Carlyle LP : SC 13D

CUSIP No. 20337X109		13D		Page 12 of 19 pages

Item 1.

Security and Issuer.

This statement on Schedule 13D (the 'Schedule 13D') relates to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the 'Common Stock'), of CommScope Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the 'Issuer') whose principal executive offices are located at 1100 CommScope Place, SE, Hickory, North Carolina 28602.

Item 2.

Identity and Background.

The Schedule 13D is being filed by the following persons (each a 'Reporting Person' and, collectively, the 'Reporting Persons'):

1)

Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.,

2)

The Carlyle Group L.P.,

3)

Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc.,

4)

Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C.,

5)

Carlyle Holdings I L.P.,

8)

TC Group VII S1, L.L.C.,

9)

TC Group VII S1, L.P., and

10)

Carlyle Partners VII S1 Holdings, L.P. ('Carlyle Partners VII').

Each of the Reporting Persons is organized in the state of Delaware.

The address of the principal business and principal office of each of the Reporting Persons is c/o The Carlyle Group, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 220 South, Washington, DC 20004-2505.

The Reporting Persons are principally engaged in the business of investments in securities.

The directors of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C. are William E. Conway, Jr., Daniel A. D'Aniello, David M. Rubenstein, Kewsong Lee, Glenn A. Youngkin, Lawton W. Fitt, James H. Hance, Jr., Janet Hill, Dr. Thomas S. Robertson, William J. Shaw, Anthony Welters, and Peter J. Clare (collectively, the 'Directors').

The executive officers of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C. and The Carlyle Group L.P. are William E. Conway, Jr., Co-ExecutiveChairman and Co-ChiefInvestment Officer, Daniel A. D'Aniello, Chairman Emeritus, David M. Rubenstein, Co-ChiefExecutive Officer, Kewsong Lee, Co-ChiefExecutive Officer, Glenn A. Youngkin, Co-ChiefExecutive Officer, Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer, Peter J. Clare, Co-ChiefInvestment Officer, Jeffrey W. Ferguson, General Counsel, and Christopher Finn, Chief Operating Officer (collectively, the 'Executive Officers,' and, together with the Directors, the 'Related Persons'). Each of the Related Persons is a citizen of the United States. The business address of each of the Related Persons is c/o The Carlyle Group, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 220 South, Washington, DC 20004-2505.

The present principal occupation of each of the Directors is as follows: William E. Conway, Jr. is a founder and Co-ChiefExecutive Chairman and Co-ChiefInvestment Officer of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.; Daniel A. D'Aniello is a founder and Chairman Emeritus of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.; David M. Rubenstein is a founder and Co-ExecutiveChairman of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.; Kewsong Lee is Co-ChiefExecutive Officer of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.; Glenn A. Youngkin is Co-ChiefExecutive Officer of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.; Lawton W. Fitt is an independent investment banking professional; James H. Hance, Jr. is an Operating Executive of The Carlyle Group L.P.; Janet Hill is a Principal at Hill Family Advisors; Dr. Thomas S. Robertson is the Joshua J. Harris Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; William J. Shaw was the Vice Chairman of Marriott International, Inc. until his retirement in March 2011; Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the Black Ivy Group, LLC; and Peter J. Clare is the Co-ChiefInvestment Officer of Carlyle Group Management L.L.C.