0001193125-15-318440.txt : 20151117 0001193125-15-318440.hdr.sgml : 20151117 20150911154937 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-318440 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150911 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Carlyle Group L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001527166 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 452832612 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP STREET 2: 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20004 BUSINESS PHONE: 202 729 5626 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP STREET 2: 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20004 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP

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September 11, 2015

VIA EDGAR

 

Re:   

 

The Carlyle Group L.P.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014

Filed February 26, 2015

File No. 001-35538

Mr. Hugh West

Accounting Branch Chief

Office of Financial Services II

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Mr. West:

The Carlyle Group L.P. (the “Company”) is aware of its obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The Company acknowledges that:

 

    the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;

 

    staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and

 

    the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

Very truly yours,
THE CARLYLE GROUP L.P.
By:      Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.,
its general partner
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey W. Ferguson

Name:     Jeffrey W. Ferguson
Title:   General Counsel
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