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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
June 6, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced an agreement with HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDS) to acquire its Waterworks business unit (“Waterworks”), the nation’s largest distributor of water, sewer, storm and fire protection...
Press Release
May 23, 2017
Key facts:
Capco to become an independent company.
FIS will receive cash proceeds of $477 million.
CD&R to acquire 60 percent equity interest; FIS to retain 40 percent.
FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, and...
Press Release
April 13, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited, a specialist investment platform focused on dental and consumer health in Asia and part of Hillhouse Capital Management, today announced an agreement to acquire Carestream’s dental...
Press Release
April 3, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the completion of the previously-announced sale of Mauser Group N.V. to Stone Canyon Industries, LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.3 billion.
Mauser, acquired by CD&R funds in 2014, is a...
Press Release
January 6, 2017
Following an active period over the past 24 months, which included nine new platform investments and a series of experienced operating executive additions, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced the appointment of four new partners with average...
Press Release
January 4, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the completion of the previously announced equity investment by CD&R-managed funds and existing management in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The new...
Press Release
November 18, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) completed today the previously announced acquisition of BUT, the largest furniture retailer network in France, in a 50:50 partnership with WM Holding, a company related to XXXLutz Group, one of Europe’s...
Press Release
October 4, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the formation of agilon health, a new healthcare technology and services platform aiming to accelerate the conversion to value-based healthcare in the United States. The company brings together...
Press Release
August 30, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced an agreement today under which CD&R-managed funds will make a significant equity investment alongside existing management in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare (“Drive”), a global manufacturer of...
Press Release
June 30, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that it completed the previously announced acquisition of Kalle GmbH, a leading international industrial manufacturer of artificial casings for the meat processing industry. Terms of the transaction were...
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