UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2012
-------------------------
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
------------
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager filing this Report:
Name: The Carlyle Group L.P.
--------------------------------------------
Address: 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
--------------------------------------------
Suite 220 S.
--------------------------------------------
Washington, DC 20004-2505
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
Form 13F File Number: 28- 15025
---------------
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Daniel A. D'Aniello
--------------------------------------------
Title: Managing Director
--------------------------------------------
Phone: 202-729-5626
--------------------------------------------
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ R. Rainey Hoffman as Attorney
-in-Fact for Daniel A. D'Aniello* Washington, DC February 14, 2013
---------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------------
Signature City, State Date
*Signed pursuant to a Power Of Attorney dated May 7, 2012, included as an
exhibit to this Form 13F-HR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
The Carlyle Group L.P.
** The Carlyle Group L.P. (the "Reporting Manager") does not serve as adviser to
all of the owners of, or have formal investment discretion with respect to, the
securities in the indicated row, but may be deemed to be part of a group of
affiliated persons exercising investment discretion with respect to such
securities. The filing of this report shall not be deemed an admission, for
purposes of Section 13(f), 13(d), 13(g) or 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, or for any
other purpose, that the Reporting Manager or any other manager with respect to
the securities listed herein exercises investment discretion or is a member of,
or is otherwise affiliated with, such a group with respect to such securities.
Reference is made, where relevant, to reports filed under Sections 13(d), 13(g)
and 16(a) of the Exchange Act for additional information with respect to such
beneficial ownership and/or pecuniary interest of the Reporting Manager, any
other manager with which it may share or be deemed to share investment
discretion, and related entities. The filing of this report shall not be deemed
an admission, for purposes of Section 13(f), 13(d), 13(g) or 16(a) of the
Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules thereunder, or for any other purpose,
that the Reporting Manager or any other person is the beneficial owner of any
securities.
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
Form 13F File Number Name
28-
--------------- -------------------------
2
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
---------------------------
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 31
---------------------------
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $12,075,844
---------------------------
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28- 12429 Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
----- ------------------- ------------------------------------------
2 28- 15024 CIM Global, L.L.C.
----- ------------------- ------------------------------------------
Explanatory Note:
The Carlyle Group L.P. is managed by its general partner, Carlyle Group
Management L.L.C., which is in turn wholly-owned and controlled by Carlyle's
senior professionals.
3
FORM 13-F INFORMATION TABLE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
TITLE OF VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allison Transmission Hldgs I Com 01973R101 $1,538,621 75,348,750 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 75,348,750
Atlas Resource Partners LP Com Unt Ltd Pr 04941A101 $170,234 7,576,047 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 7,576,047
BankUnited Inc Com 06652K103 $335,344 13,721,131 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 13,721,131
Booz Allen Hamilton Hldg Cor Cl A 099502106 $1,277,990 91,809,598 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 91,809,598
Boston Private Finl Hldgs In Com 101119105 $69,882 7,756,022 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 7,756,022
Central Pac Finl Corp Com 154760409 $147,530 9,463,095 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 9,463,095
China Recycling Energy Corp Com 168913101 $12,366 12,465,938 SH -- Shared-Defined 1, 2 12,465,938
Cobalt Intl Energy Inc Com 19075F106 $1,546,193 62,955,756 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 62,955,756
Concord Med Svcs Hldgs Ltd Sponsored ADR 206277105 $36,031 8,724,233 SH -- Shared-Defined 1, 2 8,724,233
Enduro Rty Tr Tr Unit 29269K100 $332,046 19,800,000 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 19,800,000
F N B United Corp Com 302519202 $57,192 4,930,313 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 4,930,313
Fairpoint Communications Inc Com 305560302 $272 34,202 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 34,202
Freescale Semiconductor Hldg SHS Old G3727Q101 $2,159,467 196,136,895 SH -- Shared-Other** 1, 2 196,136,895
Genesee & Wyo Inc Cl A 371559105 $455,280 5,984,232 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 5,984,232
Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc Com 409321502 $50,454 42,398,583 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 42,398,583
Hertz Global Holdings Inc Com 42805T105 $65,964 4,054,340 SH -- Shared-Defined 1, 2 4,054,340
Hertz Global Holdings Inc Com 42805T105 $541,187 33,262,889 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 33,262,889
Lear Corp Com 521865204 $15,814 337,618 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 337,618
Magnachip Semiconductor Corp Com 55933J203 $6,412 402,761 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 402,761
Nielsen Holdings N V Com N63218106 $260,356 8,511,137 SH -- Shared-Defined 1, 2 8,511,137
Nielsen Holdings N V Com N63218106 $1,186,064 38,772,943 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 38,772,943
Niska Gas Storage Partners L Unit Ltd Liabi 654678101 $185,215 16,992,245 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 16,992,245
RTI Intl Metals Inc Com 74973W107 $55,991 2,031,615 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 2,031,615
Sandridge Energy Inc Com 80007P307 $326,205 51,370,888 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 51,370,888
SS&C Technologies Hldgs Inc Com 78467J100 $495,738 21,469,799 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 21,469,799
Superior Energy Svcs Inc Com 868157108 $18,957 914,934 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 914,934
Weatherford International Lt Reg Shs H27013103 $11,190 1,000,000 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 1,000,000
Wesco Aircraft Hldgs Inc Com 950814103 $706,473 53,480,184 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 53,480,184
Willbros Group Inc Com 969203108 $5,361 1,000,141 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 1,000,141
YRC Worldwide Inc Note 10.000% 3/3 984249AB8 $3,560 11,866,445 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 11,866,445
YRC Worldwide Inc Com Par $.01 984249607 $2,455 363,642 SH -- Shared-Defined 1 363,642
4
LIST OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
---------- -----------
99 Power of Attorney
5