, 27.6M broker non-votes.
- Plan increases share reserve to 39.8M shares; grants vest no faster than one year (except 5% exemption) and term through 2033.
- Say-on-pay vote: 202.8M for (67.9%) vs 95.9M against (32.1%), a notable shareholder dissent level.
- All four Class III director nominees elected with >93% of votes cast for each (excluding broker non-votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001527166-23-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CG
- cik: 0001527166
- company_name: Carlyle Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/cg-20230530.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Carlyle Group Inc.: Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the board over a three-year period, effective June 1, 2023 (effective 2023-06-01).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-01
  source text: the Company’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which became effective upon the Company’s filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Group Inc. shareholders voted on Election of Directors at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: On May 30, 2023, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: On May 30, 2023, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Group Inc. shareholders approved Approval of The Carlyle Group Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: the Company’s shareholders approved The Carlyle Group Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Group Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: On May 30, 2023, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000152716623000068/0001527166-23-000068-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.