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Perspectives
January 1, 2007
All private equity firms seek to maximize the value of their investments. However, there are many different models or routes to this end. What shall be referred to as the “industrial approach” in this chapter is a distinctive model which is based on...
Perspectives
November 27, 2006
What's so good about private equity? A lot.
Media Coverage
The Times (UK)
July 29, 2006
Since 1978, CD&R has been identifying opportunities to acquire non-core corporate orphans – businesses whose operating and financial performance can be enhanced dramatically by the Firm's proactive ownership model. The Times (UK) profiles CD...
July 29, 2006
Media Coverage
Private Equity International, 2005
Private Equity Analyst, 2005
Buyouts, 2005
The Deal, 2005
December 31, 2005
CD&R Receives 2005 Deal of the Year Awards: Hertz
In December 2005, a CD&R-led investor group completed the acquisition of The Hertz Corporation in a transaction valued at $15 billion. Hertz, formerly a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (...
December 31, 2005
Media Coverage
Private Equity International, June 2005
June 1, 2005
CD&R believes its breadth and depth of management experience position it well to acquire businesses across a wide range of industries and with various business characteristics. CD&R's operating partner have broad industry experience that can...
June 1, 2005
Media Coverage
CD&R Receives 2003 Exit of the Year Award: Kinko’s
Private Equity International
March 1, 2004
In February 2004, CD&R completed the sale of Kinkos to FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) for $2.4 billion in cash. CD&R's investment [PEI Exit of the Year] in Kinko's dates back to December 1996, when a CD&R-managed fund initially acquired...
March 1, 2004
Media Coverage
CD&R Receives 2001 Exit of the Year Award: Alliant Exchange
Buyouts Newsletter
November 1, 2001
In November 2001, CD&R completed the sale of Alliant Exchange, Inc., one of the largest foodservice providers in the U.S. [Buyouts Logo] with sales of approximately $6.7 billion, to Royal Ahold (NYSE: AHO), the international food retail and...
November 1, 2001
Media Coverage
CDR Inducted into Private Equity Hall of Fame
May 1, 2000
Donald J. Gogel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, receives the Private Equity Hall of Fame Award from Steven P. Galante, President of Asset Alternatives, Inc., publisher of The Private Equity Analyst. Inducted in 2000...
May 1, 2000
Perspectives
January 1, 2000
As Yale's chief investment officer, David F. Swensen transformed the management of the university's portfolio, largely by focusing on nonconventional strategies, including a heavy allocation to private equity. Swensen’s chapter on CD&R’s...
Perspectives
January 1, 2000
Time magazine's Wall Street columnist Daniel J. Kadlec profiles nine top deal makers. The chapter on Joe Rice, LBOs with a Twist, focuses on his signature transaction, carving Lexmark International office products business out of IBM.
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Press Release
December 9, 2013
Sysco Corporation [NYSE: SYY] and US Foods today announced an agreement to merge, creating a world-class foodservice company. The total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $8.2 billion and the combination has been approved by the...
Press Release
November 26, 2013
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (“Brand”), Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R") and Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) (“Harsco”) announced today the completion of transactions resulting in the combination of Harsco’s Infrastructure...
Press Release
October 28, 2013
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced an agreement under which CD&R will acquire John Deere Landscapes (“JDL”), a unit of Deere & Company’s (NYSE:DE) Agriculture & Turf segment. Deere will initially retain a 40%...
Press Release
September 16, 2013
Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) today announced an agreement to sell Harsco's Infrastructure division into a joint venture with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") under a transaction that will combine the...
Media Coverage
The Economist, June 2013
June 22, 2013
One shop which can plausibly claim to stand out from the crowd is Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).
June 22, 2013
Press Release
May 9, 2013
Through a series of dividends, a secondary offering and four block sales, CD&R funds have completed the realization of their investment in Hertz.
Since carving Hertz out of the Ford Motor Company in 2005, CD&R helped drive a business...
Press Release
March 18, 2013
We are pleased to announce the sale of AssuraMed to Cardinal Health in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion.
Since Acquiring the company in 2010, CD&R worked closely with the company to strengthen the management team, accelerate...
Press Release
December 3, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) and B&M Retail Ltd (“B&M” or the “Company”) today announced that funds managed by CD&R have agreed to acquire a significant stake in the parent company of B&M. Terms were not disclosed....
Press Release
October 31, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced the close of an investment in Wilsonart International Holding, LLC (“Wilsonart”), formerly ITW’s Decorative Surfaces business. ITW retains an ongoing ownership stake in the new, independent...
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