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Press Release

February 13, 2018
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and American Greetings Corporation announced today an agreement under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire a 60% ownership stake in American Greetings, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of greeting cards, as...
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Press Release

February 7, 2018
LONDON — February 7, 2018 — D’Ieteren and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) completed today the previously announced acquisition by CD&R-managed funds of a 40% ownership interest in the Belron group, the global leader in the vehicle...
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Press Release

January 31, 2018
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PGEM), a leading North American building products manufacturer, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced today a definitive agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of...
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Press Release

December 18, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that Eric Rouzier has been named a Partner of the Firm. Over his 12-year career at CD&R, Mr. Rouzier has been actively involved in sourcing and evaluating new investments across Europe, as well as...
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Press Release

December 11, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice funds today completed the previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in SunSource Holdings, Inc., a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada. Terms of the transaction...
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Press Release

November 19, 2017
D’Ieteren and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”), a global private investment firm, today announced that they have entered into exclusive discussions under which CD&R-managed funds would acquire a 40% ownership interest in the Belron...
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Press Release

November 2, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced an agreement today under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire a majority stake in SunSource Holdings, Inc., a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada. Terms of...
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Press Release

September 1, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited (part of Hillhouse Capital Management), today completed the previously-announced acquisition of Carestream Dental, the dental digital business of Carestream Health. The carve-out...
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Press Release

August 24, 2017
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) (“Beacon” or the “Company”), the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing and complementary building products in North America, today announced that the Company has entered into a definitive purchase...
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Press Release

August 1, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today completed the previously-announced acquisition of HD Supply Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:HDS) Waterworks business unit (“Waterworks”), the nation’s largest distributor of water, sewer, storm and fire...
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Press Release

May 1, 2020
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announces the completion of the acquisition of Huntsworth plc, a leading provider of specialty services that help pharmaceutical and biotech companies commercialize new therapies and support the life cycle of drug...
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Perspectives

March 6, 2020
Talent makes all the difference. Whether commercial, creative, or competitive sport, the more gifted the team, the higher probability of success. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hyper-demanding world of finance, particularly private equity...
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Press Release

March 3, 2020
CD&R has reached agreement with the board of Huntsworth plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Huntsworth. To read the announcement and other relevant documentation, please visit www....
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Press Release

March 3, 2020
CD&R has reached agreement with the board of Huntsworth plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Huntsworth. To read the announcement and other relevant documentation, please visit www....
John F. Welch

Press Release

March 2, 2020
Jack was a beloved member of CD&R for nearly 20 years. It is hard for us to imagine that he will not be with us to push, prod, challenge, joke, and, above all, set the highest possible standards for each of us, our portfolio company executives,...
INSEAD Global Private Equity Initiative

Press Release

February 4, 2020
INSEAD’s Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI) (“INSEAD”) today announced the release of new research on family-backed enterprises. The Institutionalization of Family Firms, Europe examines how institutionalization can help European family-owned...
State of the Market 2020: An Article on Partnership Investing by Christian Rochat

Perspectives

January 22, 2020
Christian Rochat discusses Partnership investing in Evercore's 2020 State of the Market report.  
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Perspectives

January 16, 2020
Many years from now, if archeologists were to discover newspaper headlines covering today’s torrid deal environment, they might mistake it for a horse race. Company A has the pole position; Company B is in the lead; Company C may be gaining ground....
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Press Release

January 15, 2020
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that it has appointed Harsh Agarwal as a Principal on its investment team. Mr. Agarwal, who is based in the Firm’s New York office, is principally engaged in evaluating and executing investments in the...
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Press Release

January 9, 2020
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced the appointment of Jeff Hawn, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software, as a Partner at the Firm. Mr. Hawn has 20 years’ experience across a range of senior executive roles in...
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