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      <amendmentNo>4</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
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        <issuerName>Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund</issuerName>
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          <issuerCusipNumber>1431062*2</issuerCusipNumber>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <ns1:street1>ONE VANDERBILT AVE STE 3400</ns1:street1>
          <ns1:city>NEW YORK</ns1:city>
          <ns1:stateOrCountry>NY</ns1:stateOrCountry>
          <ns1:zipCode>10017</ns1:zipCode>
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        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>IA</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
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        <sharedDispositivePower>3600000</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>3600000</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS</reportingPersonName>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>3600000</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>3600000</sharedDispositivePower>
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        <issuerName>Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>ONE VANDERBILT AVE STE 3400, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
10017</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>This Statement is filed by Principal Life Insurance Company (PLIC) and Principal Global Investors, LLC (PGI) and jointly pursuant to a Joint Filing Agreement, which is filed with this Schedule 13G as Exhibit 99.1. This Statement relates to the shares of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock (the Shares) of the Issuer indirectly beneficially owned by PGI and directly beneficially owned by PLIC.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>Principal Life Insurance Company
711 HIGH STREET
DES MOINES, IA 50392

Principal Global Investors, LLC
711 HIGH STREET
DES MOINES, IA 50392
</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO - IOWA

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - DELAWARE</citizenship>
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        <typeOfPersonFiling>IC</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>The Series A (CUSIP No. 1431062*2), Series B (CUSIP No. 1431063*1), Series D (CUSIP No. 143106A#9), Series H (CUSIP No. 143106B#8), and Series M (CUSIP No. 143106D@8) Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares form a single class of the Issuer's preferred equity securities and are collectively referred to in this Schedule 13G as the "Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares".

Principal Life Insurance Company (PLIC) and Principal Global Investors, LLC (PGI) jointly own 3,600,000 Shares.

As of June 30, 2026, PGI may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 3,600,000 Shares, which are beneficially owned directly by PLIC.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
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        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO - 0

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO - 3,600,000

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 3,600,000</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO - 0

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO - 3,600,000

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 3,600,000</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <exhibitInfo>This Statement is filed by Principal Global Investors, LLC ("PGI") and Principal Life Insurance Company (PLIC) jointly pursuant to a Joint Filing Agreement, which is filed with this Schedule 13G as Exhibit 99.1.</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ J. Markham Penrod</signature>
        <title>J. Markham Penrod, Chief Compliance Officer - North America, Principal Asset Management</title>
        <date>07/31/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ J. Markham Penrod</signature>
        <title>J. Markham Penrod, Chief Compliance Officer - North America, Principal Asset Management</title>
        <date>07/31/2026</date>
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