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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...
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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...

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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%...
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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...
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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).  
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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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December 15, 2009
Industries with private equity activity grow more rapidly (as measured by total production, value added and employment) and experience no more volatility in the face of industry cycles than other industries. In some cases, industries with private...
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November 24, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC ("CD&R") today announced the completion of a previously announced agreement under which CD&R-managed funds are investing $477 million for an approximate 46 percent equity interest in...
NCI Building Systems

Press Release

October 20, 2009
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. today announced the completion of the previously-announced $250 million equity investment in the Company by CD&R-managed funds. The CD&R-managed funds acquired...
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October 7, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ("CD&R") today announced an agreement under which a CD&R-managed fund will invest $477 million for a 46 percent equity interest in the company as part of a broader recapitalization...
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August 14, 2009
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. (“the CD&R Fund”), a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,...

Press Release

July 14, 2009
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced that seasoned consumer products, leisure and retail executive, Paul S. Pressler, has joined the Firm as an advisor. Mr. Pressler has extensive operating and consumer marketing experience in leading some...

Perspectives

January 16, 2009
In financing our portfolio companies, we want to ensure that management always has the balance sheet flexibility to execute long-term business building strategies even in challenging times.
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Perspectives

January 1, 2009
In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, Robert Finkel aggregates management lessons from ten pioneers of private equity. The book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to high-level investors, such as...

Media Coverage

Christian Rochat, Robert Quarta PQR, December 2008
December 1, 2008
A talk with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s Roberto Quarta & Christian Rochat
Private Equity International Awards 2007

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CD&R Receives 2007 North American LBO Firm of the Year Award Private Equity International
December 31, 2007
2007 has been an exceptionally productive year for CD&R in terms of realizations, new investments, creating value in the portfolio and building the organization. The Firm has announced realizations generating over $3 billion and deployed (or...
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