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What Happened
Carlyle Group Inc., reported as a 10% owner of StandardAero, sold 19,840,268 shares of StandardAero (SARO) on February 26, 2026. The shares were disposed at $31.46 per share, producing gross proceeds of $624,174,831. The Form 4 lists the transaction as a sale (code S), indicating an open-market or private sale by the reporting holder — an institutional disposition rather than an executive personal purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-26; Price: $31.46 per share; Shares sold: 19,840,268; Gross value: $624,174,831.
• Filing date (Form 4): 2026-03-02 (filed within the required reporting window).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnotes: Carlyle Partners VII S1 Holdings II, L.P. is the record holder of the reported securities (F1). Carlyle Group Inc. is the ultimate parent through a chain of entities that may be deemed to share beneficial ownership; those entities disclaim beneficial ownership except to the extent of any pecuniary interest (F2).
• Transaction code: S = sale (open-market or private sale). This is an institutional disposition by a 10% owner, not an executive trade.

Context
Sales by large institutional holders like Carlyle can reflect portfolio rebalancing, liquidity needs, or other fund-level decisions and do not necessarily signal management sentiment about company fundamentals. Because this is an institutional 10% owner rather than an individual officer or director, retail investors should treat the transaction as part of broader fund activity rather than a personal insider signal.