The National Association of Investment Companies Honors The Carlyle Group’s Mark Johnson with the 2011 Award of Excellence

Washington, DC – The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced that Mark Johnson of The Carlyle Group received its 2011 Award of Excellence. The annual award honors individuals those who have demonstrated extraordinary personal achievement in their career and have made outstanding contributions through influence or direct actions to the promotion and benefit of minority business ownership. Johnson received the award yesterday at NAIC’s 41st Annual Meeting and Convention in Palm Beach, Fla. Samuel J. Boyd, Jr., NAIC President and CEO, said, “Mark is the ideal recipient of NAIC’s most coveted award, The Award of Excellence and NAIC is very pleased to honor him as such. His success in investment banking and private equity, is of the highest quality.” Mr. Johnson is a Principal on Carlyle’s U.S. Buyout team. He has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry during which he has been involved in the investment of more than $2.7 billion of equity in leveraged buyout, growth equity and venture capital transactions. As a senior member of Carlyle’s telecommunications and media practice, Mr. Johnson is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments in the communications and business services sectors globally. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Princeton University and earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Founded in 1971, NAIC is the membership organization for firms dedicated to investment in the United States Emerging Domestic Markets (EDM). NAIC member companies invest in privately held businesses that have a high probability of growth and the ability to generate significant returns for investors and shareholders. * * * * * About National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) NAIC's mission is to empower women and minorities to succeed as investment managers. NAIC promotes the development of private equity firms that invest in businesses significantly owned by ethnic individuals, invest in businesses which serve ethnically diverse markets and/or are significantly owned by minority or ethnic individuals. Ultimately, NAIC's aim is to promote wealth creation in the underserved markets through private equity investments. About The Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with approximately $153 billion of assets under management across 86 funds and 49 fund of fund vehicles as of June 30, 2011*. Carlyle invests across four segments – Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Fund of Funds Solutions – in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America focusing on aerospace, defense, & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,100 people in 34 offices across 6 continents. Web: www.carlyle.com   Video: www.youtube.com/OneCarlyle. (*Includes acquisitions of AlpInvest Partners B.V. and Emerging Sovereign Group LLC on July 1, 2011.)