Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. (Nasdaq: CG) (“Carlyleâ€) today announced the pricing of a $400 million offering of 16,000,000 of its 5.875% Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per unit. The offering is expected to close on September 13, 2017, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Â
Carlyle intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Series A Preferred Units for general corporate purposes.
Distributions on the Series A Preferred Units, when and if declared by the board of directors of Carlyle’s general partner, will be paid quarterly and are non-cumulative.
Carlyle intends to apply to list the Series A Preferred Units on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TCGPâ€.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as co-managers for the offering.
The offering of these securities is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. This offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the prospectus, when available, may be obtained from (1) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, by phone at (866) 718-1649, or e-mailing: [email protected], (2) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, by phone at 1-800-294-1322 or by emailing: [email protected], (3) UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, by phone at (888) 827-7275, (4) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service, by phone at 1-800-645-3751 or by emailing: [email protected] or (5) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, by phone at (212) 834-4533.